Excerpt from The Faithful Ministers of Jesus Christ, Thankful to Him for Their Office: A Sermon, Delivered at Southampton, (Massachusetts) August 26, 1801, at the Ordination of the Reverend Vinson Gould, to the Work of the Gospel Ministry in That Place Though an aptnefs to teach muff be the gift of the God of nature, and cannot, therefore, be acquired by reading and findy, yet where it is po e ed, it can be greatly improved by clofe and perfevering application. It is too plain to need proof, that men are made to dif fer from each other much more by education, than by native {trength of mind. Baxter, Owen, Edward:, and other eminent divines, would not have been what they were, had they not practically regarded Paul's charge to Timothy Give attendance to reading. Ne'gleet not the gift that is in thee. Meditate upon thefe things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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