The truth is preached as God revealed it, when the meaning of the Bible is stated, and proved, and pressed on the sinner's heart;—when sinners are made to understand just what God tells them, and that they are bound to believe and obey, because God has told them. If man assumes authority, his fellow feels that he has a right to refuse obedience; if man reasons, his fellow feels that he has a right to reason on the other side of the question, and to withhold belief:—but if God speaks, and the meaning of what he says is clearly exhibited, then there is no subterfuge;—man must obey, or come to the direct and fearful determination that he will disregard the authority of Heaven.
John H. Rice — John H. Rice, D. D., Professor in Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, The Power of Truth and Love. A Sermon Preached at Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1828, at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1828), p. 7
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