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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21172	The boring of the eare contayning a plaine and profitable discourse by way of dialogue : concerning 1. Our preparation before hearing, 2. Our demeanour in hearing, 3. Our exercise after we haue heard the Word of God / written by that faithfull and diligent minister of Gods Word, Master Stephen Egerton ...	Egerton, Stephen, 1555?-1621?	1623 (1623)	STC 7527.5; ESTC S1083	19,475	87

did so highly esteeme of their Deuillish Mysteries that they vsed to say Be gone be gone farre from hence all yee prophane ones And againe Touch no vncleane thing with vnwashen hands how much more ought we to think thus of the great and holy Mysterie of Godlinesse and accordingly to prepare our selues to bee partakers thereof Qu. You haue shewed me generally what is to be done of all men before the Sermon now tell what is to bee done more particularly An. First they must carefully auoyde su●fetting and drunkennesse and disorder in Dyet and vse great moderation and sobrietie especially ouer night and in the morning before they resort to the publike Assemblies Christ saith Take heed lest at any time your hearts bee ouercome with surfetting and drunkennesse If at all times wee must take heed how much more at this time For Wine is a mocker saith Salomon and strong drinke is raging And as the Prophet saith Wine and strong drinke take away the heart And Esay saith Wo be to them that rise early to follow drunkennesse c. then hee giueth the reason saying They regard not the Lords worke but despise the Law of the Lord of Hosts Where the Apostle saith Bee not filled with Wine wherein is excesse but be yee filled with the spirit He sheweth that fulnesse is an Enemie to spirituall Graces whereof heedfull and profitable hearing of the word is one Qu. What is the next particular hinderance to bee auoyded when we are to goe to the House of God An. Excessiue care and minding of Earthly things which are reckoned vp as those speciall thornes that choke vp the Seed of the Word of God that it cannot bring forth fruit in due season Wherefore when we goe to heare a Sermon we must endeuour by all meanes to emptie and disburden our selues of all such thoughts casting them from vs as Thales did his goods choosing rather to drowne them then let them drowne vs by trouble and distraction Qu. What is the third particular hinderance An. A conceit and ouerweening of some singular knowledge and furniture of Bookes and reading whereby they come with such a preiudice as will not suffer them to reape any profit by the Word preached Qu. What are the most conuenient remedies for the remouing of this euill An. To this purpose wee are first to call to minde that the preaching of the Gospell is the power of God to saluation not to the simple and vnlearned only but euen to euery one that beleeueth Secondly That these Mysteries are of that nature and so disposed by the prouidence of GOD that they are often reuealed to babes in knowledge learning when they are hid from the wise and prudent and therefore the more wittie learned quicke of conceit that men are the more need they haue to resort to the House of God with feare and trembling Thirdly The examples of Gods faithfull Seruants Dauid was not only a wise and wittie Prince but a holy Prophet likewise and a man for his pietie and other spirituall graces most deare and acceptable to God yet who more desirous and forward to heare the Word of God then hee Aquila and Priscilla had better knowledge then Apollos himselfe an eloquent Preacher yet they disdayned not to heare him Nor hee them though hee were more learned in other things Lastly the publike Assemblies of the Church haue more singular promises of GODS present Grace and blessings as may appeare by sundry places of Scripture Qu. What is the fourth hinderance An. A partiall or rather schismaticall respect of persons such as was in the Church of Corinth where som extolled one some another some Paul some Apollos Qu. Whence proceedeth this respect of persons An. It proceedeth originally from the hearers either from the ignorance of their mindes or from the corruption of their hearts and occasionally from the Teachers in respect of the diuersitie of their gifts and manner of handling of the Scriptures Qu. How are men hindered by their owne ignorance and corruption An. When for want of Iudgement and Sanctimonie they preferre such as speake pleasing things and tickle their eares with Eloquent tearmes pleasant stories and wittie Iests and cannot away with those that speake the words of truth and sobernesse and the things as the same Apostle saith that become wholsome doctrine Especially if they doe plainly and roundly lay their sins before them Hence it was that Ahab could not endure Michajah This made Felix cut off Paul in the midst of his speech and put him off till another time Hence sprang the Imprisonment of Iohn Baptist by Herod Qu. What are the remedies against this hinderance An. For a remedy against this euil we are to consider First that such partiall respect of Gods Ministers argueth a carnall and a fleshly minde and sheweth that wee are Babes and Children in Christianitie Secondly That by this partialitie wee giue to man more then his due and take from Christ that which of right belongeth to him as appeareth Thirdly That this diuersitie and vnequalitie of gifts is not giuen for the renting and destroying but for the building and the beautifying of the Church of Christ euen as the diuersitie and varietie of flowres in the same Garden differing in colour smell taste and vertue bring no confusion nor deformitie but doe decke the ground and serue for the vse and comfort of man And the manifold varietie of strings and Instruments doe make the sweetest harmonie Fourthly Remember that no Minister excelleth in all gifts and yet no true Minister but hath some speciall gifts and graces of edification One is more profound in knowledge to informe the iudgement another more powerfull in vtterance for the inflaming of the affection one is more fit to humble and beate downe the proud carelesse and conceited persons another to comfort and raise vp penitent sinners one hath a speciall grace to worke godly sorrow another to procure supernaturall comfort and ioy Fiftly Remember that the contempt of any true Minister is the contempt of God himselfe Sixtly Let it bee kept in mind that Christian Hearers looke rather to the pith and substance of the matter then to the enticements and paintings of the speech Quest. What is the fift hinderance to bee remooued before the Sermon Ans The fift which may be referred to the former is a certayne hatred of the Ministers and loathing of the Ministerie such as was in the Iewes which made them to fret at Christ and stop their eares against him Quest Whence ariseth this hatred of the Ministers and Ministerie Ans Sometime from the personall behauiour of the Minister himselfe but commonly from the matter which he deliuereth whereby the Errors of their Iudgement and corruptions of their hearts and liues are laid open and reprooued This made Ahab to count Elias his Enemie And to hate Michaiah And Herod for the like