They are to be heard with silence and to be received with all humility and great affection.
Christian. Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord, and shalt teach thy law: that thou mayest give him rest from the evil days, and that he be not destroyed upon earth.
2. Christ. I have taught the prophets from the beginning, and cease not in these days to speak to every one; but many are hardened, and deaf to my speech:
Most men more willingly listen to the world than to God; and follow sooner the desires of the flesh, than the will of God.
The world promiseth temporal and small things, and is served with great eagerness: I promise high and eternal things, and the hearts of men are unmoved.
Who is he that serveth and obeyeth me, with such care as the world and the lords therefore are served with?
Blush, therefore, slothful and complaining servant, that they are more eager for destruction, than thou for life.
They rejoice more in vanity, than thou in the truth.
And yet they are often frustrated of their hope; but my promise deceiveth none, nor sendeth him away empty that trusteth in me.
What I have promised, I will give; I will fulfil what I have said, to him that remains faithful in my love to the end.