No uidenceofloueca affwagethc VponPaillion Sunday. 53o tmpofhtmationofamalicious mind. Gods word how to be heard,that the hear, ,g it may rellifie our Predc hnation foute circum. fiances requi- red ro thehea- ringofGods Word, Afta t. the world 'now to-findeCure footing, nor where you or your horfemay lately tread. There were eucrmore lyes inthe world,but now they haue broken their bounds in that orange manner,and leapt fofarre from forth their bed that no man well knowes whichwayto take. What a world of Euidences did Daaed (hew vntoSan/ofhis loue vnto him r What notable feruices did he doe him, in that his tingle combat againft Gollob I In getting fo many victories againft the Philiftims r In playing vnto hint vpon the harpe when the diuell tormented him ? AfterwardSaidpurfuing him in the inountaines, hunting after his death, as ifhe hadbeeneabéare, or wildbore, onceDauid tooke away his fpeare, and the pot ofwater that ftood at hisbeds head ; another timehe cut offthe lappet of his garment. ThisSaul tawwith hiseyes, and confeffed it with hismouth faying,iuftior me es,Thouartmore righteous thanI.Aadyet in theendhegaue more. credit to thole lyes which your Court whifperersbuzz'd intohis cares, than to thofe truths which himfelfe felt with hishands. He that isof God, heareth Gods words,ye thereforeheart themnot, beeaufe ye are not o f God. Saint Auga ftineand Saint Grego ryexpound this place ofyour P ntti,and thofe that are predeftinated.And S.Iohn Bothdiuide al the wholeworld into twoforts ofperfons,iex ¿coefi,nonpeccat,quipeccat exdiaboloef1.The chil- drenofGod, and the childrenefthediuell ; Theone heares Gods Word, the other hearts it not. And though this benot a fence fo futableto the Text be- caufe Chrift doththere point out the immediatcaufe of that their incredulirie, and that this was not fo muchapredeftinationorreprobation , as that their pre- fent hardneffeofheart , andvnbeleefe ; yet notwithftanding I mutt give you tovnderftand , That to heare the wordof God, is a great Prenda andpledge ofour predeflination ; efpecially , being accompanyed with thefe foure con- curring circumftances. The firstis, eviudire, Toheart the word : Bleldare they that heare the word of God. This is thefirft ftep. And he that doth notput forward afoot to this, is not tobeaccounted achildofGod. Thehusbandman inthe Gofpcll fow'dhis feed infoure feuerall parrs oftheground ; and if in any oneof themKee forbare to fow, it was becaufe hedid not take it tobe his. Many birds are takenanddeligh- ted with the light,asyour partridgesandyour pigeons:But yourwolfes,beares, bores, andother wildbeaftsAye from it all that they can. It is Chryfoïtomesnote, That whenGod went about to catchPail, the light went afore the voyce. For the voyce willaffright theblind ; but the light will makehim inlouetherewith. Saint Pan/preachingto the lewes,faid, The light of the Gofpcll was princi- pally o;dained for you, Butfeingyeput itfromyee, ye iud,Leyourfelaes rnworthy of eaerlaft; ng life. And treatingofthe Gentiles, hefaith , That they did glorifie the Wordof God,andthat they did beleeue it andgiuecredit thereunto.Andwhen the Gentiles heard it, they wereglad (faith the Apoftle) andglorifiedthe word oftheLord ; andas many aswere ordained vnto eternall life, beleeued, I aar the way,thetrutl, atsdthelift. And he that loofeth this way,loofeth the truth,andloo- feth life euerlafting. Thefecond is, "Wirecum frequentia, Toheartthe wordfrequently andveryof ten. Theearth thatis extraordinary dryand fcorchedwith heat, the drops ofwater which it receiueth, it turneth intotoades. And heethat feldome frequents fer- mons, it is tobe feared they workelittlegood vponhim, ifnot turneto his hurt. Many will come to heare Sermons, but with a preiudicateopinion and arcmore careful! topickeaquarrell againft the Preacher, than profit themfelues. The franticke patient that throwes ftones at the Phyfitian thatcures him, puts him- felfe
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