[ 445] The difference betwixt Sermons preached, and Sermons printed.
SErmons preached are for the most part as showres of rain that water for the in∣stant,* 1.1 such as may tickle the ear, and warm the affections, and put the soul into a posture of obedience; hence it is that men are oft-times Sermon-sick, as some are Sea-sick, very ill, much troubled for the present, but by and by all is well again, as they were;* 1.2 But printed sermons or other discourses, are as snow, that lies longer on the Earth, they are longer lived, they preach when the Author cannot, and which is more, when he is not: Sights, as they come sooner to the eye, than sounds to the ear; so they abide longer; Audible words are more transient, visible works more per∣manent; the one may make the ear more attentive, but the other, the memory more retentive; both in themselves excelling.