...may be, employed in the work of the ministry. "Plain preaching is the best teaching, it is the best way to convince and convert men; and if plain, familiar preaching will not work, certainly by dark, mysterious preaching it will never be effected. Hence Christ tells Nicodemus, that if when...

...fetches similitudes from runners and wrestlers. Plain preaching is the best teaching ; it is the best way to convince and convert men ; and if plain, familiar preaching will not work, certainly by dark, mysterious preaching it will never be effected. This made Paul, that he had rather speak five...