( CHRISTIAN LEADERS OF THE 18 CENTURY ) - { PT. 7 }
{ PT. 7 } - To attain this, they used illustrations and anecdotes in abundance, and like their divine Master, they borrowed lessons from every object in nature. They carried out the proverb of Augustine: A wooden key is not as beautiful as a golden one, but if it can open the door when the golden one cannot, it is far more useful. These men revived the style of sermons in which Martin Luther and Hugh Latimer used to be so eminently successful. They saw the truth of what the great German reformer meant when he said, No one can be a good preacher to the people who is not willing to preach in a manner that seems childish and common to some. This was all new again a hundred years ago. THEY PREACHE...