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and_o thus_o far_o all_o be_v well_o if_o it_o be_v as_o sincere_a in_o deed_n as_o in_o show_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v this_o be_v the_o forwardness_n of_o this_o people_n 2._o note_v their_o backwardness_n to_o do_v what_o they_o be_v teach_v they_o hear_v thy_o word_n but_o do_v they_o not_o and_o with_o their_o mouth_n they_o show_v much_o love_n but_o their_o heart_n go_v after_o their_o covetousness_n 3._o note_v god_n censure_n of_o this_o deal_n thou_o be_v to_o they_o as_o a_o lovely_a song_n of_o one_o that_o have_v a_o pleasant_a voice_n and_o can_v play_v well_o upon_o a_o instrument_n he_o mean_v that_o they_o make_v the_o like_a use_n of_o the_o prophet_n that_o a_o man_n will_v do_v of_o a_o minstrel_n and_o they_o hear_v his_o sermon_n as_o a_o man_n will_v hear_v a_o play_n thus_o the_o lord_n censure_v those_o hot_a professor_n among_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o like_a censure_n agree_v well_o to_o the_o speculative_a and_o talk_a hearer_n of_o our_o day_n they_o that_o 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119.139_o when_o david_n say_v my_o zele_n have_v consume_v i_o because_o my_o enemy_n have_v forget_v thy_o word_n he_o mean_v that_o they_o do_v not_o think_v on_o they_o much_o less_o do_v they_o keep_v and_o perform_v they_o and_o many_o such_o we_o have_v now_o a_o day_n even_o among_o they_o who_o profess_v religion_n they_o go_v from_o the_o church_n to_o their_o house_n and_o from_o sermon_n to_o dinner_n and_o from_o hear_v of_o god_n word_n to_o talk_v of_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n but_o never_o call_v to_o mind_v what_o they_o have_v hear_v nor_o consider_v what_o use_v it_o may_v serve_v they_o for_o such_o man_n do_v quick_o forget_v all_o and_o practice_n nothing_o our_o lesson_n in_o this_o case_n be_v deliver_v we_o by_o the_o apostle_n where_o he_o say_v we_o ought_v to_o give_v the_o more_o earnest_a heed_n to_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v hear_v lest_o at_o any_o time_n we_o shall_v let_v they_o slip_n heb._n 2.1_o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v as_o beza_n translate_v it_o ne_fw-la quando_fw-la perfluamus_fw-la that_o we_o do_v not_o at_o any_o time_n run_v out_o in_o which_o speech_n the_o apostle_n compare_v forgetful_a hearer_n to_o leak_a vessel_n because_o as_o those_o vessel_n let_v out_o by_o the_o chink_n what_o they_o receive_v by_o the_o mouth_n so_o these_o hearer_n let_v out_o at_o one_o ear_n what_o they_o receive_v at_o the_o other_o and_o because_o they_o keep_v not_o what_o they_o hear_v they_o lose_v the_o profit_n of_o their_o hear_n like_o man_n who_o eat_v and_o cast_v up_o what_o they_o have_v eat_v without_o receive_v nourishment_n by_o it_o these_o than_o be_v a_o three_o sort_n of_o bad_a hearer_n &_o therefore_o when_o our_o lord_n say_v take_v heed_n how_o you_o hear_v he_o mean_v we_o shall_v be_v ware_n that_o we_o be_v not_o careless_a and_o forgetful_a hearer_n four_o a_o four_o sort_n of_o bad_a hearer_n be_v wanton_a or_o sensual_a hearer_n such_o as_o desire_v to_o 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and_o the_o hungry_a belly_n think_v more_o of_o eat_v &_o drink_v then_o of_o pray_v or_o learn_v god_n word_n and_o the_o man_n that_o be_v weary_a with_o long_a labour_n have_v rather_o sleep_v then_o meditat_fw-la or_o hear_v it_o be_v say_v of_o sisera_n that_o he_o be_v fast_o a_o sleep_n and_o weary_a and_o the_o meaning_n be_v say_v the_o learned_a 4.21_o learned_a vatabl_v in_o jud._n 4.21_o pressus_fw-la sopore_fw-la prae_fw-la lassitudine_fw-la that_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o weariness_n he_o fall_v into_o a_o dead_a sleep_n the_o conclusion_n be_v some_o refresh_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o body_n that_o it_o may_v be_v serviceable_a for_o the_o soul_n and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o thing_n that_o i_o say_v 2._o the_o second_o be_v that_o this_o refresh_n must_v be_v seasonable_a and_o moderate_a for_o as_o emptiness_n breed_v faintness_n so_o fullness_n be_v a_o burden_n and_o both_o of_o they_o disable_v the_o soul_n in_o her_o function_n for_o as_o the_o egyptian_a 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