Chap, 4. An Expofitionupon the boo& J OB. Verî.r2. 79 and murmure at them,fpeak,yea rail and fight againtt them ; their hearts are unfutable to thole truths, therefore they diftafì them, therefore they relith them no more, then the white ofan egg, or a dry flick. Nay,not only have they no pleafant tafle, but they have a bitter talk in their mouths, they areas gall and wormwood to them,they are a vexation and torment to them: The truth which the two Witneffcs publifh,torments them that dwell on the earth; Rev.iI. and then no marvail if intlead ofcatching thole truths,to embrace them, they catcht the Witneffesand kill them. Obferve Secondly, That the ear and heart of Snag in this Bate of corruption, are ve 1'els too narrow, to take in or hold all the truths of God.I have many thiugì tofay, (faith Chrift to his Difcipies) but ye cannot bear ¡hem now, "John i 6. 12 Nor could they ever fully bear Le much as Chrifl had to lay, We have lineupon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little, Ifa. 28 i o. becaufe it is but here and there a little, fome few lines or precepts, which we are able to learn, and digeft into our fpirits; whole'fhowers ofdivine truths are often rained upon us (Heb. 6. ) yet we drink in but a drop or two ; we Swim, as it were, in a whole ocean, a lea of ho1y revelations, but we are narrow- necked-bottles, and how little is it which bubbleth in ? mine ear received a little there- of.The truth ofGod is like God himfelf,infinite ; Truth is nothing elf. but the mind of God, and that is infinite ; therefore we who ate not only finite, but freightned, cannot poflibly comprehend it. Thirdly, Mitte ear receiveda little thereof ; it was but a little he received, yet he received alittle, all did not fall betide his ear, all did not flip away,he caught fomewhat: Note from hence,That she ear and heart of a godlyman, ever receives fonewhat, when the truths of Godare revealed. I cannot get in all, my heart will not receive all,mymemory will not retain all, but a little it will hold, fomewhat it takes in at every Sermon; and from every vifion of God ; (Sermons are the vifions of God, and fomewhat of Gods mind is brought to youin every holy Sermon.) Natural men arc like fieves, like veffe.ls without a bottom, or full of holes, into which thefe truths beingput,run out every drop : the belt in this life are leakingveil-cis,. much dropsou-t.; Eliphaz received a little ; Howmany hear much and receive nothing ? They come empty to the Ordinances, and they return empty : their ears have been hit with a found, but their hearts havenot caughta fyllable, not a
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