Preaching the Gospel, tho' foolishness to men, yet a saving ordinance of God : A sermon preach'd at Edgartown on Martha's-Vineyard, July 29th. 1747. When the Reverend Mr. John Newman was ordained Pastor of the church in the said town, in the room of the late Reverend and excellent Mr. Samuel Wiswall, deceas'd. By Thomas Balch, A.M. Pastor of a church in Dedham. Published at the desire of many of the hearers. [Three lines from I Corinthians].