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O
f
duties
te.
&e
performed
in
hearing
Cods
word.
377
doe,we
(hall
not
carelefly and
negligently
heare the
word
of
the
Lord,but
with
feare and
trembling
as
in his
prefence,be'
fore
whom
the
earth
trembleth,and thefoundations
of
the
noun-
Pfalm.
18.7.
tames
moue
and
lhakZe,as
it
is Pfal.Y
8.y,
Secondly, wee
are
to heare the word
preachcd,not
as
the :.hve
muß
.
word
of
a
mortall man,but
as
it
is
in
truth
the
word
of
the e-
heare
it
as
uerliuing
God,
according
to
the
example
ofthe
Theffaloni-
the
word
of
ans
:
r.Theff.2.
T
3.
when (faith
the Apoflle
)yee
receiued the
i
Thef.a.
r
3,.
word
of
God hichyee
heard
of
vs,
yee
receiued
it
not as the word
of
men,
but
as
it
is indeed
the
mord
of
Cod.
For the Minifler
is
not
his
owne
fpokefinan,
but
the
Ambaffadour
ofthe
Lord,
it
is
not
his ovine meffage
which
hee
bringeth,b,ut the Lords.
embafrage
:and
hence
it
is
that the Prophets
and Apoflles
prefixe
before
their writings,
thefe
and
fuch
like
fpeeches,
The
word
ofthe Lord,
The
burthen
of
the
Lord, Thus
faith
the
Lord:
fo
alto
the
Apoflleprofeffeth
in
his
owne name,and
in,
the
behalfe
of
all
Gods
true Miniflers,
that
they
are
the
Lords
Ambaffadours,who in Chrifls fleadbefeech
their
hea-
rers
that
they will
be reconciled
vnto
God,
2.Cor.5.2o. We
2.Cor4,
:,a.
muff
not therefore looke
vpon
the
man,
but
on
God
who.
fendeth
him;
nor
on
the
earthen
veffell,
but
on
the
heaaen-
-ly
treafure
which it bringeth
;
nor
on
the
fimpleneffe
of
the
casket,
but
on
the precious pearle
which
is
contained
in
it
;.
nor
vpon the
meaneneffe
of
the Ambaflàdour,
but
vpon
the
glorious
royaltie
ofthe
Prince who
Pent
him; and on
his
am
--
baffage,which
is
the glad
tiding ofthe
Gofpell ;the
word
of
faluation and life,
which
is
able
to
faue
our foules, and
then
his
feete
will
feeme
beautifuIl, and
none (hall
be
better wel-
come,
then
fhall wee
not contemne
or
negle&
their
minifte-
rie,but
receiue ioyfully,reuerently, and
attentiuely
the
word
preached
by
them,
reme:nbring what our
Sauiour
Chrift
bath(aid,Luk.to.16.Hoe
that
hearethyouhearethme,and
hee
that
de.ff
i
fethy
ors de.s
ifeth me,and
he
that
deffiifeth me de
fJi
feth
him
thatfnt
me.
Thirdly,
let
vs
flirre
vp
our
felues
to'reuerent
attention
by
30.4..
the
confederation
of
thofe ineflimable
benefits
which
-are
;,vyemut:
deriued vnto
vs
by
the
hearing
of
the word,
as
that-it
is
thé
pirrevp
our,
liuely feede whereby wee
are
begotten
vnto
God,
the
»foóde'felues
with
GE