A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1750. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... keep'st thy Place, thou wilt find thy Heart more ardently inclined to go again, when no doubt thy last Visit will be remember'd as a Block in thy Way to so gooda Work; but that ought not hinder, tho' it wilt humble thee; but in hopes to succeed better, go again, chiefly regarding to look in the proper Place for Help, where thou hast in Time past met with it; and if thou comest off well now this second Visit, finding All pleased, this may raise thee in thy own Thoughts more than may be for thy Good, if thou dost not watchfully call to Mind the Foundation of that Excellency in which thou hast appeared, and give the Praise thereof to the Almighty, discouraging in thyself, or any other, any Thing that may appear contrary thereto. Thus by degrees thou wilt be more acquainted and inured to. strange Faces and Meetings, and wilt get Strength over that slavish Fear and Uneasiness, occasioned through want of Experience; and as thou witnesses a Growth in thy Gift, the Word ef Life, a Concern of greater Moment and Consequence may fall upon thee; for as thy Heart is enlarged in the Word of Life, thy Love will be farther extended towards the Children of Men, and Inclinations will be raised in thy Mind (in Proportion to that Love which is begot in thee, by the Gift of the Spirit thou hast received to minister from) to make farther Visits to the Meetings and People of God, in some adjacent County or Counties; under the Impulse whereof, thou wilt find many Difficulties and Hardships laid in-thy Way, which will bring thee undera-great fttait-what to do, sometimes con-x eluding-this, and sometimes that; but whilst thou art under this Doubting, it will be proper to advise with some Ministers, who have had some Experience in the like Case, and let them know, how it is and hath been ...