Taking Notes on the Sermon: Edwards and Lloyd-Jones Say NO

From Jonathan Edwards' pen:

"The main benefit that is obtained by preaching is by impression made upon the mind in the time of it, and not by the effect that arises afterwards by a remembrance of what was delivered." [quoted in The Salvation of Souls, eds. Richard Bailey and Gregory Wills, 11]

From Martyn Lloyd-Jones:

"The first and primary object of preaching is not only to give information. It is, as Edwards says, to produce an impression. It is the impression at the time that matters, even more than what you can remember subsequently.It is not primarily to impart information; and while you are writing your notes you may be missing something of the impact of the Spirit." [from HERE]

For many in our congregations, the task of filling in blanks has become an exercise in blank prediction (guessing which words belong in the blank before the preacher gives the answer) or blank phobia (the fear of blank blanks), or even blank apathy (not caring about the blanks)! Often, the listeners are so concerned with filling in the blanks correctly that they miss the worship that is to be taking place through the proclamation of the Word.

So are Edwards and Lloyd-Jones onto something here? Or are they a bit too strict in their understanding of preaching as an act of corporate worship?