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There are too many, that will not open their lips to taste of this Balm; not their ears to hear the Word. But as one mocks the Popish-Priest celebrating the Mass, (who useth one trick amongst other histrionical ⟨p. 281⟩gestures, of stopping his ears) that he doth it least he should hear the crackling of his Saviours bones.

There are too many, that will not open their lips to tast of this Balme; not their eares to heare the Word. But as one mockes the Popish-Priest celebrating the Masse, (who vseth one trick amongst other histrionical ⟨p. 281⟩gestures, of stopping his eares) that hee doth it least he should heare the crackling of his Sauiours bones.

Digitis tunc obserat aures, N• collisa crepent Christi, quem conterit, ossa.

So these become voluntarily deaf Adders, and will not hear Christ crucified, ¹the preaching of the cross of Christ, as Paul calls it; which is able to kill our sins, and quicken our souls. I have read it reported, that the Adders in the East and those hot Countries, did so subtly evade the Charmers, thus. When she hears the Pipe, she will couch one ear close to the ground, and cover the other with her tail. So do worldlings: they fill one ear with earth, as much covetous dirt as they can cram into it: the other ear they close up with their lewd l•sts, as the Adder with her winding tail: that they have none left for their God, for their good. And being thus deaf to holy and heavenly incantations, they are easily by Satan ove-reached, over-ruled, over-thrown.