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to_o hear_v not_o to_o learn_v or_o practice_v sicut_fw-la in_o theatrum_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la 108._o seneca_n ep_v 108._o causâ_fw-la ad_fw-la delectandas_fw-la aures_fw-la as_o seneca_n speak_v of_o some_o who_o come_v to_o hear_v lecture_n of_o philosophy_n non_fw-la id_fw-la agunt_fw-la ut_fw-la aliqua_fw-la vitia_fw-la deponant_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquam_fw-la legem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la accipiant_fw-la mores_fw-la suos_fw-la exigant_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la oblectamento_fw-la aurium_fw-la perfruantur_fw-la aliqui_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la pugillaribus_fw-la veniunt_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la res_fw-la accipiant_fw-la sed_fw-la verba_fw-la etc._n etc._n other_o come_v with_o their_o table-book_n which_o though_o good_a be_v not_o sufficient_a other_o to_o see_v and_o to_o be_v see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o clemens_n express_v it_o as_o 272_o clem._n pag._n
19_o 10_o 11._o and_o by_o moses_n his_o put_v off_o his_o shoe_n before_o god_n speak_v and_o discover_v himself_o to_o he_o exod._n 3._o 5_o 6._o intimate_v a_o put_n off_o our_o carnal_a affection_n and_o purge_v our_o soul_n before_o we_o come_v to_o hear_v the_o word_n this_o be_v necessary_a because_o to_o come_v without_o this_o preparation_n i._o be_v irreverent_a you_o esteem_v it_o just_o a_o high_a incivility_n to_o press_v into_o a_o prince_n palace_n with_o ragged_a dirty_a clothes_n or_o to_o sit_v at_o his_o table_n with_o unwashen_n hand_n how_o much_o do_v man_n affect_v cleanness_n and_o study_v neatness_n when_o they_o present_v themselves_o to_o the_o presence_n of_o any_o great_a man_n and_o be_v it_o not_o much_o more_o irreverent_a to_o appear_v before_o god_n in_o his_o temple_n in_o our_o sin_n and_o corruption_n may_v we_o not_o just_o fear_v to_o be_v a_o offence_n to_o his_o pure_a eye_n how_o do_v man_n study_v word_n and_o gesture_n suitable_a to_o the_o person_n of_o any_o great_a one_o to_o who_o they_o make_v their_o application_n and_o do_v not_o a_o resolve_v prepare_v reverence_n much_o more_o become_v we_o when_o we_o address_v ourselves_o to_o god_n david_n resolve_v himself_o upon_o this_o preparation_n psal_n 26._o 6._o i_o will_v wash_v my_o hand_n in_o innocence_n so_o will_v i_o compass_v thy_o altar_n thus_o when_o jacob_n go_v to_o worship_n god_n at_o bethel_n he_o purge_v his_o house_n of_o all_o the_o idol_n and_o make_v his_o son_n to_o wash_v their_o clothes_n gen._n 35._o 2_o 3._o we_o shall_v not_o only_o have_v our_o heart_n raise_v to_o awful_a apprehension_n of_o god_n majesty_n and_o presence_n but_o our_o outward_a man_n also_o compose_v to_o a_o decent_a becomingness_n and_o holy_a reverence_n as_o jacob_n say_v of_o bethel_n gen._n 28._o 16_o 17._o how_o dreadful_a be_v this_o place_n and_o thus_o do_v cornelius_n when_o peter_n be_v to_o preach_v unto_o he_o set_v himself_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n act_v 10._o 33._o so_o shall_v we_o come_v with_o that_o reverence_n and_o preparedness_n as_o become_v the_o presence_n of_o god_n ii_o unprofitable_a hence_o that_o caution_n luke_n 18._o take_v heed_n therefore_o how_o you_o hear_v thorn_n grow_v natural_o but_o seed_n you_o know_v thrive_v not_o but_o when_o the_o ground_n be_v first_o fit_v and_o prepare_v sin_n increase_v natural_o in_o our_o corrupt_a heart_n but_o they_o be_v no_o fit_a soil_n natural_o for_o the_o word_n of_o god_n they_o must_v be_v first_o fit_v and_o prepare_v before_o the_o seed_n will_v grow_v and_o thrive_v there_o unpreparedness_n make_v every_o duty_n to_o be_v ineffectual_a as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o job_n 11._o 13_o 14._o give_v i_o leave_v to_o allude_v to_o that_o of_o the_o wiseman_n prepare_v thy_o work_n without_o and_o make_v it_o fit_a for_o thyself_o in_o the_o field_n and_o afterward_o build_v thy_o house_n prov._n 24._o 27._o so_o say_v i_o prepare_v thyself_o at_o home_n and_o then_o come_v to_o build_v up_o thyself_o in_o faith_n and_o holiness_n and_o unprepared_a hearer_n will_v be_v a_o unprofitable_a hearer_n eleven_o the_o eleven_o ground_n be_v curiosity_n when_o man_n come_v to_o the_o word_n affect_v more_o the_o elegancy_n of_o the_o expression_n than_o the_o wholesomeness_n of_o the_o truth_n cui_fw-la nullus_fw-la in_o dicendo_fw-la sermo_fw-la placet_fw-la nisi_fw-la grammaticè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la conceptus_fw-la dialecticè_fw-la imaginatus_fw-la rhetoricè_fw-la purpuratus_fw-la as_o s._n augustine_n express_v it_o such_o like_v not_o their_o spiritual_a food_n unless_o it_o be_v adorn_v with_o the_o flower_n of_o rhetoric_n who_o regard_v more_o how_o handsome_a the_o provision_n be_v than_o how_o wholesome_a hence_o error_n many_o time_n handsome_o dress_v find_v more_o entertainment_n than_o a_o plain_a truth_n so_o man_n take_v poison_v instead_o of_o nourishment_n thus_o when_o man_n catch_v more_o at_o a_o elegancy_n in_o a_o sermon_n than_o a_o promise_n they_o may_v be_v please_v perhaps_o but_o little_o profit_v in_o seed_n you_o look_v not_o at_o leaf_n as_o you_o do_v in_o flower_n but_o at_o the_o inward_a virtue_n whereby_o it_o have_v a_o aptitude_n to_o fructify_v so_o shall_v we_o in_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o word_n not_o prize_v the_o outward_a seem_a dress_n and_o beauty_n of_o it_o so_o much_o as_o the_o inward_a efficacy_n of_o it_o whereby_o it_o may_v fructify_v in_o your_o heart_n and_o life_n qui_fw-la maturitatis_fw-la fructum_fw-la quaerit_fw-la despicit_fw-la amaena_fw-la camporum_fw-la say_v chrysologus_fw-la 18._o chrysolog_fw-la serm_n 18._o he_o that_o desire_v profit_n from_o a_o field_n look_v to_o the_o ripeness_n of_o the_o corn_n not_o to_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o cockle_n which_o may_v more_o gratify_v the_o eye_n but_o not_o fill_v the_o barn_n and_o granary_n so_o he_o that_o desire_v to_o profit_v by_o the_o word_n must_v not_o attend_v the_o adorn_v of_o rhetoric_n which_o may_v perhaps_o more_o please_v the_o fancy_n but_o not_o at_o all_o relish_n the_o soul_n such_o may_v more_o gratify_v the_o palate_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o good_a for_o nourishment_n the_o affect_a elegancy_n of_o a_o sermon_n may_v more_o gratify_v curiosity_n but_o not_o profit_n and_o nourish_v the_o soul_n it_o be_v true_a that_o s._n augustin_n observe_v that_o propter_fw-la fastidia_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ea_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la vivere_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la alimenta_fw-la condienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la but_o they_o live_v miserable_o that_o live_v altogether_o upon_o sauce_n there_o be_v another_o curiosity_n much_o like_o this_o which_o make_v the_o word_n unprofitable_a and_o that_o be_v a_o nice_a squemishness_n that_o man_n nauseate_a truth_n that_o they_o have_v hear_v of_o before_o as_o a_o ill_a squeasy_a stomach_n which_o can_v make_v two_o meal_n of_o the_o same_o meat_n whereas_o we_o have_v need_v consider_v our_o dulness_n to_o understand_v our_o forgetfulness_n of_o what_o we_o have_v hear_v to_o have_v the_o same_o truth_n preach_v over_o and_o over_o again_o and_o yet_o shall_v we_o find_v all_o little_a enough_o we_o may_v see_v what_o be_v the_o temper_n of_o those_o in_o act_n 13._o 42._o they_o beseech_v the_o apostle_n that_o the_o same_o word_n may_v be_v teach_v again_o the_o next_o sabbath_n this_o i_o speak_v not_o to_o patronize_v laziness_n in_o the_o preacher_n but_o to_o correct_v the_o curiosity_n of_o the_o hearer_n which_o make_v the_o word_n become_v so_o unprofitable_a to_o they_o twelve_o the_o twelve_o ground_n be_v not_o attend_v upon_o a_o constant_a settle_a ministry_n this_o be_v that_o which_o god_n have_v use_v from_o the_o first_o plant_n of_o church_n for_o the_o edification_n of_o his_o people_n as_o appear_v from_o act_n 20._o 28._o and_o confirm_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o whole_a primitive_a church_n tree_n oft_o transplant_v can_v take_v no_o firm_a root_n a_o roll_a stone_n we_o say_v 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facilitate_v and_o strengthen_v memory_n that_o you_o may_v carry_v away_o and_o profit_n more_o by_o he_o thirteen_o the_o thirteen_o ground_n be_v want_v of_o love_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n man_n come_v out_o of_o custom_n and_o not_o out_o of_o a_o real_a sense_n of_o the_o want_n of_o the_o word_n or_o with_o any_o love_n unto_o it_o if_o man_n have_v such_o affection_n to_o the_o word_n as_o david_n profess_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o have_v psal_n 119._o 20._o that_o his_o soul_n do_v even_o break_v for_o the_o long_n he_o have_v after_o god_n word_n much_o more_o will_v they_o profit_v by_o it_o if_o with_o job_n they_o prize_v it_o more_o than_o their_o ordinary_a food_n job_n 23._o 12._o a_o man_n that_o sit_v down_o to_o his_o meal_n when_o he_o have_v no_o like_n to_o the_o meat_n set_v before_o he_o he_o will_v not_o nourish_v kind_o by_o it_o neither_o will_v any_o
14._o he_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o verse_n 16._o he_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n john_n 1._o 14._o the_o humane_a nature_n not_o exist_v before_o assume_v but_o assume_v in_o the_o first_o moment_n of_o its_o production_n by_o the_o overshadow_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o that_o christ_n take_v our_o whole_a nature_n body_n and_o soul_n with_o all_o their_o faculty_n property_n affection_n nay_o with_o all_o natural_a though_o not_o ibid._n nihil_fw-la minus_fw-la habebat_fw-la in_o natura_fw-la sed_fw-la nihil_fw-la habebat_fw-la in_o culpa_fw-la aug._n d._n 106._o aug._n ibid._n sinful_a infirmity_n that_o he_o may_v in_o all_o thing_n be_v like_o his_o brethren_n sin_n only_o except_v heb._n 2._o 17._o without_o conversion_n or_o confusion_n of_o nature_n or_o property_n and_o in_o this_o nature_n thus_o assume_v venit_fw-la unus_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la qui_fw-la salvos_fw-la faceret_fw-la à _fw-la peccato_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n one_o come_v without_o sin_n who_o may_v save_v from_o sin_n he_o appear_v in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v the_o great_a mystery_n the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 16._o namely_o god_n manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o by_o this_o assume_v humane_a nature_n he_o be_v capacitate_v for_o that_o great_a design_n of_o his_o come_n into_o the_o world_n which_o be_v to_o save_v sinner_n in_o order_n to_o which_o god_n require_v a_o perfect_a obedience_n therefore_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v under_o the_o law_n gal._n 4._o 4._o and_o satisfaction_n by_o a_o price_n of_o blood_n pay_v for_o without_o blood_n be_v no_o remission_n heb._n 9_o 22._o both_o which_o be_v by_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n to_o be_v perform_v in_o the_o same_o nature_n which_o have_v offend_v against_o the_o law_n and_o so_o be_v liable_a to_o death_n through_o sin_n iii_o christ_n obscure_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o divinity_n by_o a_o 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further_a glory_n but_o a_o discovery_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o divine_a nature_n through_o that_o humane_a nature_n which_o he_o have_v assume_v to_o himself_o iv_o in_o take_v upon_o himself_o a_o state_n of_o low_a abasement_n and_o humiliation_n he_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n phil._n 2._o 7._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la seipsum_fw-la in_o nihil_fw-la reduxit_fw-la say_v beza_n and_o he_o become_v poor_a for_o our_o sake_n 2_o cor._n 8._o 9_o hic_fw-la erat_fw-la per_fw-la divinam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la humanam_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la say_v augustine_n he_o affect_v not_o earthly_a greatness_n and_o pomp_n but_o decline_v it_o and_o his_o life_n from_o the_o cradle_n to_o the_o cross_n be_v but_o one_o continue_a scene_n of_o misery_n v._o christ_n willing_a and_o ready_a undertake_n for_o sinner_n come_v be_v a_o voluntary_a motion_n christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n free_o and_o willing_o to_o undertake_v the_o work_n of_o save_v sinner_n assumpsit_fw-la animam_fw-la &_o carnem_fw-la hominis_fw-la non_fw-la antea_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la promerentis_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la percipiendam_fw-la sublimitatem_fw-la virtute_fw-la propriâ_fw-la laborantis_fw-la sed_fw-la omnino_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la say_v augustine_n he_o be_v not_o merit_v or_o pre-engaged_n but_o out_o of_o his_o love_n he_o give_v himself_o as_o the_o apostle_n gal._n 2._o 20._o i_o live_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o love_v i_o and_o give_v himself_o for_o i_o he_o be_v not_o force_v to_o it_o but_o come_v free_o john_n 10._o 18._o no_o man_n take_v my_o life_n from_o i_o but_o i_o lay_v it_o down_o of_o myself_o i_o have_v power_n to_o lay_v it_o down_o and_o i_o have_v power_n to_o take_v it_o up_o again_o etc._n etc._n indeed_o he_o be_v oft_o say_v to_o be_v send_v of_o his_o father_n john_n 3._o 17._o god_n send_v not_o his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o condemn_v the_o world_n and_o gal._n 4._o 14._o when_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n be_v come_v god_n send_v forth_o his_o son_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n but_o it_o be_v by_o a_o voluntary_a consent_n in_o christ_n to_o the_o council_n and_o design_n of_o god_n decree_a christ_n to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o mediator_n therefore_o act_v 2._o 23._o it_o be_v say_v by_o peter_n to_o the_o scoff_a jew_n him_n be_v deliver_v by_o the_o determinate_a counsel_n and_o before_o knowledge_n of_o god_n you_o have_v take_v and_o by_o wicked_a hand_n have_v crucify_v and_o slay_v he_o christ_n be_v say_v likewise_o to_o be_v seal_v by_o the_o father_n john_n 6._o 27._o he_o have_v god_n the_o father_n seal_v and_o to_o be_v sanctify_v and_o send_v into_o the_o world_n by_o the_o father_n john_n 10._o 36._o but_o it_o be_v by_o the_o consent_n and_o condescension_n of_o christ_n offer_v himself_o as_o a_o sponsor_n and_o mediator_n and_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o will_n of_o his_o father_n heb._n 10._o 5_o 7._o christ_n do_v voluntary_o undertake_v for_o we_o and_o his_o submission_n to_o the_o father_n be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n but_o voluntary_o of_o the_o second_o person_n willing_o offer_v himself_o to_o his_o father_n justice_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o sinner_n and_o therefore_o christ_n be_v say_v oft_o to_o give_v himself_o and_o that_o out_o of_o mere_a love_n ephes_n 5._o 2_o 25._o this_o expression_n of_o come_v into_o the_o world_n do_v not_o only_o speak_v the_o event_n and_o issue_n but_o the_o design_n will_n and_o ultimate_a end_n of_o christ_n come_n quòd_fw-la non_fw-la gravatum_fw-la salvat_fw-la say_v musculus_fw-la that_o he_o do_v it_o free_o and_o willing_o application_n first_o this_o speak_v infinite_a love_n that_o god_n shall_v send_v christ_n and_o christ_n come_v to_o undertake_v for_o sinner_n god_n commend_v his_o love_n towards_o we_o in_o that_o while_o we_o be_v yet_o sinner_n christ_n die_v for_o we_o rom._n 5._o 8._o and_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n that_o whosoever_o believe_v on_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v everlasting_a life_n john_n 3._o 16._o each_o word_n there_o heighten_v the_o love_n of_o god_n a_o son_n give_v a_o begotten_a son_n a_o only_o beget_v son_n nay_o a_o well-beloved_a son_n as_o in_o matth._n 3._o 17._o who_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o his_o father_n john_n 1._o 18._o that_o god_n shall_v not_o spare_v his_o son_n rom._n 8._o 32._o this_o must_v needs_o speak_v love_n it_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o abraham_n love_n to_o god_n that_o at_o his_o command_n he_o withhold_v not_o his_o isaac_n gen._n 22._o 2._o from_o god_n who_o yet_o give_v he_o and_o have_v power_n to_o command_v he_o again_o but_o that_o god_n shall_v give_v his_o son_n to_o the_o wicked_a ungrateful_a undeserving_a world_n must_v needs_o speak_v a_o great_a affection_n than_o that_o of_o abraham_n and_o what_o can_v that_o be_v less_o than_o a_o infinite_a love_n when_o christ_n do_v but_o shed_v a_o tear_n for_o lazarus_n the_o jew_n collect_v his_o love_n from_o that_o john_n 11._o 35_o 36._o how_o much_o more_o may_v we_o that_o chriâ—â—_n shall_v come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o shed_v his_o blood_n for_o we_o this_o inâ—â—eed_n be_v infinite_a love_n etc._n etc._n second_o this_o speak_v abundance_n of_o comfort_n to_o christian_n be_v christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n have_v he_o take_v upon_o he_o our_o nature_n then_o this_o speak_v comfort_n to_o true_a sincere_a christian_n i._o in_o case_n of_o their_o imperfect_a obedience_n in_o case_n of_o their_o many_o fail_n and_o imperfection_n why_o christian_a do_v but_o maintain_v sincerity_n and_o press_v on_o to_o perfection_n and_o remember_v that_o christ_n have_v assume_v thy_o nature_n and_o in_o that_o perfect_o fulfil_v the_o