. 370 O(the e finif!erie. more diligent theeareforhimfelfe, heeplanteditforhimfelfe,andforhisownefayingsplantedheit ,bee mh burin sea it is that fpeaketh,!hall not he haue audience? Euen theLord it isthat 1peaketh,fhall hee eheth v.r the fpeake tothe winde ? God forbid. Our Bares arcnot ours, none ofourmembers are curs, rightkindof histhey are, cuen Chrifts, hehashbought them at an high price, and fromhint weehaue tearing. them, and wee hauethem for none other end,nor by noocher condition, but that wee fhould heare,when and what bee would haue vs to hearé. And let himbeanarhema,tine fuffereth anydins fayings tofall to theground. Put anathemamaranatha whim' andhis cares,that fhall not regardeius faying. This kale(' layingand two edged exhortation, which Luk. i4.he vleth to touch the foundation of the Minifterie,which isthe foundation of the ChurchofGod,whicl is thefoundationof thewhole world.And thofemarke well, if there be any among you that bath eares,and is willing to imploy them well, here bee may doeit. Thisis a faithful! faying,andofallmote worthie to be remembred : and there- forehe that bath earesto heareany thing, let him!ware this. And he that hearethit not, or hearethit with no regard,thedales (hall come when his cares !hall make his heartake, andwhen for nothearing this he Thal heareanother lentence,a glowmingfearefull fen- tence,fùch a oneas who foheareth it,both his cares Ihall tingle, Zachar.j. Becaufe l cried aeedyou wouldnotheare,you'hallBrieanother while,andI will not heareyourfor ewer. And there. fore hearkenvnto me,that Godmay hearkenvnto you,Iud.9. Hethat bathearet to heare, let himheare.When lushfrefh andwellfenced exhortations come,wee muffmake this vfe ofthent,thatthe holyGhott isnot wont tomake abrame ofa mote, bee ealketh of mint andannis,as ofmint and anais,hevfeth not fomuch asa figure, but where thematterde- feruethtenne. Andthereforewhen the holyGhott falleth toamplifie,wee aretothinke there is fosne great matternodoubt,and there ismore in it than wetake : andifno fpeeclt of his be idle or emptie,wee arePurelyto thinke,that his epiphonemes leaft ofall arefo, andthat they efpeciallyare Yeaand Amen. And therefore,feeing fuck a thing isno exo- Acroahs. tericall matter,but an acromaticall poynt of doarineof the holy Ghoft, Peeinghe alte- red] his vfuall kindeof fpeaking,wecan doenoIelfe,thanalter our vfuall manner ofhea- ring,and prepare bothcares and hearts,and allthepowers ofthe minde to entertain it: Befides,when our Sauiour Chrift waketh vs with this watch-word, itsnuff teachvs, that zeowdnliman wee arewonderous dullof hearing,elfe whyMouldChrift call on thee to heare, which is inhearing cameforth to no other end but to hearehim? or why fhould God in anotherplace bidE. theword of God. fay lifevphisvoyce like a trumpet? Would not afofierfound (erne? Butasl fayd,weeare dull and that fo dull, that when the Prophet crieth tothe altar,r.King. p.Oh altar,altar, heare theword oftheLord, the altar heard andcleaueth infonder: but when bee cried to leroboam he heard not. Thevery(toneheard,that had no,;arcs to beam, and one that had cares heardnot. Tliirdly,tltisvie weemuff asakeof it, that titis hearingmuff goe further than theeare,and that wemutt not heare the word,as wee doe amatter ofcourte,or talke ofa ftrange countrie without anyaffefuion or longingto it, itmutt goefurther than they can.For well Iwote,that youcanheare me and Idoubt not,but that they then heardhim, andferoboam heard the Prophet,but as lobfaith, with the hearingof the crie. Butiris noc that hearing,whichis better than thefatoframmes,it is not thathearing that the Lordta- thehearing kethpleafurein. Elfehowcómeththatftrangephrafe,Ezech.3.Lerhimthathearethbeare? of theheart. But as-there is a (peakingto the heart,fo there mull bea hearing ofthe heart alfo,and then we hearewith ourhearc,when wefetch vp ourheart to ourcares, and ourfound pearcéth tl:e.n both : thenwee heare with the heart, whenwee hearenot onlywith theft hollow griftles,but we heare with thefpirit,andwee heare with the vnderftandir.galto: and then áa.Hom.in wee heare with the heart (faithAugufline)when it is with vs and with the word, asitis Iohannem. with the fifh and the baite,ifthe tale,/he is taken. So ifwee take the word, wee !hall.be capir & copi- taken, and ifit bee taken of vs,it taketh vs. God his word, when it is taken, taketh tut againe, and if wee feele not our (clues taken by it, let vs not dreamt to our feints, Sermoues dci wee hatte not it, wee haue not heard it, as wee fhould doe. And take this for a figlie ca iúnurur after the lemon ended, wee that are prefent, (hall return to our bulueffe and p chambers, knowit aAàredly, and thinke of it alone, when you are by your (Blues, chat the wordspoken nowbathenttcd.intoyou,ifitfohash wroogliem you,& tomake you to betlunke
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