394. Mr. Lye's Summary Rehtar fai that it may never be raid as it was raid of thole precious ifritelites The wordofthe Lordwas precious in thole dales ) there was no open Icon. Which leads me to The Eleventh Sermon. i Sam. 3. I The tcordof the Lord was precious in thofedares , there; was no open Ififlott., 1 He word of the Lord was precious in thofe dayes : was it not al wayes precious ? Yes, but there is a tvvo-foldlprecioufnefs. x. Of worth and excellency. 2. Of want and fcarcity. The word of the Lordhad not been fo precious to the 1j rrielites in regardof its worth and excellency,there- fore Godmade it precious to them in regard of its want and fcarcity. There was no open Vifion. Hence obferve, i. There hath been , may be fuch a day overtake aChurch and people of God , herein the word of God may be precious ; that is, may be fcarce, rare, and hard tocome by. 'Tis molt juPt with God to teach them how to prize the word by the want of it, that know not how to prize the word of God by the worth of it ; the life was for direction , what to be done topre- vent this judgement of a fcarcity and famine of the word of God ? 1. Learn to prize the word by the worth of it. 2. Improve the Word as to the fruit of it. 3. Adorn the word in your lives and converfations. 4. Be earned with God in publick and private for thebided continuance of that word. Learn to prize the word by the worthof it; wedo prize the word, &c. Da you prize the word in truth; Then x . What hath meant that horrible, wicked, general contempt of the word of God , and MiniLlers of that word through the Land, though, ( bleffed be God ) theyhave not taken the vilelt of thepeo- ple , and, made them Priefis yet the 60 of t../Ilinifiers have been efteemed as the worft and vilefi ofpeople ? 2. What means the want " of the word read, repeated, looked into ? 3. What means that general difobedience to the word ? 4. Why are you fO ready to fell the truth , far more ready than to buv it ? 5. What means that Cane forfaking ofthe bleffed truths ofthe Gofpel ? That a Popifh false, cannot come and vent one of his wicked opinionq, but prefent- ly let it bevomited, it muff be rucked up by one o others ? 6.What means the havingof the faith of Chria in fo much rape& of perfons as bath been 1-2re amonga us ? Judge our feTves then for what is part , and for the future learn to prize the word according to its "'forth).
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