62 That Satan tempteth vs tonegligence inhearing the word we findeour appetite weake and our flomacks indifpofed to cateofthis heauely food,let vs a little force ourfelues againfl theappetite or vie all goodmeanes toquicken & fharpen it, and fo wee fhall finde that the oftner we Bate, the oftner we (hall delire, theMore wee heare the wordofGod, the more wee fhall defire toheare,and the greaterbenefit wee fhall re- ceiue by it. Whereas negle&ofhearingwill make vs euery day more vnfit to heare, euen as long ábllinence doth quite fpoilc the floinacke. 111 CHAP. XXVI. Hots wee muff arme our felues apingSatans temptations, - .tbhereby he laboureth tomake the wordofGodfr-uitlefje. Nd thefe arethe temptationswhich Satanvfeth to diffwade vs from hearing the word; but if wee breàke thefe fnaresandcannot be with- held from frec;ucntingGódsholie affemblies; then bee will labour byall meanes tomake the wordofGodwhich we heare, fruitleffeand vncffec'uall for ourconuerfion and faluätion; and to this end he will labour to work in vs a negligent carelefieffe inhearkening tothofe things whichare del iuered; and this is vfuallyaccompanied with dulneffeof fpirit, drowfine% and fleepineffe or if we let our feluès to heare the word, with any care and confci- ence to profit thereby, then hee will feeke to diflraél our mindes;With vvandring thoughts, either by offering and fuggefling to our confïdcration and memorie the world, and-the vanities thereof, as our affaires and bufineffe and, thofe- pleafures wherewith wee are moll delighted; or if this will not preuaile, by calling into our mitrdes things in their ovvne nature good and religious, if they were thought vpon in timecouenient, to the end that wee may beer diflraeled, and bee made -vnfit to heare' the wordwith profit. Which temptations wee are towithfland as being; moll dangerousand pernicious: andato thispurpofe there is tome- thing Setri`, r. bat Satan . tempted) vs to eartleffe neg- ligence in bea- ring. That to refill Satan vve muii prepare
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