ABSTRACT

ByreasonofthisinfirmityIhadthehardertaskinpreaching,forIchosewords smoothandeasy,andintheveryactofspeaking,whenImetwithstoppingsin words,Iwasforcedtoinventsynonymouswordsetc.whichotherswerenotputto; asalsoIha.dbutaverysmallfieldofexpressionstoexpatiatein,inregardofwhat wouldhavebeen,hadIelocutionetc.,andtoaddtomytroublethedevilwouldbe temptingmetoleaveofftheministry,butthatIwithstood,andresolvedtoemploy whatgiftsIhadtoGod'sglory,andthegoodofhischurch,ifhewouldmakeuseof me.