then it will follow that the means of obtaining it are not to be neglected, viz. study; and that this is of great use in order to a preparation for a public instructing [of] others. And though undoubtedly, an having the heart full of the powerful influences of the Spirit of God may at some times enable persons to speak profitably, yea, very excellently, without study; yet this will not warrant us needlessly to cast ourselves down from the pinnacle of the temple, depending upon it that the angel of