John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 1:17

Verſe 17. Not to baptize] As my chief work,So Jer. 7.22. Meli[illegible: 1 letter]h. Adam. i[illegible: 1 letter] vi[illegible: 1 letter] 115. but to preach and plant Churches, wherein he had a very happy hand: as had likewiſe Farellus among our late Reformers, Qui Mompelgardenſes, Aquileienſes, Lauſannenſis, Genevenſes, Novocomenſes Chriſto luoriſecit, he gained five Cities with their territories to Chriſt.

Not with wiſdome of words] Which yet S. Paul could have done as well as another; witneſſe his artificiall unſtarching of the Oratours ſpeech, Act. 26. But he liked not to put the Sword of the Spirit into a velvet ſcabberd, that it could not pierce, to ſpeak Floridè potiùs quam ſolidè, as thoſe ſelf-ſeekers at Corinth did, that ſought more to tickle the ear then to affect the heart. It repented Augustine, (and well it might) that when he was young he had preached more, Ʋt placeret, quam ut doceres, to pleaſe, then to profit. And Luther was wont to ſay, He is the beſt preacher that preacheth, vulgaritèr, trivialitèr, maximè que , ad populi captum. Not but that there is a lawfull uſe of Rhetorike in Sermons, ſo it be free from oſtentation. See the Preface to my Gods love tokens.