A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

2. Drowsiness and sleepiness, when the head nods and the eyes begin to swim, the Sermon is like to be heard well, but yet this is too common a practice, and that amongst Professors, whereby they vilify the ordinance of Preaching, they give an ill example to others, and render their uprightness and integrity suspected by sober Christians, and I wish that those Professors who use it customarily and indulge themselves in it, would put off their livery and tell us plainly they are none of the Lords family.

2. Drowsiness and sleepiness, when the head nods and the eyes begin to swim, the Sermon is like to be heard well, but yet this is too common a practice, and that amongst Professors, whereby they vilisie the ordinance of Preaching, they give an ill example to others, and render their uprightness and integrity suspected by sober Christians, and I wish that those Professors who use it customarily and indulge themselves in it, would put off their livery and tell us plainly they are none of the Lords family.

2. Direction, Hear and receive the word with meekness, this is the direction of the text, wherefore lay aside all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, &c. we must not be angry at the word, if so it will do us no good, people are very apt to be angry at the word, see Luke 4.28.^(l) Matth. 15.12.^(m) Acts 5.33.⁽ⁿ⁾