98 CHRIST 'S Alarm ing : thus people are cloyed, they are full fed, they care not much if they had Icife, nay,fome will not flick to fay it, and others that in their hypocrifie will not fay it, yet they have no ftomack, no appetite, there is fo much Word, that they are not able to digeft it, neither havethey any mind to con - coct it ; therfore marke there what followes : Behold ! the dales come, faith the Lord, that 1 will fend afamine in the land, not afamine of bread,nor a thirfl for mater , but of hea- ring the words of the Lord, ver. i i . that is, you are more a- fraid of a famine of bread, yee would be more troubled if you had no bread to eate,nor liquor to drink,you care not fo it be not that fàmine.But think what you wi11,I will fend you a worfe famine than that , a famine of hearing of Gods Word. Yee (hall have Preaching little enough. Little e- nough food for your foules ; feeing ye will be filthy, ye (hall be filthy;feeing ye will be hearties towards heavenly things, ye fhali be heartles,ye fhall be hardned, ye (hall be let alone; and t he blinde (hall lead the blinde, and both (hall fall into the ditch ; the wicked fhàll lead the wicked, wicked Mini fters the wicked people, and both (hall perifh together :and then though yee would never fo faine have a Sermon that may come to the Confcience, yee (hail be long enough be- fore yec (hall heare it : Yee (hall (larve for want of fpiri- tuall knowledge : Starved to death for want of life : Seared in your fins ; yee (hall have no Sermons to difpólle(Te you of Satan ; no teaching to purge your hearts, to humble your foules before God, or to Mmtfter the Spirit unto you ; yee are weary of the found Minifiery of the Word, therefore ye (hall not be troubled with it. This then is another figne that God will take away thofefew Stars that are yet remaining. And then woe be to you. Fourthly,when there are hardly any fonnes oFpeace, that the Miniliers peace may light upon,then the Lord bids them pack away : Like the Market - folkes, when they fee their Commodities lie upon their hands, they take up their Corn modifies, and go home.O fay they,people will give nothing, they will not give our price,we and our children will have them
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