anrl perpetual/ quiJe. or his Preaching,were in fault, becaufe there was much ad0e, and an ·hurly~burly almoft wherefo- .ever he came; and not rather t'he wicked Infidels, which could not endure to have their finnes re– proved ? Neither the Sower,nor theSeed,MAth• .13. are to be blamed, that it cloth not profper and . fru?tifie; it is the ground that isonely in fault: M•th. IJ. 4, 1, , which is either fi:onie, or·thornie, or barren ; or 7, 1 ~. · -elfe,it is the enviousman,that fow.eth Tares: The Sower doth onely his d.utie, and the Seed is pure and precious ; it is mens corruptions, and pro• .phane hearts,that caufeth all the Cl:irre. Amongft foure kiads_of Grounds, there is but one at the mofi: (as appeares in the Parabi~ of the Sower, Math. r3•.) in which the immortall Seed of the . Word takes root, profpers,and fruetifies: Onely the good and honeftheart profi~s byPrea.~hing; to all others, it is the fA'I.Jour Df death unttJ death: And whom it cloth not hNmble , it hardneth; whom it makes not fo meeke as a Lambe, and like a little Child in humilitie, it makes.as fierce ~nd furious asa Lion, againfl: the power ofgrace wrought in others, and againll: the profeffion and practice of finceritie. No marvell then, though where theWord of Truth begins to beare fw.ay, there be many times much adoe,and refi!l:anceby carnall andpropbane men. , . I, but (will fome fay) this Word is brought OhbjWeE1.d7~ · b . k d c: • 1 r. . b T e or 11 · unto us ywca e an 1ra1 emen ; IOmettmes y . broughtto us ' thofe,wh~ areof notorious and infamous life and 1 1 by w~ak,fo_Hlc- . converfatwn : and therefore wee have lelfe heart ~rmde, by wrcb . 1 ~~.c men. to eleeve and obey them. Ifwee had theWord s (f4) pubi I .
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