Excerpt from Discourses Bearing on the Controversies of the Day Berea was a city of Macedonia, in which many Jews were resident; and they were living in respectability and peace, when that peace was disturbed by the mission Of Paul and Silas, alluded to in our text. To their history I refer, because I think their conduct under these Circumstances may be studied with profit to our souls, in the present position Of our Own Church. From that history we may learn, first, how far we are bound to take part, or refuse to take part, in any contro versies in which the Church may at any time be involved; secondly, how far it is our duty first to ascertain and then to propagate the truth thirdly, the wise and proper course to be adopted when in such an investigation we are en gaged; and, lastly, the temper Of mind or disposition in which all religious inquiries ought to be pursued. 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.