Our author's talent of preaching was much ad-
mired. The propositions he insisted on were lew ;
but always of very weighty and edifying import, and
naturally resulting from the passage of sacred writ un-
der immediate consideration. His explanations were
clear and accurate ; his proofs plain und decisive ; bis
illustrations beautiful and entertaining ; bis applica-
tions close and searching. All the heads of the dis-
course remarkably distinct, yet connected in such re-
gular order, and in such pleasing succession, as gave
his instructions the greatest advantage : and every
part contributed to the strength and beauty of the
whole. ,

And indeed such was the depth of bis thoughts;
Bucb the propriety oi his worils ; and such the vt.riety,
force and fire of liis style ; ko rem* rkable was tbf just-
1IC8S and solidity of bis reasoning, and so judicious the



oliaBge of his method; that notwithstniidinfr he ini^r
rialily pursued the same end ; yet procec-ditij^ \\y ciif-
fereiit |iathti, and Tarying his addrfBts according as he
meant to alarm, to convince, or comlbri ; he was so
far I'rom growing tediouH, that he never failed to please
as well as to improve his audience.
in imitation of the great apostle of the Gentiles,
that most amiahle and aGComplished preacher, he wa0
{leculiarly careful to cultivate a spirit of zeal and de-
TOtion in all his discourses. Accordingly, he was t'ei^
Tent in spirit, as well as cogent in argument. When
he argued, convictioif flashed; when he exhorted, pa-
tlios glowed. And by distributing to each of his au-
dience a portion suitable to their several states, he eii»
deavored rightly to divide the word of truth.
