can say, “Lord, Thou hast sent me,” may boldly add, “Lord, go with me, and bless me.” It is good when a man is serious in this inquiry.… These things may satisfy a minister’s conscience that Jesus Christ hath sent him.’ ‘(1.) If the heart be filled with a single desire to the great end of the ministry—the glory of God in the salvation of men. Every work that God calls a man to, He makes the end of it amiable to him. This desire sometimes attends men’s first conversion. Paul was called to be a saint
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