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A13209	Lectures vpon the eleventh chapter to the Romans. Preached by that learned and godly divine of famous memorie, Dr. Sutton, in St. Marie Overies in Southwarke. Published for the good of all Gods Church generally, and especially of those that were then his hearers	Sutton, Thomas, 1585-1623.; Downame, John, d. 1652.	1632 (1632)	STC 23507; ESTC S118002	306,616	538

seduceth them their eyes are not onely darke and see not but deceitfull and seducing making them thinke that they see what is right when they see it not which I thinke to bee here meant and therefore Christ in Ioh. 12.40 addes these words not understand with their hearts from whence the point may be When good meanes of salvation be not used aright then God turnes them to their hurt and destruction Their eyes that once saw his workes Doct. whereby he shewed himselfe to bee God and whereby they should have beleeved doe now lead them into error and cast them upon their destruction Physicke is the meanes of health yet if not rightly used is able to kill him that useth it The eye mans best guide yet if distempered may bring a man into more danger than any professed enemy The Word and Gospell the best meanes to mollifie our hearts and bring us unto God yet if neglected and abused makes the heart hard the eyes blinde and the understanding darke Goe make the hearts of this people fat shut their eyes that they may not see Isa 6.10 If rightly used it is the savour of life unto life 2. Cor. 2.16 but if not it is a stumbling blocke to make men fall Ier. 6.21 But to keepe to the Apostles instance The eye It is first as a watchman set in the top of a tower to discover the enemy a farre off but if not rightly used it proves like a treacherous Sinon to open the gates of the City and let in the enemy to let lust into the heart And therefore Iob made a covenant with his eyes Iob 31. And David praieth Turne away mine eyes Psal 119.37 and how many the eyes hath undone you cannot bee ignorant The sonnes of God as they are called Gen. 6.2 saw the daughters of men and tooke them wives It brought Sichem to commit folly with Dinah Gen. 34.2 David to lie with Bathsheba 2. Sam. 11. Therefore saith Bernard that the eye is Prima sagitta The first arrow offornication that it is the window of the minde Demodo bene vivendi Ser. 23. Etin Psa● 91. Sertn 7. a Occ●lus deprae dat●r animam Epist 107. The eye robbeth the soule about his 107 Epistle Let us then heare aright for feare the word which is in it selfe the savour of life unto life be not the savour of death unto death As meat indigested rots upon the stomacke and poysons the body So doth this best meanes of life if onely heard and not digested with zeale It is a fearesull case when God lets our Pilot and our guide deceive vs our eye the best director to misleade us our meat to poyson us the light to bee like an Ignis fatuus to seduce us I pray God it befall not us who have a long time had eyes to see the wonders of God and yet make smal use of them And so I come to the second particular Eares that they should not heare Eares that they should not heare In Pro. 20.12 God hath made both these the eye to see and the care to heare These Iewes have them but neither see nor heare God hath made man two eares for two reasons First Vt 〈◊〉 actliu● That words may more easily be gathered as L●●l intius of Gods workmanship Chap. 8. Secondly Qua spo●tet dupla ad disciphnā Consequen●am au●nt cum urā linguim dederit ut meminerimus pau toraci enda plura audienda Because we must heare with a double care to the attaining if learning whereas hee gave but one tongue that wee might remember that sewer things are to bee spoken more to bee heard As Basil in his booke of virginitie and though the eyes be the organ of a most excellent sence of seeing the workmanship and wonders of God yet the eare is more needfull Institut Lib. 3. Cap 9. because as Lactautius saith Learning and wisdome is perceived by the eares alone not by the eyes alone It is a great misery to be blinde for then he sees not Gods workmanship but greater misery to want the hearing because then they cannot heare of their Saviour nor of eternall life Thomas Aquinas tells us that outwardly they could heare and perceive well enough but the judgement was they did not heare with fruit as Deut. 29.4.3.6 You have seene the great tentations the miracles and wonders how I led you sortie yeares in the wildernesse your cloathes waxed not old on your backes nor your shooes yet you want a heart to perceive and eyes to see and eares to heare untill this day The first thing that I observe I comprize in these tearmes Doct. It is a misery unspeakeable to heare the mysteries of salvation and bee no better for it for hearing without obedience hath no blessing he onely that so heares the will of God to doe it shall enter into the kingdome Matth. 7.21 shall bee blessed Luke 11.28 shall bee justified before God Rom. 2.13 But the hearers otherwise if they looke for any mercy from God they doe but deceive themselves Iames 1.22 a Ille ●crè a●dis qui mo●bus non contrad cit In quatuor Evan. 〈◊〉 29. Hee beares aright that in his manners doth not contradict it saith Gregory b F●de●ni presi ●u ●vita pra●a est Chrys st in lib. Homd 〈◊〉 Faith profits nothing if the life be wicked c Frus● a audit qui non amat Encl 〈◊〉 Cap. 17. He leares in vaint that loves not saith Augustine d Grave estse catum non 〈◊〉 sse quoctsac as ● avnis nonseetsse qu● 〈◊〉 De●ss● 〈◊〉 Lib. 2 20. It is a great sinne not to know that which thou doest a greater not to do what thou knowest saith Ambrose I here be three kindes of bad hearers in Mat. 13. every one of them miscrable The first compared to stores and the stones are cast cut of the vineyard in Isa 5.2 The second to thornes and thornes are to bee burned Heb. 6.8 The third to the way side and that is a double misery First the way is ever left without the hedge and without defence Secondly it is troden under soot of all passengers Woe be to thee Chorazim woe be to thee Bethsaida for if these workes had beene done in Tyre and Sidon c. and Wee to thee Capernaum for if these workes were done in Sodome c. Mat. 11.21 These three Cities Chorazim Bethsaida and Capernaum were Cities of Galilee very fruitfull by reason they were neere to Iordan which made them as rich as Nilus doth the country of Egypt Ioachi● us Vadianus not farre from the lake of Gennezareth where Christ often preached and where most of his great workes were done as Mat. 11.21 Out of Bethsaida he called his first disciples Peter Andrew and Philip In Capernaum he did many miracles hee preacht almost every Sabbath day and made them astonished at his doctrine Luke 4.31 and because they had all this meanes heard all this preaching the