378 Ofduties to beperformed4fter the bearingofGods word. meditatrou a .,,pfour foules wherbywe are nourithed vntoeuerlafting life, the benefit 'that fpirituall phyfick whereby we arepurged from our cor- bearing. ruptigns,that light which guideth vs in the waies ofhohnes and righteoufnes ; ina word, that it is the chiefe meanes to worke invsall Gods graces in this life, and to affure vs of euerlafting happineffe in the life to come. And ifthefe and fuchlike meditations come to our remembrance, they will lerue to flirrevs vp from our drowfie dulneffe,and toheare Godsword with alacritieAnd cheerefulnefi'e, fattening our eyes onGods Minifters according to the exampleofChrifts hearers, Luk4.2o. and euen hanging vpon them.( likeThe and19.48. child on themothers breatt) to fuck our foulesnourifhtnent as the people hanged on our Sauiour.Luk 19.48. Fourthly, wee mutt heare the wordas ifwee were neuer- more toheare it : for who can tell whither hee ,{hall hue till thenext Sabbath ? or thoughbeedoe,yet how knoweth bee whether he fball hauehis fenfes,vnder1tanding, and memo- rie,feeinghe will not vfe them to Godsglorie and his owne good ?or thoughhe haue, yet maythe wordofGod bee ta ken fromhim,and fuch afamine bee ofthisheauenly foode AmosE. tt. that he may wander from fea to lea, and fromNorth toEaft feeking it and thall not finde it, and therefore whileft the Lord fpeakethvntovs, to day let vshearken and not harden our hearts;for heehath.not.promifed vs to morrow that wee {hall heare it; whilett wee enioy this heauenly light let vs looke vpon it,and be directed by it to doe theworkesofho- lineffe :forit maybee it willfhortly fet andneuer rifeagaine untovs,and then what will followbut eternal! darkneffe? Laftly,let vs beltirredvp to :attention by the cófideratiott ofGods iudgementswhich hee inflicteth on the contemners andnegledors ofhis word, which hee may iuttly euerymi- nutepowre vpon vs whileft our mindes are a wandring,not regarding that which hefaithvnto vs,he may füddenly ftrike vs with fren ie and madnes, or with death it felfe, and then :how fearefull and lamentable were our.ftate if fuch aiudge- fats.:o. ment.fhould feafevpon vs. Let vs remember what hapned to drowfie Eutychus ,and confider with our !clues that that whichbefalle huntoonemayhappenvnto another. An
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