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64 The Larger Catechiſm. xxxiv. 21. h Prov, iii. 5. Deut. xxxii. 3. i Prov. 4. 5, to 7 Pſal. cxix. 18, Neh. viii. 6,8. Q. By whom is the Word of God to be preached ? A. The Word of God is to be preached only by ſuch as are ſufficiently gifted k, and alſo duely ap- proved and called to that Office l. k I Tim. iii. 2, 6. Eph. iv. 8, to 12. Nſea iv. 6. Mal.ii. 7. 2 Cor. iii. 6. I Jer. xiv. 15. Rom. x. 15- Heb. vi. 4. 1 Cor. xii. 28, 29. I Tim. 19, & iv. 14 & v. 12. Q: How is the Word of God to be preached by the that are called thereunte ? A. They that are called to labour in the Mini- ſtry of the Word, are to preach found Doctrine diligently, in Seaſon and out of Seaſon, plainly p, not in the enticing Words of Man's Wiſdom, but in Demonſtration of the Spirit and of Power q, faithfully, making known the whole Counſel of God ſ, wiſely t, applying themſelves to the Neceſſities and Capacities of the Hearers v; zealouſly w, with ſervent Love to God x, and the Souls of his Peo- ple y: sincerely z, aiming at his Glory a, and their Comersion b, Edification c, and Salvation d. m Titus ii. 1, 8. n Acts xvii. 25. o 2 Tim. iv. 9. p I Cor. xiv. 19. q Cor. ii. 4. r Jer. xxiii 28. I Cor. iv. 1, 2. ſ Actſ xx. 27. t Col. I.28 2 Tim. ii. 15 v i Cor. iii. 2. Heb. v, 12, 13. 14. Luke xii 42. w Acts xviii, 25. x 2 Cor, v. 13, 14 Philip, 1. 15.16 17. y Col. iv. 12. 2 Cor. xii. 15. z 2 Cor. ii 17. & iv. 2 a I Theſſ. ii- 4, 5, 6. John vii. 18. b 1 Cor. iv 19, to 23. c 2 Cor. xii. 19. Eph. iv 12 d t Tim. iv. 16. Actſ xxvi. 16, 17, 18. Q What is required of thoſe that hear the Word preached ? A. It is required of thoſe that hear the Word preached, that they attend upon it with Diligence Pi,