ISO __..,,.:..----1 tbat beare without all delight , and account it · a great wearineffe , M-al. I. 13. and thofe the .: dullefl: houres,that they fpend in hearing. Well, ' the Lord bath threatned, that the Word fhall never doe us good, unle£fe that w.ee attend to it wit~ love and delight, 2 Theff. 2 .. ro, I I. Be– e~tuft they received not the love of the Tru-th, that they m~ght be faved ; therefore God fhall fmd them flrong delrljions, ttJ beleeve Lyes. A fearefuU threat– ning, much to be confidered.itl~ thefe dayes. :· 1 'The S.iints fore 4' 1<4eare with '::1)2plkation. · For this is the reafon, that Popifh trumperies· and bellitb delufi.ons have fu.ch. entertainment,, becaufe God inbis jufi judgement;gives up thofe· to fuch ihongdelu£ions, that love not the ftriet · Truthof theWord of God. S You muft hearethe Word, with applica- ·. tion of it to your owne hearts, and lives:; apply·· every truth to your felves, for your owne ufe and' " .comfon,andtei:ror and inftruClion :·as it is Ioli 5• . lafi; Heare this,ttnd know it for thy felfe; carry this· truth home to thinemvne heart: Arrd, . . , Fidl:, there is ·no truth of Go-d taught out- ·' of his Word, but it eoncernes every one· of Gods. pee>pie, and was in~errded for our ufe; . Rom.. I:). 4~ whatfq.ever it written, is written far our · lea.rning. , . · .Secondly, there is no truth. can be taught, to , doe us good, unldfe that we.e apply' it: :as no-. .~ Plaifter candoe the Pati~nt good, unleffe it be · applyed; no meat is able to, doe us any good; . be itdreffe'dnever fo cud01.111y, unlelfe it be eaten · \ a~ad digefted. This comparifoo isapplyed by the . Prophet:
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