86 9:heSaints fore 1in !inning, and like the Hig.h-way in the P_arable. of the Sower; t-hen tbeEvtll one comes tmme~ diately, and catcheth the Seed o( the Word fo - foone as it is fowen, and fiealeth it out of the Simile. - heart. As we may fee many times Birds hovering greedily. after the Sower , to- fnarch away the Come, before it be covered with Earth, or tak~ root in the grot!nd: even fo Sathan,.the ravenous Crow of Hell, waites all opportunities to pecke up the Seed of theWord out of the hearts of men, before it finke into their affections, or fru- ., etifie in their converfations. Or otherwife,ifthe Or tbeWorl4 World hath.frolne mens hearts out of their bo~ ' flea_les away dies fo that they have no hearts left within them . tb.eu hearts. ' ·, .· • ' · 1 for matters of Holme!fe 3 and Heaven; but are wholly fer upon Gaine, and exercifed .in Cove– toufneffe: then l)eedes ·not S-athan much to be.:. . fiirre himfelfe; he knowes- full wel1,thatworldly ~41 •• p9~ Cares will prefently choake the Seed of the– Word . .. As foone as the Sermon is heard, and e·nded, and they turned their backes upon the Church, there comes immediately into their I 1 11eads whole fwarmes of earthly thoughts, and they are prefently plunged over head and cares ·into the cares and plottings ofearthly bufindfes. S'O that thefe men,whom Sathan conquers by this . temptation, never meddle with meditation, con– ference, .or talke about: the poitJts handled by the Preacher, by which the Word of God iliould be be.ner, as itwere,digefted;and ·· prepared for.pra- · Ct:ife, Nay, they have no.-delight at all to heare I . othcr.s.repeat,tbe-Sermon .t:b'ut are very.wearie of. · . tb~ .
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