THE CALL TO PREACH
Ques. 1. How shall we try those who profess to be moved by the Holy
Ghost to preach?
Ans. Let the following questions be asked, namely:
1. Do they know God as a pardoning God? Have they the love of God
abiding in them? Do they desire nothing but God? And are they holy in
all manner of conversation?
2. Have they gifts (as well as graces) for the work? Have they (in some
tolerable degree) a clear, sound understanding, a right judgment in the
things of God, a just conception of salvation by faith? Do they speak
justly, readily, clearly?
3. Have they fruit? Are any truly convinced of sin and converted to God
by their preaching?
As long as these three marks concur in any one, we believe he is called
of God to preach. These we receive as sufficient proof that he is moved
by the Holy Ghost.