Chap. 3 3, An Expofition upon the Bookof J a B. Vert. 3T. 475 tend,wi»h uti1ioli diligence ; it it fometimes rendred by &Lark- qu a tcumge. 2arng ( Ifa: 32. 3. ) The eyes ofthem that fee(hall not be dim : andfiu,puta auriuu the egret ofthem that heare al! hearken that is they who here- rreAaone. f . > }', ornel:aLap: tofore, through the juh judgemeni of God for their willfuli (hut- in Pro: z.. 3, ring their eyes and cares, infeeing did fee but not perceive, and in hearing did hearebut not underhand (I fa: 6.1o. 29.10. com- pared with Math. 13. 14.) (hall at lab fee clearely and attend diligently to the will of Goddelivered to them ; yea it feemes to note fotne fpeciall geflure,as the liftingupof the care to heare. For as there is a lifting upof the voyce in the zealous fpeaker, fo of the care in the diligent hearer. To marke is toheare and ob- ferve, to heare and lay to heart the things which are spoken, Mnrkwell, O fob, and hearken. That's 'a word of a large extent; to hearken is more then ro v1L6 avail, heare ; it takes in not only, firil the worke of the Bare, but fe- tavit, exasdi condly, the worke of the minde ; 'xis hearing, '6th,- with under- tit, difio obe- f+anding ; fecondly, with bcleeving ; . yea thirdly, it takes in the diensfitir, pa:' worke of thewholeman in obeying,or fubmicting to what is fpo- "sit. ken, ThusGod fayd to Adam (Gen: 17.) .Iecaufe thouhag. leearkned unto the voyceof thywife, that.is,becaufe thou haft obey- ed her voice, anddone the thing h e perfwaded thee to ; After hearkning comes doing: La'hly, it includes alto a workeof the affedlions; hearkning is withdelighting, that which we hearken to we arepleated with ; 'tis ( like good mufck) fweet unto us ; in this compaffe and extent we mayexpound these words , Mark. well, O job, andhearkenuntome. And thefe words; efpeciálly the former of the two, rendred marke, are often ufed in Scripture, whenthe peopleof God delre and begge that hewould take no- tice of andattend unto their prayer. Thus David more then once (Pf .z.)Hearken unto the voyce ofmy cry,my King,andmy God:, for Panto thee will Ipray ( 66.19.) but verily God hash heard me, he bath attended to thesvoyce: ofmyprayer(Pfal: 130.2.) Lord heart my voyce, letthine ears be iottentaveto the .afoyce ofmyfuppli- cation. Now, as when we delre that God would heareour pray- er, we delire that hewould be very attentive to our prayer, and not onlyfo, but doe what we pray for,and that our prayers maybe wekonne,acceptable,anddelightfull tohim ; fowhen we are;fayd PpP 2 to
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