Greek and Hebrew – Thomas Brooks

A holy minister aims at the glory of God in all that he does. He labors to hide and conceal all his human excellencies, which may in any way tend to obscure, eclipse, or darken the glory of God.

“My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.” 1 Corinthians 2:4-5

Mr. Dod was accustomed to say that “so much Greek and Hebrew in a sermon was so much fleshly ostentation in a sermon!” When men come to pulpit-work, all plainness must be used. Starched oratory may tickle the brain but it is plain doctrine . . .
which informs the judgment,
which convinces the conscience,
which bows the will, and
which wins the heart.
That sermon has most learning in it which has most plainness in it. And therefore a great scholar was accustomed to say, “Lord, give me learning enough that I may preach plain enough.

Silly, ignorant people are very apt to dote upon that most, and admire that most which they understand least! But  prudent Christians judge of ministers . . . not by their throats but by their hearts and lives; not by their voices and tones but by the plainness, spiritualness, suitableness, and usefulness of their matter.