! - l I :z.~o , 'The SAints fore \ . 'before thou come : from confideration ; firft, I ' of its Neceffitie : Where the Word of God is not preache&, the people perHh; as you had , it in the former Treatife. Secondly, Exccllen-. de : It is farre m<;>re preciqus than purefi Gold, clearer than thoufands ofGoId and Silver. Third– .ly, Sweetneffe: It paffes the Honey,and 'Honey– combe. Da'£Jid, in his ab fence from the rneanes, holds the Swallow and ' Sparrow happie Birdso Fourthly, Profit : · It builds U£ the inner man, · &c. · Fourthly; The Receptionofit i That it ever . be entertained w-ith f;nrc more attention and. re~ , vcrence, than i(wee were hearing the mightiefl :: Monarch in the World fpeaking immediately . unto us , .by perfonaH compellation~ about· the · · weightiefi affaire, and'neereHeft ·concerning us: .• That it be ever heard as the Word of the mightie and ever-living God. · · · Fifthly, Rerentivn~ . THe muR'who!efomeand foveraigne mear, ifpreu~ntly voided; nouril11etb not at aU; many fall into a Confumption of Gracc,by reafon·ofweakeneffe this way. They a:e bot and·· fierce to get unto· a good Sermon, and they doe·well ', _to ·be carefL1ll thereabout; but their fonvardneffe and fervencie coo!es and expir~s, when the Sermon is done._They after, have little more to doe with.ir, fave onely to fay it was,a good Sermon: A·s, manyhave.an unfa– riab!e appetite in devouring meat; who cannot See - Chr;·~ft: keepe iffor any fpace of time. The retentive J:;;~:~::z~~~:: power of the Snllle then mu{£' be fl:rengthened, and
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