I 84 1 The Saints jure I or elff hinder to.ma,ke the 'Word invaine, fruitleffe, and unpro1 thcpowcrofit fi-rable unto them. And that hee rloth, by Ji1eh Hec kcep,cs · them frorn :lt– tcndiJ>g. -meanes as thefe :. 1 Ifby the grace of God we breake thor0w all lets and fnares which might_withhold us from holya!Iemblies, and hearing of the Word; then S.atan, that he might ma-ke·it nnetfcetua-11 for om converfi onand fa·lvation; Grfl:, labours toworke i-n us a negligent carelefnd:fe and heedlefne!fe, in lifi:ningto thofe things wbicharedeli•vcred, and that by a kinde of heartlefi1effe in ho-ly t:hings, ~y dulneife of fpirit, clrowGndfe, fleepineffe, gazing about, talking, or fuch 'like. And fu c-h) hearers as thefe, are never· a w-hit moved or affe– :lted wi-th the Word pre~chea, bu_t remaine in the \ fame fi:ateas theywere before. There is neither· p<1ffion or irnprefiion ~vrought upon them for the ! prefent, nor any thought of it, profit or practice ! af~e1 ward. · , ., In tbis depth , ~ *But if liecannot fpeed this way,butthat we " be ufe~ to hll rouze up and addrefTe our felves to heare the . uur mu:ds , r d . . . h . . with barren Vvord .or Go , as defirmg Wit •. care and good me!ancholy,or confcience to profi t thereby: vVhy then in a fewmake men · ' · ~ p.oftcffrecond place~ hee fe~ke~ by aHmeanes to fill :mr , proofe~, :md heads.andhearrs wHh Idle mufings,andwandnng ,M1~1!tf:.1l~~11 thoug~1ts ·, which may ?iftrat:t an_d fieale away :<11 chewhile our mmds from attendmg to the Word. And t.) others. tha-t he doth, either by oft'erirw and ftlcrg.ellincr He fills our- . 0 b · h _ruinds either· tG ·Ollr confideratwn and memory, the world,and w.ith worldly,, the vanities thereof, .as our a·ffaires-and ·bu:fineffe, " o.r elfc with , our profits and-preferments ,· thofe pteafur_es and i im.pertin.e ne-, ·unkalonablc deliglns. vvherein our corrupt. affections finde . ; thoughts~ moll:
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