It is not required of the pastor only that he preach now and then at his leisure, but that he lay aside all other employments, though lawful, all other duties in the church, as unto such a constant attention on them as would divert him from his work, that he give himself unto it – that he be, in these things, laboring to the utmost of his ability. – John Owen (1616-1683), English Puritan theologian and biblical scholar
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