VE RS.I9· An Expi)Jition, 'With Notes A defiling of the feet. Peter, as foon 11$ he beard the voyce~f Chrifr, cart himfelf into the Sea ; others came about by thip, Mf4t. 1 4.29. he did not plead the waves between him and Chrill. 3· In yielding your felves up to the~whole Will of God without referva– ~ions ; do not allow one exception, or referve one carnal ddlr~: , Afls 9·~· Lord,'What wilt thou have me to do ( The ear and heart was open for every command. So I Sam. 3· 9· Speak_Lord, for thy {erv(f.nt heareth : He was ready to receive whatever God would command; but alas 'tis otherwif~ with us: Chrifi cometh to offer hi,mfelf to us,as he did to the blind man, Luk! 18.4I. What wilt thou that I foal! d(} unto thee? Chrifl: is fain to ask our plea.:: fure, not we his : The mafier asketb what the fenant will corn-. mand; 'Y;(;a, we refufe him whenhe offereth himfelf to us, Heb. 12. 2. 5. p.ii71W~t1na-d.1s, See thatye refufe not,&u. The word fig· nifieth, Do not urge vain pretences. This is the fourth Note; but I mull be more particular. Ob{ervat.5. 5· From that [Be j wifttohear,J Tbatis, theWordofGod;' for otherwife ..cwere good to be Oow in he~ring: We may wifu our felves deaf fomecimes, that we may pot hear oaths., impuriti~s, railings; as old Mart&wa$ glad that he was blind, that he could not fee fuch a curfed Apofi:are as Ju!ian. Divers things are im· plyed.in r~is Precept,! lh~llendeavor to draw out the fence of it in _ thefe parttculars. * • _. 1. It lbewetl} how we lhould value beaiing, be glad of aH op~ • p ~m eft~~ portunity; the-~< ear u thefepfe of learning :. and fo ~tis ofgrace; ~unb~ _qujia 'tis that fenfe that is con{ecrated to receive the mofi fpiritual dif– ~~ ocu 14 ~:, penfation_s : F--om. I o. I 4· How !hall they.~elieve in himofwhom tur:;, .quonz~ they have not he11.rd? The Lord beginneth fiis S,ermon with Hear, d~"'.rm~ er o Jfrael,Deut.6. When Chrifi: was folemnly difcovered from Hea· fapt-e.n~sa . v~n to be the great Prophet of the Cb1-1rch, the refpeCl: that is be-– perczpe~urs- fpokeq for him is Aadiepce, Mat. l7· 5. This is my beloved Son, bmfa/ss po~ hear him. God is ple~fed to-at?point this way, do not defpife it; t~ft_ ' oculu re;td~ng hath it~ ufe, but the voyce hatha(iquidlatentu energi12, a Jo.':: nLo"ct_po- fecret -force ugon th~ Sot!l, b,ecaufe of the/jrnpathy between the t~y • a an- externalWord, and inward pe~;t{ot1; I mean, it hath amin.ifl-erial tms. tffic~c;, by which tqe ~uthori~y and fover;~ign efficacy of the Spiri~ is ~onvt>y~d: G9d would inGnu~te: ar:eal efficacy in amoral way, apd ~h~refore ufetJ1 th~ voyce : -The Apo!He had fpoken much of the Word, anq Ehep he faith 1 This i.s th_e W:ordwhich i1preachedto-
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