The Preaching of the Word

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Excerpt from The Preaching of the Word: A Sermon, Delivered at the Institution of the Rev. Charles Mason, Into the Rectorship of St. Peter's Church, Salem, May 31, 1837The preaching of the Word The special impor tance of this means is attested by the solemn preface, which introduces the Apostle's injunction of its use in the words of the text I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead, at his appearing and his kingdom, Preach the Word. Its importance is equally attested by the urgent manner, in which the Apostle immediately follows up this injunction Be instant in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears, and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure af¿ictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. It would be difficult for words to express, more strongly than is here expressed, the immense importance, which the sacred writer attaches to the preaching of the Word, as one of the means of accomplishing the Saviour's great object of saving lost sinners. This means is, indeed, the right hand of the Christian Dispensation, and, put in mo tion by the powerful will, the quickening in¿uences, of the Holy Spirit, it does the most conspicuous part of the Redeemer's mighty work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.