ofthe doingofthe VVord: BowCJii tf,ey po[Sibly beJawd ,- except they c~lJ upon GoD; orcall upon Him A~ts 9 , 6~ except they IJeare~ It feemes, he knew not how : and it not he, not any tnan die. For,ifwe !Tiuflbedoers ofthe1vord (as 1 by ~nd by hetels us we muft) w\?mufl: needs heare firlt, what we doe, before we can doe it. . At the firfl:, we are in his cafe, that faid, 'Domine quid 1t<e rvisfacere?we Iohn z+li; know not whatto doe: then it isneceffary toteac_hus. 1 Afrcr we know, we forge~againe. Then, it is neceffary to c~ll us to remembrtUzce. When we remember, we grow dull in our. duty: Then, it is neceffa. ry to fl:irupand quicken us. So, every way ic is neceffary;andwe cannot •Pcc.3• 1~; be quit of it donee cognominarur bodie, while it is called to dcry. . As the Philolopher faid, ofthe Celeltiall bodies and lights, that chey weredignum& idoneumJPeBaculHm,ft ta11tum pr.eterirent (it is Seneca) if they_onely pafied by.over our h::ads, and we received not the benefit of theit motion and influence (which we doe;) yet were they a fpeCl:acle worth the beholding. Som.ay. w~ juftly fay ofche Word : thoughit on– ly dilclofed the high and admirable treafure of "»>ijdnme and knowledge (it doch) yet were it worth chewhile to heareic. Forc.he !2.J!.eeneofthe Soutb, ca111e a great long journey, onely to be partaker of Salomons"»:>ifedome, and for no~hing elfe : & Ecce major Salomone hie, and He that was Mat :1'. f . · 12·1:10 the Aut!Jor o this "»:>ord, isgreater than Salomgn. How mt~,ch more then,whea bdides this excellency,we have further lo necdfary ufe ofit? lt ferves us firll,as a1\.ey, or fpeciall meanes,wherc:– bywe lllily efcape theplace oftorments. So (aith .dbraluzmro him that was in them : ifyour fi'Ve brethrenwould not come where you are, they /,a'Ve Luke x<i.z?:· Mofes and the Prophets, .Audiant ip[r1s 1 Let.tbem heare them: that !hall quit them, for ever CO!Jlmingthere. And it lerves us, not only as a Key to lock. that place, but toopenus an. other) even the 1\.ingdome.ofbea'Vqn. For, nodo few as twenty rimes in I.uke n.p; the Gol.pell, is thePreaching ofthe "»>ord, called the kingdomKof hea 'Vm, as ' a fpeciall meanes to bring usc~ither. It i~that, which Saintlames, in the:, Vcrfe u; Verfe before faith : It is able to faw our fot!les. The very w ords which the Angel/ uled ro Comelim, thatwhenSgintPet~rcame, he fhould fPeake "nlords, bpvhic!Jbe ar1d his !Joujhold jhould be (aved. Such and fo necdlary is ACh u. ,,.; the ufeofhearing the Thord both wayes. I conclude then with Saint Peter ; [ui .bene facitis 11ttendenw, that ye doe 1vellingi'Vingbeedtoit; as Sainda!11es here laith, not as d.x•<"~'· bare zPer.t, xg; bearers; but, as "'1'"""' attenti'Ve b(arers.: chat in fo doing, yon dde well. But Saint Paul is fo farrc: c.arr.ied,wich thisdeflre to have us beare, that he faith .: Let the "»:>ord bee prtacbed, and \et it be heard, be it ftn'cerely,or bee Phi!. x.1S. it pretenfedly ,fa it be done, it is to him, and fhould be to us, matter (not only ofcontentment, but al[o) ofrejoycing. As much to fay, as let them come and be hearers, though it be but tomock.e: lee them come and be bearers, though.
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