...moral fuafion. Whereas (k) it pleafed God, faith the apoßle, by the foolißtnefs of preaching to Javc them that believe. And St. James, by faying, (I) we...fave our fouls, Ver. 21. And it is furely a great difparagemenl to the word of God, to think that his perfuafions. admonitions* exhortations, attended...

...believe.'* And St. James, by saying, ' we are begotten anew by the word of truth,'1 plainly mforms us, that this word of God is the ordinary means of...being the word preached, the word we are to hear, (verse 19, 22,) ami to 'receive K'ilh meekness,' by which God worketh this new birth in us^ and ' which,'...

...happiest of his creatures."* Whitby observes on the same words, " Here is a plain evidence that the word of God is the ordinary means of our regeneration,...being the word preached, the word we are to hear, (v. 19. 22.) and to receive with -meekness, by which the new birth is by God wrought in us, and which,...

...regeneratiou," (for they are both the same,) " as an escape from shipwreck." ",Here is a plain evidence that the WORD OF GOD is the ordinary means of our regeneration,...being the word preached, the word we are to hear, and ' to receive with meekness,' by which the new birth is by God wrought in us." Acts, the profession...

...a Spirit of regeneration and faith/' Gill's Com., 1 Cor. 4: 15. "Here is a plain evidence, that the Word of God is the ordinary means of our regeneration,...being 'the word preached,' the word we are to hear, (v. 19, 22,) and ' receive with meekness,' by which the new birth is by God wrought in us, and which,...