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Jer. 3.15. See the conclusion of Fenelon’s First Dialogue on Eloquence. ‘Preaching’ (says an old writer) ‘is not a labour of the lips, and an idle talk of the tongue from a light imagination of the mind; but it is indeed an uttering of God’s truth from a serious meditation of the heart, in sound judgment, acquired through God’s blessing by diligent labour and study, to profit God’s people. This preaching has worth, deserves esteem, procures credit to God’s ordinance, works upon the hearers, and pierces deeply as being spoken with authority.’ Bernard’s Faithful Shepherd, 12mo. 1621.