11. Take due and diligent notice of such matters as are worthy to be remembered, even at the first while they are in working. Great works at their first doing most affect mens hearts, and mollify the same. Thus will they be like new Wax which is soft and sit to receive a deep impression. Now we know that the print of a Seal being at first deeply set in, lasteth the longer. To work such deep impressions in mens hearts, holy men of God were wont to use pathetical insinuations before remarkable matters, as Moses, Deut. 32.1, 2, &c. Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain: my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass, &c. Christ himself before his excellent Parables premised this Preface, Hearken, Behold, (Mark 4.3.) to work upon both the learned senses, and at the end thereof he addeth this Exhortation, ⟨p. 15⟩If any man have ears, let him hear, together with this Caveat, Take heed what you hear, Mark 4.23, 24. or as it is expressed, Luke 8.18. Take heed how you hear. The Prophets were wont to call upon senseless Creatures to hear what they said, and that with much emphasis (as Jer. 22.29. O earth, earth, earth, hear the Word of the Lord,) the more to rouse up sensible and reasonable men seriously to consider what was spoken. Pertinent to this purpose is this charge of the Apostle, Heb. 2.1. We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip, or let them run out as leaking vessels.
11. Take due and diligent notice of such matters as are worthy to be remembred, even at the first while they are in working. Great workes at their first doing most affect mens hearts, and mollifie the same. Thus will they be like new Wax which is soft and sit to receive a deep impression. Now we know that the print of a Seale being at first deeply set in, lasteth the longer. To work such deep impressions in mens hearts, holy men of God were wont to use patheticall insinuations before remarkeable matters, as Moses, Deut. 32.1, 2, &c. Give eare, O ye heavens, and I will speake; And heare, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the raine: my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small raine upon the tender herbe, and as the showres upon the grasse, &c. Christ himselfe before his excellent Parables premised this Preface, Hearken, Behold, (Mark 4.3.) to worke upon both the learned senses, and at the end thereof he addeth this Exhortation, ⟨p. 15⟩If any man have eares, let him heare, together with this Caveat, Take heed what you heare, Mark 4.23, 24. or as it is expressed, Luke 8.18. Take heed how you heare. The Prophets were wont to call upon senselesse Creatures to heare what they said, and that with much emphasis (as Jer. 22.29. O earth, earth, earth, heare the Word of the Lord,) the more to rouse up sensible and reasonable men seriously to consider what was spoken. Pertinent to this purpose is this charge of the Apostle, Heb. 2.1. We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip, or let them runne out as leaking vessels.
- 11. Duly observe Gods works at ••rst.1. Duly observe Gods vvorks at ••rst.
