Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment

Mary sitteth to hear the word, as Christ used to sit when he preached the word, to show that the word is to be preached and heard with a quiet mind. In a still night ¹every voice is heard, and when the body is quiet, the mind most commonly is quiet also. But Martha is troubled with other affairs, & therefore unfit to hear the word as the ground that is surcharged with stones, or overgrown with weeds and thorns, is unfit to receive the seed, or yield any fruit to him that tilleth it As often therefore as ²we come to hear the word of God, we must not come with distracted minds, we must not trouble our selves with ³the cares of this life, which (as our Saviour said) are thorns of choke the world, and to make it unfruitful ⟨image 45⟩For Moses was unfit to walk with God, till he had put off ⁴his shoes, and the blind man unfit to come to Christ, till he had thrown away his cloak: so we must think our selves unfit to hear the word, and unapt for every heavenly exercise, till we have put of our shoes, that is, our worldly cogitations and affections, and till we have cast away our cloak, that is, all lets and impediments which might hinder us from profiting in our profession.

Marie sitteth to heare the word, as Christ vsed to sit when hee preached the word, to shew that the word is to bee preached and heard with a quiet mind. In a still night ¹euery voyce is heard, and when the body is quiet, the mind most commonly is quiet also. But Martha is troubled with other affaires, & therefore vnfit to heare the word as the ground that is surcharged with stones, or ouergrown with weedes and thornes, is vnfit to receiue the seede, or yeeld any fruit to him that tilleth it As often therefore as ²wee come to heare the word of God, wee must not come with distracted minds, we must not trouble our selues with