Chap. i 3, An Expopionupon the Hook ofjoB . Verf. 17. 4.71. Harvelt time is a time of great pleafure, nd a time ofgreat buii- nefs : and fo the meaninn of the Proverb is, you hear as if you Were taken up with fome other delights or affairs. Molt hear theword of God with harvefi ears,and that's the reafon we have fo ill a feed time for the word. While we are fowing the word, mail men are in the harvetis oftheir worldly contents and cares, and therefore their baiveu1 in I_olinefs is very fmall, if any:Rv1<1 who bring forth fruit, bring forth but very little; and very .t a -ly bring forth nume at all; and all upon this account, Twwrdly, Obferve, 7áb, though brit a man, yet ( you fF expeetsro beheard Now, Ifa manfpeakzng to men ta'k s it ill i fhebe not hear'd,how à, l srp God take it ifmenwill not hear when he fpeaks ? `Ve put God to manyof thefe prefaces the Prophets ofold,feldom,ifever,camre with a iriefrage from God, but they begin with, I bus faith the Lord, or, Hear what theLord faith, &c. Chrift in the Gofpe1 a yid iu his Epiltles to the Churches ( Rev. z. 3.) repeats this often. He that bathan ear to hear, let himhear. So( Pfa. ár.13.) O that my people hadhearkened unto me : and verf. S. Hear, Omf people, and I will teftifie unto thee. Thus God cals for, yea, even t eos for hearing, Its a ítrangecondefcention, that he thould (tand-with ing for our attention, who ( upon the higher} terms offoveraign- ty) may command our attention. $elides, God hath noneed that we thould hear him, he Both not fpeak tous for our help,or to fupply his wants. 1 f he were hungry hewouldnot tell us, for the world is his and the fulnefe of it (Pfa.5o 12.) Now, if we takeit ill that menwill not hear us, when we are hungry to feed us, or when we are weak to help, us, how much more may Gout take it ill at our hands when we will not hear him, who only 'com- mands us toour duty, or counfels us for our good. We are apt to think much if God donot fpeedily hear our prayers,andgrant our requelts : what caufe doAve give God to by angry when We will not hear his precepts nor hearken tohis laws ? And yet the Lord,infteadof anger,expref s fotnetimes nothingbut com- panion when he is not heard, O that ,sà? people had hearkened unto me_1 God is much dithonoured`when he is not heard, and yet he pityes thofe who do not hear him. Fourthly, Hear diligently myforsch, . and:mydeclaratiorz with' your ears, HencéObferve, , ; weighty and extraordinaryvuatters mesfl be baeard with ¡ewe than ordinary firits, Luk,. -'
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