greatly confirmed, indeed by the advice of individual brethren, because the church cannot usually judge his probable call until he prepares himself. 2. The principles of Scripture which the Spirit will employ to instruct him and his brethren as to the divine will are such as these: That “it please God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe,” (1 Cor. 1:21; Rom. 10:14). That every man is bound to render to God the highest service and love which his circumstances and capacities admit,