'The Saints fore Luke 21. 34· The c'ares of this life doe furfet the he~rt. Now,as it is with a man in a furfet, hee is not fit to eat,neither!;an he digell any whoiefome . food ' : fo, when as the h~art is furfetted with worldly .cares, it is unfit for any fpirituall food. You know how it was with Marth~t, Luke 1 o. 410 · · Iefus faid unto MarthiZ ; Thsu art treubled ,ttbout many thing I, hut one thing unecejfttrie: MttrthAhad · a clutter of many,worldly matters, that made a great noife in her head, and hindered better mat– ters, that lhe cared not for hearing. How then lhall they_profit by the Werd, that doe jumpe out -of their worldly bufinelfe, and from bufying their heads about their .callings, into the Houfe of God, to heare and to performe the Exercifes of Religion ·? Trul~, though they be never fo diligent in hearing , yet their hearts wilJ goe after their covetoufndfe,Ezech. 33. 3r. Thirdly~Pray- · .3 A third dutie before the hearing of the er,.anotber Word, is Prayer'· no good ·thing .can beexped:ed .du~:.c. from God, as a bleffing., if it be not fought by prayer,Deut·4·7. and wee linde it layd downe as a condition required,Prov.z. r,2,3,&c. Myfonne, if thou wilt receive my ftlordJ, and encline thine ettre 40 wiftdome ,o~and apply thy heart to underHanding; yea, if thou cryeff after k-nowledge, and lifteff up thy ~·oice forunderftancling, then /halt thou underHand the ' feare of the -Lord, andfinde out the knowled,ge of God. The reafon is, Yer[. 6. For theLordgiveth wi[edom_e, and out Dfhi! mouth commeth knowledge and under– flanding. Becaufe the Lord gives knowledge, therefore you muft crie for it unto him. What - ' lS
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