The Law and the Gospel.—

It was admirable advice which Mr. Wesley records as having been given by a woman to a preacher; ‘Preach,’ said she, ‘the Law first, then the Gospel, and then the Law again.’ It is the method which God himself hath observed throughout the Sacred Writings, ‘Cease to do evil’ first, saith Jehovah, then ‘learn, to do well.’

—M. F. Shepherd.