Sermon 6. andf AS.T IN G • . fomewhat jingular, and to have more inus, than our fellowes.. So,hcrc now, when it is F4}ling-d, 1 ywith us~ ro get us a fajlmg-d"J face, at any hand. Forrlut,exc2fic · b fomewhat alteredmcoJmJenance, no man wtlllooke at us, or marke us; there well~ notice takenof it; and foasgood not faH ar all: But if itappearein our ~~ enofh" llboth get reputation to our fdves,aud our Profefion !hall receive credit t aces' we • I . h .a: ld. I . t: I ,· C ., befides. Thusdothhemed eh1sc a 11 e; .no m Hs 1 o•vr_e even1mo HR r •·r;s fferjio. to make us doe,what God would have us,for Ius ownc; to doe Gods novakcofin t·•hc Divet's end. Sanchfite mtafajl (as I told) fhcwes, th@te is fanBitie.in ir. wor e o • · ' · · r h · h 11 h ' · • a hot d 11 ty it is, and he [eekes tobreedJtlotr;es m lt•. For,w t c.Joat ersea 'YfOcrijie (tine!mJanffitatts)_ themoth that frets m[under all, that holyor~bod 1s; andfo by that meanes,make lt a meeremoth-eatenfaft. . . , . :' Thus whither-fo~ver we rurne our [elves, he meers With us fhll. The[e·are h1s peiignes ,'this doth hee, diverjis itineribuo, by contrary JVayes, [ceke to circutnvent us. Firll downe he fitsmh1s Cortrt, an<;! offers us a lt•ence, not to ke_epeLent;to keepe what die; we will: And if \ve refufe it, threatens us,he will get us-~refented for'hypo– uites. But if that move us not, bur we lbrtd outre[olurefor allh1s [car-trow,!hm, out he com~sinanew ll:yle; falls to commend us, asgoodordtrly mm: but ("!.ithaH} roadvifeus friendly, to doe all fo, as may be for our belt behoofc :which is,r0ha~ itfeenein any wife. And (that which is ll:range) fears us with that, in the l>eginnin&", whichhe brings us ro,m the end: Even,to doe that mhypocrifie, that (b~fore) lie wt~ {hed us,in no wife todoe,for feare ofhypocrifie.Soas,upon the matter,now it is come tofit is hypocrit.t,thoughnot in fo broad tennes l but,fo is his meaning, doe itlik-e hy: pocrites, to 6cfeene. . .· t COr.5.7~ loel &.If, ' .•· 't· This,isthepropcrplace: here now comes CHUST. withHisfa.nne, andfevers It.' 'thepreciouofrom the vtle, w1th Ncjitujicut. And tlunke1t never a wlm the wor(e for The chalfi. this Ne fit is. Almes hath the fame hefor~; and fo hath Fr~yerthe very l:1me: And ',:;;~,~~;,;"~~ many aNe jitts belong tothefe, and to every good d11tte. They are not thcwor(e; ~mu.' g the better rather, for the fanning : they are nd bytt ofmuch refu[e ll:qffe. And,even · to this offalling, there belongs moreBe not like's than one.• Nor like the Manichee's that thought the creat11res 11ncleane. Nor like them, who(e (aft is aCommlltationof Glutte11y. Not lik~ them that faJlto fave charges. Not likethcm,thar make it anopt« ~peratrem: and, fo It be done, lt sk1lls nor hmv With them ; lt skills not for any Sicut. ~~likeany ofthe[e. Onene (ztrs ferves them all, fends them all going one afcer another, a~ many as come. Ne Jitis to them all, and to e~ery, or any ofthem all. And lo, you fhallnot need give overyourfaiti-"g for any ofthem all. I would fajl, but for being like one ofthefe : why, benorlike any one of thefc, andyetfajl · notwithflanding. 1 • Notlike any one ofthe(e. Butfp~cially (faith CH RI s T 'here) not like Hyp~mtes, Why, norliketheni? For, then, thePIJarifees f~ll:ed, andtheirdifl:iples: .~hrkc 7.18. ~ndlohn falled, and his difciples: there was, then, faj/ing on all hands. And then lS cheume of hypocrifi• ·: Then, doth it abound molt,. when things are in requ·efr, when moll ufed; then, 1s moll: danger of countcrfemng. And hypocrijie is but a kmde of cormter{ellmg (asI fhall fhew you.) Therefore, asthofe times were, Eeilot likeHypocrites. Noclikethem? and them, ofall other, oncJVouldchoofeto be like; they ofall others ~re moO. hketo .f</1; they looke as if they fajled; they carry theirfaj/, in their face, rc:·Why,that, CH RI S T likes not; the carrying it in their face : tells US plainy, ~y benot the m~n,we take them for: no true fofters ,thcy;they be but hypocrites; . . fenr. Yf'.'"tes ? vVIhtiS that~ Wee muH needs Hay almle, to (earch our the true HJ1'.'"r"; . de 0 tnat word:They be fo baited,all the Gofpell thorow· there befo many Woes " 1 ""'·fl•g•· cne agam(trhc ·rl d . . . ifl ' . b ·· . Pa;m. · r~J1: Orio· m... lC wor HypocrztC!s neltber_Englt , nor Latme, ut as a Dem. J' "tna\lvdt IS aknowenGreeke word; and 1s (in that rongue) theordmary and . X 2 proper
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