Many of you come to hear the word, & 1here you fall a sleep when you have most need to be waking, but I am glad I have now gotten a text to waken you, for now I can not read my text, but I must say, what meanest thou ô sleeper? arise: but I pray you, have not I wakened you, and yet you sleep again? If you mark what is said unto you, you are a sleep though your eyes be open, and if you were as wise as Jonah, you would not sleep here in the sight of all the people, but would rather get you to sleep in some corner, for Jonah went under the hatches to sleep, and would not sleep in the sight of the mariners. If you were as wise as Jonah, you would thank him that wakened you. Solomon saith, that he which reproveth, shall have more favour of a wise man, than he which flattereth. The Lord Jesus saith, woe be unto that servant, that when his master cometh he shall find sleeping, canst thou not watch one hour, saith he to Peter can you not wake while I speak unto you? You all would be ⟨p. 152⟩found in the Church when the Lord cometh, but you would not be found sleeping in the Church, you are watched (I see you not below) and none of you can steal a nap & not be spied, but when your eyes be most shut and see least, then most eyes be upon you, and I can as well stand in this pulpit unseen, as you can sit and sleep there and not be espied. I marvel how you can sleep having so many eyes looking on you, so many clamours in your ears, and God him self speaking unto you. Shall I continue jogging till you be wakened? how long shall I preach afore I can convert the usurer, the extortioner, the drunkard, or the blasphemer, seeing I speak thus long? for I can not convert you from your sleeping. What would you do if I read some Homilies unto you, whereas you cannot waken, while I preach unto you and speak against you? If you should see a traitor sleep upon the hurdle, or if you should see men sleep with meat in their mouths, would you not marvel? yet even so do you while I denounce the great judgements of God against you, and while I am feeding some of you, you fall a sleep, and so I preach in vain. There is a country whereof it is said, that it is night with them, when it is day with ⟨p. 153⟩us, I think that country be here, for how many are here that have lost their eyes and their ears since they came hither?
Manie of you come to heare the word, & 1here you fall a sleepe when you haue most neede to be waking, but I am glad I haue now gotten a text to waken you, for now I can not reade my text, but I must say, what meanest thou ô sleeper? arise: but I pray you, haue not I wakened you, and yet you sleepe againe? If you marke what is said vnto you, you are a sleepe though your eyes be open, and if you were as wise as Ionah, you would not sleepe here in the sight of all the people, but would rather get you to sleepe in some corner, for Ionah went vnder the hatches to sleepe, and would not sleepe in the sight of the mariners. If you were as wise as Ionah, you would thanke him that wakened you. Salomon saith, that he which reproueth, shall haue more fauor of a wise man, thē he which flattereth. The Lord Iesus saith, wo be vnto that seruant, that when his master commeth he shall find sleeping, canst thou not watch one houre, saith he to Peter cā you not wake while I speake vnto you? You all would be ⟨p. 152⟩found in the Church when the Lord commeth, but you would not be found sleeping in the Church, you are watched (I see you not below) and none of you can steale a nap & not be spied, but when your eyes be most shut and see least, then most eyes be vpon you, and I can as well stand in this pulpit vnseene, as you can sit and sleepe there and not be espied. I maruell how you can sleepe hauing so many eyes looking on you, so many clamors in your eares, and God him selfe speaking vnto you. Shall I continue iogging till you be wakened? how long shal I preach afore I can conuert the vsurer, the extortioner, the drunkard, or the blasphemer, seeing I speake thus long? for I can not conuert you from your sleeping. What would you do if I read some Homilies vnto you, whereas you cannot waken, while I preach vnto you and speake against you? If you should see a traitour sleepe vpon the hurdle, or if you should see men sleepe with meate in their mouthes, would you not maruell? yet euen so do you while I denounce the great iudgemēts of God against you, and while I am feeding some of you, you fall a sleepe, and so I preach in vayne. There is a countrey whereof it is said, that it is night with them, when it is day with ⟨p. 153⟩vs, I thinke that countrey be here, for how manie are here that haue lost their eyes and their eares since they came hither?
- 1Against sleepers.
