andperpetual/ quide. ; Secondly,letme proceed briefe.lyw thofe du– .:ties that ~re required in thehe.ating_ofthe Word: : Which wee mu!l:'the rather O:irre up our felves ·unto becaufe wee have naturally uncircurnci– fcd h~arts, fer. 6. ro. and are dull of heariJ.Jg, Reb.).ti. Dutiell requi– red in the ho::a~ . ring "f the. Word. Now the prir:cipall duties inhearing,.are five~ which I will briefely fet downe a·smay be. t .: 1 You mu!l: fet your felves inGods prefenccj wl1ilcllyou are hearing of his Word : jlnd con.!. ftde-r ·with your felves, that it is God that you have to deale withall in this bu fineffe, and not man ; and that it is Gads W o.rd, and not. mans. To fet our felvcs inGods~ ptefen"- . It is the great commendationof the Thcifa!onh- , ans, I Theff: 't. i 3. tilat they received the Word as the.Ward ofGod. This was that whereby the tord·· would prepa>re his people to rec<tive the Law,Exod.-zo. God JPake aU thefcwords. Andhec not oneiygave the Law,but the whole fun1me of the Gofpel. with his owne:voi€:e, Mat.· 3~ I7• Loe a-•t.:oice from llea.ven,foyi"ng, Thi; it my hekrved.Sonm, bt rrhom It-m 'PJeU pleaftd. Yea, it is the Lord him– felfe t'bat freake!runtoyou in our Miniftery,Luke 10. 16. So the Lord+; prefent in a fpeciall man– ner,where his Word is ,preached, to obferve and . marke·how,it is receivod,or-delivered; and e-ither to ·bleffe or cmfe the hearers, or fpeakers, accor– dingly. So that of. this and fuch Jike places, it maybe faid as Iacoh faid of Betbel,Gen. 2 8. I 6,17. Surely,the Lord i1 in:thif place :-and, l1 (}W dreadfu!l u thuplace? This it n1J other than t!1e Hozife of God, this . u the G~tte. of Hettlt:tn~ · And : ·
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