Excerpt from A Gospel Minister, Though Young, Should Be Respectable by His Example: A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in West-Chester, in Colchester, October 1, 1806 The bible is a store-house of intellectual treas 'ure, of immense value. Would we learn the most wonderful. Things, into which men or angels are ca pahle of looking would we learn to conduct our Selves with that beautiful propriety, Whitsh will render us acceptable to God, to holyangels, to saints and to the excellent of the earth Would we become Wise unt'o salvation, we should search the scriptures with all diligence. Gospel ministers, particularly, should possess a thorough knowledge of the contents of the sacred volume. The priest's lips should keep know ledge, and the people are to seek the law at his month. He should be established in the belief of the great doctrines that God hath revealed, andin' the practice of the duties that God hath enjoined, that he may incul cate them with clearness, prec1is1ou and firmness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.