47 6 Chap. 3 3. An Expof:tion upon the Book of J o s. Verf. to marke and hearken to what is fpoken to us, all the powers of our inward man, the underaanding, will and affeelions are .ac worke in hearing. Hencen ote. Ile that will profit by bearing muf'de anattentive hearer. Ile mufc mark and hearken, a fruicfull hearer.doth more then heare,he markes ; not only is his eare at worke, but his minde, his heart, his whole foule is, as it were, transformed intoan care, or is adtive at his care. There are many,and it were well therewere more hearers of the word,but there are few markers of theword, many come to Sermons, yet but fewhearken unto Sermons; eve- ryhearer is not a marker, not a hearkner towhat he heareth, and not being fo,hecan fcarcely be called ahearer ; for they only that are markers fhall attaine that mark of which the Apatite (peaks ( Phil 3. rq.. ) Ipreffe toward the markfor the price of the high calling ofGod inChrif Pfau. What is our mark in hearing ? is it not falvation by Chria, and glory with him ? Now unleffe we are markers, we never pref{'e towards, much leife attaine that mark, the price of the high calling of God in Chrifl efui. Marhwell, O ob, hearken unto me, hold thy peate, andIwill f peake. Din fedit, 'Tis but one word in the Hebrew which we tranflate, hold thy fundutn ara- peace, and it fignifieth properly to dig or plow the ground,and by lit. Mcraphr a metaphor to thinke of, or to meditate, becaufe thoughts goo tied, cobitaviy deep in the foule, a mandoth, as it were, plow up his own f iris fodit cogitario- p p p p , ne,intentsavet while he is meditating or thinking ferioufly (Pro: 3.29.)`)evife attentur fuit not evil!, or (it is this word ) plow not up evill ; that's abad foyle rei alieuur cS- indeed, tobe plowing up. They that plow evils,. (hall fow the ficiende, Jicut wind,and ( except they repent) reape the whirlewind.The pro- orator papa- het exhorting Ephraim to breakup their fallow round and fow ratrerram ante .P p p g feminatorem. in righreoufnefs, that they might reap mercy (' of ro. t 2. ) reproves them (v. i 3. ) fo: avery unprofitable piece of husban- dry, by this word, re have plowed wickednefs, ye have reaped ini- quity, yehave eaten the fruit oflyet, that is, ye have plotted, de- vifed, and contrived wicked things,and ye have fared according- ly. Now as the word to meditate, by a metaphor, from digging o- plowing ; fo by the figure antiphrafi s or contrary fpeak- ing, M
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