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Gal. 1.10. ‘Jesus begins his preaching, not by flattering men in their inclinations, but by that which is most necessary for them.’ Quesnel, on Matt. 4.17. ‘How sweet it is to have this testimony in our conscience, that one has not been afraid of men, when it was necessary to serve God.’ Ib. on 1Thess. 2. ‘What!’ said John Welsh (a fervent Scotch Minister, son-in-law to the celebrated John Knox), ‘that I should regard or fear the face of any man, when I remember and assure myself that I am standing before that sacred and Glorious Majesty, whose word, in his very sight, I am preaching to his servants and creatures! Believe me, when this thought enters my mind, I could not pay any regard to the face of any man, even if I wished ever so much to do so.’