Verf.L. YRavERRS. a07 continually by theSpirit ofGod,and a mans ownc heedful] attendance, theone will bean open gate for Ina, pride, envy, touetou(heife, and all naughtievices to enter in at, and the others manfìon for them to inhabile. Confutation ofthofe that boa(l of their good heart,how a muchthey loue God, and how richly they are dotedwith Faith and other graces, and yet are obnoxious to the com- plaint of theProphet:Beho1dtheir cares arevncircur rcifed. & der. 6. co, they cannot hearken: Behold, theword ofthe Lordis vnto them as a reproach, they haue no delight in ir. Yeecan no way deale more rigorou fly with them, nor lay a heaui:er burthen upon them, then by tasking them once or rw:iîe on' the Sabbath to hear; a Sermon. When S,àt.hari cannot poCfetie their Minifters tongues with the Spirit ofdunanetfe, he poffetfeth fuck peoples tares with the fpiri.t ofdeafcncife, and illudeth their mindea with theopinionof great knowledge. And on the other (ìde, they are no le fe fubiec`f to re* proofe from God or their ow,neco.nfciences;which forpraife ofmen,-or other carnal] reípeds, b.ri.ng theircares oft to the Word, but without the company of the heart, and fo part a (under thofe things which God would bane ioyned toge- ther. Etechiel was haunted with filch, and his Sermons frequentedwith diners guileful] ditiemb.lers, whole difmu- lationwas difcoueredvntohim by the Lord himfelfe;faying, They comevnto thee, as thepeople vIeth to corm : andmy people 7ecir 3 ; 3 I fit before thee andheare thy words, bur they will not doe therm: For, with their mouthes theypretend loste, but their heartgoeth after their. couetonfneffe. Although thenmen feenot theab fence of thea(fedions, yet God obferueth it, and raked) no- tice that they are no better than lining corpfes; bodies with. out the benefit ofthefoule,thcirharts tr .ieiling:anotiler way, and.artendingvponwickednetfe. And from thisvnhartyand careleiìîe hearing, fpring manifoldmifchiefes,as hardneffc of hearts want of vnderflanding and profiting by the things which they hear; want of Faith, want of obedience to that which is commanded,want offound comfort, want ofgodly forrow,andwant oral! the fruits of the Spirit. e rfc. .
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