[h] Then follows the sermon, on the Gospel of the Sunday or Holyday:and I think that, where the German Postills are in use throughout the year,it were best to order the Postill of the day, either whole or part, to beread out of the book to the people; not merely for the preacher's sake whocan do no better, but as a safeguard against fanatics and sectaries,--acustom of which one may see traces in the Homilies at Mattins. Otherwise,where there is no spiritual understanding, and the Spirit himself speaks notthrough the preacher (though I set no limits to the preacher; for the Spiritcan teach better than any Postills or Homilies) the end of it will be thatevery man will preach what he likes; and, instead of the Gospel and itsexposition, they will be preaching once more about blue ducks! There arefurther reasons why we keep the Epistles and Gospels as they are arranged inthe Postills, because there are but few inspired preachers who can handle awhole Gospel or other book with force and profit.