"The Lord hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor" (Luke 4:18). Such honor does the Lord of heaven and earth put upon the ministry of the Word that, as one of the old puritans said, "God had only one Son, and he made a preacher of him. It would greatly encourage the weakest among us, who are preachers of righteousness, to think that the eternal Son of God, the blessed and eternal Word, came into this world that he might preach the same glad tidings which we are called to proclaim. He lived the Prince of preachers. He died and became the Theme of preachers. He lives again and is the Lord of preachers. What an honorable work is that to which his servants are called.
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