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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

Heauen and Earth to speake to him by Prayer and to heare him by Preaching and by both these as also by the Sacraments to feast and feed with him Thirdly We must remember more particularly the fruit of Gods Word and the efficacie thereof in that it is called The Kingdome of Heauen The meanes to keepe vs from Hell The treasurie of eternall life A sure word of Prophesie compared to a light that shineth in a darke place and is not only food to nourish vs but also Seed to beget vs Beeing able to saue our soules That which will support vs and quicken vs in our greatest troubles beeing the very ioy of our hearts Qu. What is the fourth dutie An. Fourthly wee are to reade and meditate in priuate with others if wee may fitly and by our selues vpon that place of Scripture that is to bee handled in the publike Assembly for if a godly man ought to meditate day and night in the Law of the Lord How can he be negligent vpon the Day of the Lord in thinking of that Scripture which is to bee handled in the House of the Lord And if the whole doctrine of the Gospell ought to dwell plentifully in vs alwayes How can we but possesse our selues of that part of the Gospell or Word of God which wee goe now to feede our soules withall Moreouer a Christian shall better remember the matter which is deliuered when hee hath thought of the ground of it before and also discerne more cleerely the grace and power of the publike Ministerie so farre exceeding his priuate Meditations or otherwise the weaknesse of the Minister if hee want either that gift that he should haue or be negligent in that studie and preparation which hee ought to vse Qu. What is the fift duty to be vsed of the Hearers before the Sermon An. Hee must powre forth faithfull and heartie Prayer first for himselfe that God will enlighten his mind confirm● his Memorie reforme his Will soften his Heart purifie his Conscience that hee may grow in the knowledge of his heauenly Doctrine lay hold of it by a true Faith and turne the same into the daily and wholsome exercises of Praier and Repentance herein imitating the Prophet Dauid and the Apostles Secondly For the people that shall ioyne with him especially those of his owne Family For if such be worse then Infidels as make not bodily prouision for their Families they cannot bee Christians that neglect this part of prouision for their soules Thirdly For their Ministers for if Paul beeing so excellent an Apostle needed the Prayers of the Ephesians much more doe the ordinarie Pastors and Teachers of the Church need the same Qu. Wherefore else is Prayer necessarie An. Because First God only giueth wisdome and out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding Secondly Flesh and bloud reuealeth not those things to vs but God our heauenly Father Thirdly The naturall man perceiueth not the things which belong to the Spirit of God CHAP. III. Qu. YOu haue shewed mee what is to bee done before the Sermon now tell mee what is the hearers dutie in the Sermon while An. First let such as bee able to reade bring with them to the publike Assemblies the holy Bible to the end that they may not only ioyne with the Church in singing of Psalmes but also readily turne to the principal places of Scriptures that are read expounded and repeated by the Minister by which meanes they shall greatly further both their attention and memorie hauing the helpe not only of their Eare in hearing but also of their Eye in perusing those scriptures that are alleaged to see whether they be truly alleaged or no by which meanes also the Minister shall bee made more carefull to take heed that he doe not but vpon very good ground swarue from the words of the common Translation If this had beene obserued the Nouatian Heretike of whom Socrates speaketh in the Ecclesiasticall Storie durst not haue added those words to the Text which he did saying Cursed is euery one that keepeth the Passeouer without vnleauened Bread Neither would that bee of whom Austine speaketh Epistola nona ad Hicon haue so vnaduisedly made that hurrie among the people by reading a word in the Prophesie of Ionas otherwise then it was in their Bibles Qu. Which is the second dutie An. Euery hearer must endeauour earnestly to bee present at the whole Sermon from the beginning to the end both comming before the first Prayer begin and not departing till the blessing bee pronounced Iudas leauing the Assembly of Christ and the other Apostles before the action was ended and the Psalme sung had heauie successe This was counted so great a fault in former times that the Councell of Carthage appointed him that went out of the Congregation while the Minister was in speaking to bee excommunicated Qu. What is the third An. Sleepe talke and speech with other men curiositie in looking about and reading of other Bookes c. in the Sermon time must bee auoyded Qu. Why should not men sleepe at Sermons An. For diuers Reasons First it is a breach of the third Commandement or a taking of GODS Name in vaine by neglect and abuse of Gods holy Ordinance Secondly It is an enemie to that attention and heedfulnesse in hearing which is required of vs. Thirdly If such a iudgement befell him that slept in the night that at an exceeding long Sermon What are we to say of those that sleepe in the day at a Sermon of an houre long Fourthly It is a thing of euill report and example Qu. How shall they preuent it that by reason of watching early rising age or other infirmities can hardly auoid it An. They must seeke by all meanes to resist it praying and groaning in spirit standing vp vsing the Pen if they can write crauing the helpe of such as sit neere them c. Qu. What say you to talking curious gazing and gaping about c An. They are condemned by all the same Reasons that sleeping is and that so much the more because sleepe is such a naturall Infirmitie that it may suddenly and vnawares steale vpon a good and godly man who hath often resolued with his owne heart neuer to giue place vnto it whereas any man that hath but a sparke of grace and modestie may with a little striuing refraine talking and looking about and therefore it doth argue a farre greater prophanenesse and impudencie then the other Qu. But may not a man reade some good Booke of Diuinitie in the Sermon time An. No not the very Bible it selfe except it be the places that are pointed to by the Minister for wee are to giue attendance to the things that are spoken Besides it carrieth with it a kind of contempt both of the Minister and Ministerie and a secret condemning of those that doe attend Qu. What is the fourth dutie of hearers