A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

The eye as a mere Organ of sense, must give place to the ear. Therefore it is wittily observed, that our Saviour commanding the abscission of the offending hand, foot, and eye; yet never spake of the ear, Mark 9.43 If thy hand, thy see or thine eye, cause thee to offend, deprive thy self of them: but part not with their ear, for that is an organ to derive unto thy soul salvation. As Christ says there; a man may enter into heaven, lamed in his feet, as Mephibosheth blind in his sight, a Barzillai, maimed in his hand, as the dry-handed man in the Gospel: but if there be not an ear to hear of the way, there will be no foot to enter into heaven. Si des non prius fuerit in aure, non erit in ore, nec in cord; If God be not first in the ear, it is neither sanctifiedly in the mouth, nor comfortably in the heart. The Jews has eyes to see Christs miracles, but because they had no ears to hear his wisdom, therefore they had no feet to enter into his kingdom. The way into the house is by the door, not by the window; the eye is but the window of the heart, the ear is the door. Now Christ stands knocking at the door, not at the window, Rev. 3.20. And he will not come in at the window, but at the door. He that entereth in by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep, Joh. 10.2. He comes now in by his oracles, not by his miracles, Joh. 10.3. To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice. The way to open, and let him in, is by the ear; to hear his voice. There was a man in the Gospel, Blind and Deaf: blind eyes, is ill; but deaf ears, worse. It is bad […] have the eyes ceiled, but worse to have the ears sealed up.

The eye as a meere Organ of sense, must give place to the eare. Therefore it is wittily observed, that our Saviour commanding the abscission of the offending hand, foot, and eye; yet never spake of the eare, Marke 9.43 If thy hand, thy see or thine eye, cause thee to offend, deprive thy selfe of them: but part not with their eare, for that is an organ to derive unto thy soule salvation. As Christ sayes there; a man may enter into heaven, lamed in his feet, as Mephibosheth blinde in his sight, a Barzillai, maimed in his hand, as the dry-handed man in the Gospell: but if there be not an eare to heare of the way, there will be no foot to enter into heaven. Si des non prius fuerit in aure, non erit in ore, nec in corde; If God be not first in the eare, it is neither sanctifiedly in the mouth, nor comfortably in the heart. The Iewes has eyes to see Christs miracles, but because they had no eares to heare his wisdome, therefore they had no feet to enter into his kingdome. The way into the house is by the doore, not by the window; the eye is but the window of the heart, the eare is the doore. Now Christ stands knocking at the doore, not at the window,