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Sermon
8.
rind
FAsT
1. N
a.
!'Arable)
wherein the
Sower
goeth forth and carrieth:with him
,s:ood
Jut!,.
and cafis it
i/1.
So is
t~ere
a
time
too (faith the
P(alme:)
fot
Redmmejfor jm11smantf.ulosficam,
Ffal.•
~G.~~
that the
Reaper comes bacl:e a11dbrmgs. hu fbea":es
wuh him; the
foeaves,
which
th~
fie_d
(he carried
in)
brot~ght
forth.
But,wtth us,lf 1s otherwtCe. For, a wonderfull thtng 1r
· how many
sermons,
and
Sermons
upon
'Sermons
Cas it were, fo many
meafures
of
fo~d)
arethrowen
in
aaily; and what becom,esC)f them;no man can tell. Turne they
allto
wind~
Or run they all thorow
~
For,{ru;tthere
~omcs
none;
omma teadver.
fi
m
all
iP: 10fllaretrorfrnn,
None~llf.
It went Hard (fatth
Aggee)
when,
(or twenty
;eafures of
feed,the~e
came bm tenofgraine
; but halfe in halfe:
y.'hr,
we would think
Agge.t.tG;
,<'!Ut
[elves happie,If that were our cafe. Nay,It was worfe With
Efay;
an
Homer
of
tray.po,
feedyecldtdbut
an
Epha
of
corm;
that,was butoneinten. It were well with us,might
onebuday that: for,that
werefomewhatyet.
To
be
wilhed,wemightfee more:'but,
rill morecome,fee but even that.
Now, that ground (faith the
Apojlle)
that receives_fuch a quantitie of
Seed,
and
Hcbr.6J ..
returnes no more for it,
isneere acur
fr.
And chat
tree
(fatth the
Gojpefl)
that was
well
leaved,
and no
(r11it
found on it, was fo neere,that it had a
c11r[e.
And thofeearts.tbat
Ch>p.u .•; :
· have (I know not how many)
SermonsandLefl11res,
and allmamannerjine
fruflH,
' ·rpout any
fmit
that can be feene,are not far from it,from a
cur(e.
.
•
Which I would not have drawne to be fpokcn any way againfi
hearing;
but a.·
·:gainfi our
evil!Jmportiolledhe4ring :
Norro flake our
devotio»
in receiving
goodSeed;
~:;l>ut
to makea
confcimce,in
fome degree ro proportionourfruit to our
feed:
To reduce
·\Jur
inferteand ourproferte
to Come
analogit.
ror,if there be an
analogic
of
faith;
So
is there of
hearing
alfo. Sure,ifthe
hody
chrive not with it,and yet be a!wayes
h1111gry
•
it is nogoodligne. It is a difeafe, which they call
' '"[4•,
or
Canin.uppetentia;
and
would belooked to.
Well; there bath beene o)d
carrying in
,and little el[e :let us have Come
6ringing
fonh another while. Bee notalwayesladingin:
bring
forthfomewhat: Elfe,we
fiumble at the very
threfhold
of the Text; and are not conic to the
fitll:
word of ir,
Proferte,bringforth.
-Bring forth fmit.
Withmuchldoe,atlall:fomewhattherecomes.
Forth
they
.
lf~
briNg;
but whatis
it~
It is well knowne,trees bring forth fomewhat elfe,before
fruit.
ilr.?g
fonb
~nd, fome~hat
brought forth there is, but it is but
leaves. Fmlt
it lhould be,
leaves
f.::;,:'
0
'
lt
IS :
there IS all our
produa.
So that here, wee lhall be fiaid againe.
Leaves
come
··
of the
kernell,as
well as the
fruit
:So
dothchaffi,of
the
Sud,
as well as
goodgraine;
What of
that~
We plant not for
leaves;
nor we Cow not for
chajfi.
Wecoum that
no
brmgmg forth.
~d
paleaadtriticum?
(faith the
Pr~phet:)
And,
fl!!id
folit~
ad
Icrcm.
'I.J.
•11
fruc1um,
may we fay
~
It IS not
chajfe,
or
leaves ;fmit
it is, wee are willed to
Bring
·
forth.
'
Vit~frondfa
I(rael
wdinde in
Hofee,andFicH< {rondofa,
we havein the
Gojfe/1.
Hor.,o.•;
1
.
A
,Vtne
and a
Ftg-tm,
that
brought forth,both;
and
(o
paffed the fir!l ;budl:umble at
Ch•p.u. ' '
this fecond :
For,frmttt
was not: But,as for
leaves,
well
tak~
both. fiore\Sf them.
Andfo?tomany
a.tree
lhall
CHRIsT
come among us,andfinde
leav :s
po
ly; but, .
.
that will not ferve. It1s
6rmg forth fnm.
What becamcofHofea's
vine,'
· ee may
vcrrcs,r,
there reade :what, of the
Ftg-tree,
we all know.
·
d
?'
1
ll you know, what thefe
leaves
be~
Saint
LA..gu#inetells
us (No man can
Wh"rhc
Oeit better.) It ·
h
s
d
;r.
r.
r
f(•vts b<.
h
·
ts, to
care a ermon,an
to
pr111
1
et11e Preacher :
There comeswme·
;
. at; fbme
leaves.
His words are:
Audifti<, laudJfti< Deu gratill<
·
Semevaccepi·
"'
v~l
4
reddidipis. Lattdes veflr«gravant nos
poti~«,Jl'in.
periculu,:mittunt. Tole–
{,am:;
1
M,
&
tremimm inter illa1. Tamen fr.ttres mei IMdes v ej/r.ef olitt (tmt ' mod'q
t;uG
u;
qu~ritur.
Yo• heare,and you commend
(faith
:Auguftine:) well, thanket be
not.
~
0
d
Good feed you receive, goodwordJ yqugiveba.-ke. Thefegoodwords profi.
·
foo,:l.J
~
1
.,'1,
1""•
dot"' hurt other.while. Bearewith them we
~mft;
tremble at the
w~
•
e
•"'
e11 •l!
,.
done(goodbrethren) goodwords•re bill leaves
;
and
it
if
fruit,fruit
y
il