Richard Baxter wrote:
Remember that all these . . . sermons must be reviewed, and you must answer for all that yo have heard, whether you heart it . . . with diligent attention or with carelessness; and the word which you hear shall judge you at the last day. Hear therefore as those that are going to judgment to give account of their hearing and obeying.
David Clarkson stated:
At the day of judgment, an account of every sermon will be required, and of every truth in each sermon. . . . The books will be opened, and all the sermons mentioned whcih you have heard, and a particular account required, why you imprisoned such a truth revealed, why you committed such a sin threatened, why neglected such duties enjoined. . . . Oh what a fearful account!
quoted in Ken Ramey’s Expository Listening, 105.
