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When a man is in a good way, and studieth the Scriptures, to be a teacher in the Church; a voice cometh to his ear, as this came to Christs, and faith; Thy friends would have thee study the Law, for by Divinity thou shalt attain to no preferment; & thine own Flock will vex thee, or the Bishop will stop thy mouth. This wind sometime turneth Jonah his sails from Nineveh to Tarshish,¹ & makes him bury his talent.

When a man is in a good way, and studieth the Scriptures, to bee a teacher in the Church; a voyce commeth to his eare, as this came to Christs, and faith; Thy frends would haue thee studie the Lawe, for by Diuinitie thou shalt attaine to no preferment; & thine owne Flocke wil vexe thee, or the Bishop wil stop thy mouth. This wind somtime turneth Ionas his sailes from Niniue to Tharshish,¹ & makes him burie his talent.

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If he be a Divine already, and preach his conscience, a voice cometh unto him again, as this did to Christ, and saith; Thy friends would have thee be quiet, or there be Spies which note what thou sayest, or there be fellows which lye in wait for thy Living: so sometimes (with a little entreaty) he beginneth to draw up his hand, and lay his finger on his mouth, and preach peace ⟨p. 246⟩when he is sent with war. Thus we are cumbered like our master, before our Sermons, and in our Sermons, and after our Sermons, even of them sometime, which should encourage us:¹