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Acts 2.See this accounted for John 7.39; and indeed promised John 14.12. ‘I once said to myself in the foolishness of my heart, ‘What sort of sermon must that have been, which was preached by St. Peter, when three thousand souls were converted at once!’ What sort of sermon! Such as other sermons. There is nothing extraordinary to be found in it. The effect was not produced by his eloquence, but by the mighty power of God present with his Word. It is in vain to attend one Minister after another and to have sermon after sermon, unless we pray that the Holy Spirit may accompany his Word.’—Cecil’s Remains. Who will not join with a pious old writer in ardent longing for another Pentecost! ‘O si hisce pessimis et ultimis temporibus consimili rore vespertino (ut illi matutino) sicca Ecclesias Christi pomeria irrigarentur ac faecundarentur!’ T. Hall’s Sal. Terrae.