Of lvlr. Henry ScougaL 4or cuurch, and the Minifier to the pulpit. -llis. fern1ons were always devout and feri- · · .ous, and feafonable; ~nd he endeavoured · to fit then1 to the capacities of the people : · · and he revived· the ufe of the leflures ·*, · looking on it as tlle mofl: edifying way, to have (as .a great light of this nation ufcd: to fay) long texts and iliort fermons.- "' l3ut I n1uft not fo flightFy pafs·over I1iS-.; preachin_g ii1 which we are all fo n1uch·: concerned. Awife 1nan hath lately writ ant' dfay how to n1akc a good ·ufe of bad fer--– n1ons: and ·it ·were to be \vHheJ we were · ihfirucrcd in making good ones; ftKh, t: n1_ean, as tnight have an influence on n1ens -: hearts and lives.· And fure I think all that! •· Heard hh11 wrll·acknowledge his praCtice to · be no contemptible pattern.: He thought· . it fhould be a Minifier' s care, to chufe fea- – fbnable and ·ufeful fubj eets, fuch as ·might ·· ii1firuet the peopl~'s n1inds, and bett:ertheir · lives; not ·to entertain them with debates; . and· firifes of words; that ·he fhould ex-– prefs hitnfdf in the moft plain and affccti~ · onate manner; not in airy and · fandft1·l . words, nor -in words too big .with fenfe, and~ havinga great ·many thoughts crowded : :L l :3 · te:>01ethc:lri· ' . b ) . *_i· e. Co.mmenting upon a whole. chap~er). or Iarg..~~ poruon of fcnp~tu~.,
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