In a serious assembly, moreover, such as is spoken of when it is said, "I will praise Thee among much people," [Ps. 35. 18.] no pleasure is derived from that species of eloquence which indeed says nothing that is false, but which buries small and unimportant truths under a frothy mass of ornamental words, such as would not be graceful or dignified even if used to adorn great and fundamental truths.
