Chapter XXXII: Preaching to Nobody

_'All the artillery in the world,
were they all discharged together
at one clap, could not more deaf
the ears of our bodies than the
clamourings of desires in the soul
deaf its ears, so you see a man
must go into silence or else he
cannot hear God speak.'_--JOHN
EVERARD. 1650.

_'God forces none, for love cannot
compel, and God's service is
therefore a thing of complete
freedom.... The thing which
hinders and has always hindered is
that our wills are different from
God's will. God never seeks
Himself, in His willing--we do.
There is no other way to
blessedness than to lose one's
self will'_--HANS DENCK. 1526.

_'The inward command is never
wanting in the due season to any
duty.'_--R. BARCLAY. 1678.

_'I think I can reverently say
that I very much doubt whether,
since the Lord by His grace
brought me into the faith of His
dear Son, I have ever broken bread
or drunk wine, even in the
ordinary course of life, without
the remembrance of, and some
devout feeling regarding the
broken body and the blood-shedding
of my dear Lord and
Saviour.'_--STEPHEN GRELLET.

_'One loving spirit sets another
on fire.'_--AUGUSTINE.