Chap.7. according toStMATT1TEVV. their confcìences, or to mike amends arid n purchafe difpenfatio for fotne beloved 1:aíí, as Herod. Or expetting from the preacher fome choice novelty, as c-. W tth. 3.8; fume dcep poin*;. Mátth.. 11,37, or dainty expreflions, asE ek 33.3 a. Oe they hear and j:ar, AEt.17.3 t. Hear and carp, as Doeg ; hear. and refìtt the ho- lyGhoff, a 1Eí.7. Or at Intl are no whit wrought upon, whe- ther wepipe or lament to them. Or ifthey hear and admire, as Iviar..z t,,7. thofe. Matth. aa.a a, yet they amec,.d nothing, or but for a lea- fon, as the flony- ground they are hearer.. of' forgetfulrep, Jaw,. diserry 1.25. likehour-glaflas,. they are no fooner full,_but rumit,g out a- gain : like nets or fives, they retainonly the chaff or weeds, let go the pure water andgood corn.- The Word runs thoro;,'them, as water thorow a riven a, .ffel l that's the Apo(iles metaphor; Hekt.i.). or as that which is written Lyon moitf paper, as o.hers 1.44 ;Temp will have it. Agenerall oaf,: ofour not praf:'ifng waat we hear, fur,'' is, that weput this fpirituall treafure into broken bags, this pre- cious lignour into leaking veffds. Whereas our foulsfhould beas 'the Ark, and our memories, as the pot ofMannah, to retain ry hat we have received, that we may have it ready for praetice, as Saul had hiscruise and fpear at his head, and David his fcrip and (tones readybytes-fide. Aheavy earis a fingular judgement, lfa.6:io. bùt a flaw heart, andaheavy hand, to conceive and do what we hear, paves a way to remedileffetrzifery ; betides thefool toboor,. which theJudge here puttethuponhim.. Shall be likened unto a foaliA man.] And he is afool indeed. whom Chrift calleth fool. , Confctonable hearers are counted good men (God wet) but Pimple, filly , and of no parts. Bat wifdome id juffij%dofher children. To Vial(precifely, is to walk. wifely, Ep',of..5.i 5. And he that hearethandguideth hü feet in the- way,U wife, Prov, 33 19. And, Who is aWife manamongffyou, and, endued rxi h h iowledge? Let.hirnfbew out of à good converfirion hiss Worlçc,&c.7a.3.1 ;. r',llothers arefools, ecaufe they fail in the main po nt of their fa'vstien:they are troubled about many th.ngs but neg lee !heonethingnecefJary they trifle cut their rectousoppertunio tie., and in hearing or other f rvices, they do worfe then lcfe their labour, f. I they commit tin, andheap upwr th. Their houfe will:_ down, as the fpi,de.rs hoof:. doth, and all their building, plowing; planting fa ilin come to nothing., Whichbuilt hit hsufe upon the ¡nd. ] . Wherefore it' fowl, finks std (hatters, as havin not t_le lu fd.earth.thrown upkl}, by the.:- pra+ ice 295
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