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§.Sea.3.
Yve
rrudt
ba-
vifhall
fore-
fialled
opinions
oftbe
tsunificr.
yVé
mtrfi
ex-
pell all
worldly
óegitations.
Yt7e
#11
ex-
ansineaur fins
and
wants.
74
Of
our preparation
before
a'e
heure the
fiord
of
God.
X.Pet.z.r.
And to
thefe alto
we may
adde
all
other
like
vrt-
them.
Secondly,wemuflbanal out ofour
minds
all
preiudice;
foreflalled opinions,
and
unifier conceits,
of
the Mini(ler
of
Gods
word
whom
wee are
toheare; whereby
men
are
either
carried away
with
a
vaine
admiration
of
his
gifts,and
in
the
meane time make no
confcience
of
feeding
vpon
that foode
which
is
offered
;
like
vntothem
who
in
flead
of
drinking
of
the wine,
$and wondring at the
curious
workmanfhip
of
the
cup
;
or
elfe
with
a
preiudicate
opinionof
his
infufficien-
cie in
gifts,or
imperfect}
ions
oflife,whereby
they
are
foföre-
Bailed
that
they thinke nothing
which
he
can
deliuerwill
be
worth
the
hearing.
Thirdly,we
muff expell
out
ofour
cogitations,theremema
brance
ofal
worldly
bufineffes,pleafures &
dclights,lefl they
diflraet our
minds in the hearing
ofthe
word,and
fo
choak-
ing
this heauenlie
feede
make
it
fruitleffe
;
for
as
the
veffell'
which
is
alreadie
full, will
receiue no
more,
and whatfoeuer
is
powred
into
it,
fpilleth vpon the
ground
;
fo
the minde
that
is
fall
of
worldlie,
meditations,
is
not
fit
to
recei
ue
the
word
ofGod,
but
as
foone
as
it
offereth
to
enter,
it
is
kept
backe
and
fo
perifheth;
for
God
and
Mammon, the
hohe
word
ofGod
and
the
cares
and
vanities
ofthe
world,can
ne-
uer dwel
at
the
fame
time
together, but
as
Toone
as
one
en-
treth
it
expelleth
the other.
As
therefore
men
urpofing
to
write
a
fermon,doe
make
cleane
their writing
tat les,by
blot
ting out
that
which
was
written in
thern-before,for
other
-
wife
there
wouldbefuch
a
mixture
and
confufion,
that
no-
thing
would
be
legible;
fo
whenwepurpofe to
carry
away
a
fermon
faire
written
in
the
tables
of
our
memories,wee muff
firfl
blot
out
all
worldly
affaires
and
buf
neffes,
otherwife
there
willbe
nothing but
confufion, and'we (hall
not
-be
able
to recall
any
thing to
our remembrance.
Fourthlie, before the hearing
of
the
word
we
mull
fearch
and-examine
our
hearts
both
concerning
our
fnnes
and cor-
ruptions,
as,alfoconcerning
our
wants, and
imperfe
Lions;
for
the
firfl
we
mull confider
to
what
finnes
wee
are
moil
ad-
dieted,and with
what. temptations
we
arc
moll
,eafilyu
d,