Excerpt from Works of Symon Patrick, D. D, Vol. 5 of 9: Sometime Bishop of Ely; Including His Autobiography The occasion of it, p. 269. All are not Christ's ministers who pretend to it, p. 270. Of powerful preaching, p. 271. Of spiritual illumination, p. 272. The great proof of Christian religion is the spirit, p. 273. Of spiri tual and legal preaching, p. 275. Of the necessity of good works to our justi fication, p. 276. Who are the most soul-searching preachers, p. 278. Upon this occasion Mr. Watson's late book of Repentance is a little examined, p. 281. Mr. Bridge his ten Sermons considered, especially that about the difference between New Testament spirit and Old Testament spirit, p. 284. By what means this whole nation came to be overrun with folly, p. 291. Mr. Bridge one of them that helps to continue and increase it, p. 293. Of spiritual preachers, p. 294. Of applying promises, p. 297. Of experimental preachers, p. 299. Foolish application of Scripture, p.301. A comparison between the dis creet conformists and the non-conformists, p. 303. Of the seal that some pretend God hath given to their ministry, p. 304. Who are the most guilty of being timeservers, p. 305. The Annotations commonly ascribed to the Assembly men say nothing of sacrilege, p. 306. Several other instances of men-pleasing. 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.