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Publicly and from house to house, Acts 20.20.—‘as if he perceived that his public doctrine would vanish into air unless it were assisted by private admonition and conference.’ Bowles, lib. ii. c. 6. See Calvin, Grotius, Hammond, in loco, Beza on Acts 5.42. and Seeker’s Charges, p. 246. Comp. also the Apostle’s Ministry at Colosse and Thessalonica, Col. 1.28, 29. 1Thess. 2.11, 12. ‘If false teachers “creep into houses” for the purposes of seduction from the truth (2Tim. 3.6.) should not the orthodox pastors show at least equal diligence?’Bowles, ib.