ThePreachersplea. 143 often preachingthreatned as acurfe , or feldomeand thinnepreachingptplrlir reapablefüng. And furely, i, as abundanceoframe,foabundance of:preacla ingwereapunifhment,1doubt notbut the.goodlawesofour Church, which: haueprefcribed a prayer againft over-muchraine , mightwell let downsthe: famecour(e inrafpe& pfmuch preaching : from which notwithftandìng,euery, honett manscares would abhorre. And therefore Iwill beboldto conclude, that thisreafon preffing thefimilitudeofraine andmoyftnre, to thewalking a wayofdiligentpreaching andhearing from outofGods Church isavery dry reafon,which though it mayappeareto haleTome tart ofwit,yethath fcarcely any fmacke ofhoncily. Nymph.Ipray Gedthereforesee may remember to make:theprayers wkich ater Sai i. ourtaught vt namely,that theLordof the harueft thould fend forth labourersintö hisharuefi ,and that he wenldfefnrnifhthem withgifts ufknowledge, f vitaante tendIMar.9. ;S. of 2,2412Am they may vrgeandcalluponvs continually:far (a yam trulyfardlwe amp flowandbackwardthat except webedaily prickedfeneardand rosinedvp, wefhallgrow cold dcarelefe,andbe euenfrozen uponthe dreg.tfourewnefecarity, l kuenSir,rl{ar ingoodmanners it is nowhigh timeteforbearetrowblingyew anyfaartheryet I weuldg/ad- 0 crane yeardweltton to one thing. were ; and that sethis : for mine mane pare {thole God,1bath do', andour (finceI hadany rafts efgeedneffe) ha:mim adpmeckeg,onti I 31,144great dafeftan myfelfe that I cometfo proftly itas Iwonld,andas /f emany do Fambold therefore to intreateyou tofbewme how andbywhat !neanet Imay hearenrofl_ tably,botbforthe¡riling ofmy indgement,andfer the tucreafeofholinefe in myn.mmon centurf¡ation. Tbehumour ofmanymen,are herein veryffrange:famefay, that there are flabdeferment afopinions amengyme that bee learned, that a caminanman k: owethnet whichofyos to beleege : others holdan opinionAsost is notfar primateordinaryperfaet,to tekevponthem toargueorjudge fthofeshings they hears; fatherthe enelyref:Metienaf thegreetedpart it,that it is thefafeIandre f flwayeithernot tohears, srr f afforfat f fyiog the lamathey mull beare,yet not toline credse. e$efdes, there are manyefvtwitch hearsvfually,andystarelittlebetteredby n: theirknowledge is bstvaine iangliog',and t tTice. rs. their cnnwerfatiannetmuch differingfrom rhoirreligious mnititnds: theyare tikethe Faflo both*Sis,which howbeitat ?Meth inthefelt water,yetio :whomallìafeoffalmeffe. Se though they liuesanderafetledminrfiry (whichis the fait of theearth !') yet being tailed, u willbefoundvntarls withoutany treefeafeniag.Nowfit neighs be,1wattle(belath to bein Ate number:amd therefore relylafi(t(toughnot my lesjf)fsit mejan,ù toaffoord meyostr bell coenfellin the cafe. Epapb. I molt needs commendyour good care to this matter : forindeed . whatfoeuermen thinke, there isnothing fo full of danger as is idleand vnpror fitablehearing.Thofe things whichare intheir owne naturebeft,being ill vied, become molt hurtful). Hearing is the ordinanceofGod to draw vstaro him- felfe : but being vied careleíly andunprofitably, it turneth toour greatercot). demnation:and therefore you cannot be too carefullherein. It is true, that men pretend many things whereby to lidie off the diligence which is required in thisbehalfe : buttheir pretencesbeing examined,will become lighter thenva- nity it fella. They fay,wee that arePreachers cannot agreeamong your feines; that isnotabfolutely true:forbleffedbeGpd,manyof vsdoeproceedby tusrule, anddoemind one thingn Sefides,fo long as we linehere in thewurld,ourvnx °hil.. as. derllanding is mixedwith the darknelfeof ignorance , andby reafon thereof, i therecannot chnl/t botbee differencesofopinions in basethings eneaamongfi the befit Takeme threeorfoure, orhalfe a dozen, whicharedim-lighted, and cannot feewithout fpeetacles, ifyon fit them to diicry a thing a farm off, they will beofdiuers andcontrary opinions touching it; now SaintPawlfaith, that in this lifewe doebut fee, as is. glafcd.ir(elyr: and thereforeour iudgementsyt pot t;,ra in all things at all times cannot bee the fame, Ieforeouer, it pleafeth the Lord hometinses for theirpunifhment,which hanenot rtceieed tbelawe ofthe truth s,and z t Thcf:a.rt Cc c 3 for
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