Consistency is the beauty and ornament, if not the essence of good preaching. This arises from considering the relation which one truth bears to another, and which each bears to the whole counsel of God.
Also attributed to: Emmons
Consistency, seeing how each truth relates to the whole counsel of God, is the beauty of good preaching.
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