Eyes and Ears.—

As long as men have eyes as well as ears, they will think they see your meaning as well as hear it, and they are apter to believe their sight than their hearing, as being the page 93 more perfect sense. All that a minister doth is a kind of preach-ing, and if you live a covetous or a careless life, you preach these sins to your people by your practice. The same holds good though to a less extent with parents.

—Ibid.