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‘Fifteen masses a day did not suffice for the priests of Baal; and yet one sermon a day seems more than a good Bishop or Evangelical Pastor can bear.’ Hooper’s Confession delivered to the King and Parliament, 1550. Daily preaching was Chrysostom’s rule for a Bishop (doubtless with application to subordinate Ministers.) De Sacer. Lib. vi. 4. If the letter of the rule is impracticable, let us at least endeavour to approximate its standard and spirit. See Burnet’s Pastoral Care. Ch. vi.