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The second Sermon.

IN the end hereof is proved, that none should preach without due meditation: which is a common presumption in these days, and makes the Word and Ministry despised.

IN the ende hereof is prooued, that none should preach without due meditation: which is a common presumption in these daies, and makes the Word and Ministerie despised.

Now it remaineth that I should teach you so to hear, that you may remember that which is said, and learn more by one Sermon, then you reap by ten. Christ calleth none unto him but them which hunger and thirst, as if none were fit to hear the Word, but they which hunger after it, & bring a stomach with them. It is written of the Hart, that when he lifteth up his ears, he is quick of hearing, & heareth every noise: but when he layeth down his ears, he is deaf and heareth nothing: So it is, when you mark and when you mark not. They which are quick of hearing, are sure of remembrance: but they which are dull of hearing, are short in keeping: ⟨p. 649⟩therefore before I teach you how to hear, give me leave again to say as my Text saith, Take heed how ye hear, that both our labours be not lost.

Now it remaineth that I should teach you so to heare, that you may remember that which is sayd, and learne more by one Sermon, then you reape by tenne. Christ calleth none vnto him but them which hunger and thirst, as if none were fit to heare the Word, but they which hunger after it, & bring a stomacke with thē. It is written of the Hart, that when he lifteth vp his eares, hee is quicke of hearing, & heareth euery noise: but when he laieth down his eares, he is deafe and heareth nothing: So it is, when you marke and when you mark not. They which are quicke of hearing, are sure of remembrāce: but they which are dull of hearing, are short in keeping: