The hearers duty a sermon preached at Anne Aldersgate, London at the finishing of…

There were some in the Church of Corinth, 1 Cor. 1.12. that said some of them, We are for Paul; others, we are for Apollo; others, we are for Cephas; and others, we are for Christ. Now the Apostle blames them that any of them should say, I am of Christ; there were some among them that said, I care not for hearing of Paul, or Apollo, or Cophas, I will hear Jesus Christ: it was a vanity in them to undervalue the Ministry of Paul and Apollo, and to cry up Christ; it is a sinful crying up of Christ to cry down Paul and Apollo. And so in these times for men to cry up Christ, and yet to cry down the Ministry, is as sinful now as it was in the Apostles time; and therefore Christ himself was careful to preserve the honour of the Ministry that was to succeed him to the end of the world: Blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.

There were some in the Church of Corinth, 1 Cor. 1.12. that said some of them, We are for Paul; others, we are for Apollo; others, we are for Cephas; and others, we are for Christ. Now the Apostle blames them that any of them should say, I am of Christ; there were some among them that said, I care not for hearing of Paul, or Apollo, or Cophas, I will hear Jesus Christ: it was a vanity in them to undervalue the Ministry of Paul and Apollo, and to cry up Christ; it is a sinfull crying up of Christ to cry down Paul and Apollo. And so in these times for men to cry up Christ, and yet to cry down the Ministry, is as sinfull now as it was in the Apostles time; and therefore Christ himself was carefull to preserve the honour of the Ministry that was to succeed him to the end of the world: Blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.

(7) It is not said, §7Rather blessed are they for hearing, and for keeping the Word, but, Blessed are they that hear and that keep it.