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<p>&quot;<strong>Are you seeking great things for yourself?</strong><br />
  <strong>Don't do it!</strong>&quot;  Jeremiah 45:5<br />
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  <strong>Ministers are often desirous of . . .</strong><br />
  a greater gift in preaching,<br />
  a readier utterance,<br />
  a more abundant variety,<br />
  a more striking delivery than they possess. <br />
  And this, not for the glory of God, but for the <br />
  glory of the creature. Not that praise may be <br />
  given God, but that pride, cursed pride, may <br />
  be gratified; that they may be admired by men.<br />
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  <strong>My desire and aim is . . .</strong><br />
  not to deceive souls by flattery;<br />
  not to please any party;<br />
  not to minister to any man's pride or presumption;<br />
  but simply and sincerely, with an eye to God's glory, <br />
  with His fear working in my heart, to speak to the <br />
  edification of His people. <br />
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  A minister who stands up with any other motives, <br />
  and aiming at any other ends than the glory of God, <br />
  and the edification of His people, bears no scriptural <br />
  marks that he has been sent into the vineyard by <br />
  God Himself.