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V

E

R.

6.

Sphefans,Chap. 6.

when principally or onely

he

looketh

at

this, he

ferveth

with

a

hollow

':

hcart,like the Priefl,

No

pennie,

no Pater miller; and many

doe

fo look

to their

valles,

that

their

gleanings arc

better fometime then their

ma-

tters harveft.

Again, the untruth

in

their

dealings Both convince this

a.

guileful) fervice. Many

that

are our onely chapmen, fo will winde

in

3.

with

cuhomrrs

that they

will be ferved

with

no

other

then fuch

an

one

:

but what

is

their

ende

they

are kinde

to their

mailers cuftomers,

as

vlbfolon

to

his

fathers fubjeels, to this end, that

if

they

fee

up

they

may carry

all

with

them; tolling

another

mans pigeons

to their owne

lockers.

Againe,

the

gargling

their

mailers

,

like

ziha,

2

Sam.

4

16.

3.

A

cuftomer taketh

him

Idle

ill

ufed,hardly dealt with, you

)hall

have

a

hollow fmooth companion

will fay,

they

are

but

fervants,

though

it might be thus

and

thus,

yet their matter

mutt

make

his

owne price, loading their mailers

backe with any thing odious.

Finally, the difloialtie

of

men once out

of

fervice Both teílifie

they

.

never ferved with

foundneffe

of

heart,

for

that dude

would

be

con-

fiant,

whereas many now will beard their

ma

hers,

and

if they could

cut theirthroates with telling

a

word, out

it fhould

:

all fuch

fervants

may

affure

themfelves that they ferved

in

hypocrite,

and

therefore

that

it

was

molt

hateful)

to

God,

for what

is

more odious

to that God

of

troth,

then

filch

guilefull

courfes? Hypocrifie

is

compounded

of

pride and

untruth,

the Lord hath both

of

them

in

high abomi-

nation.

z.

We

=flail

hence confider

that

if

God

will

not have

hypocrite

in

the fervice, which one

man Both

to another, how doth

he hate it in

his

owne

fervice

?

Let

us

labour therefore

to

doe

that

we doe

with

foundnefle.

,aefl.

But

how

may we know

that

the thing we

dot

is

with upright-

ncflc?

t4

nf

in.

r.

If

we call

our

felves

into

the

prefcnce

of

God

:

for

by-

pocrifiedare

not abide before

him: Walk

before

me and be

upright,

2

King.

zo.

i

have

walked

before

thee

with

a

perfer'l

heart

:

the

Pharifees

looked to men. 2.

If

we

doe

from our hearts

that

we doe

:

with

the

heart,

and unfeignedly are

all

on, ler.

3.

to.

Hypocrites give

God

their

lippes, but their hearts

are farce

from him.

3.

To

his

glorie

onely,

r

Car. 3.

VERSE

6.

Not

witheye

ferviee,an

men

pleafers,

but as the

fervants

VERSE

6.

of

Chrifi,

doing the will

of

God

from

the

heart.

Not with

eye

fervice.

Whence Obferve,

that

eye

rervice flandeth

xet

Doll.

with

aprigbtneffe

of

heart;

an

eye fervant

is

not

an

honeft hearted

fer-

vant

in

Gods account.

Now

we mutt to

underhand it, know that

it

is

not

eye fervice,

which looketh often

to

the eye of the matter or

mi-

ffreffc

, for

Pfal.

I23.

2.

the whole dude

of

a fervant

is

fet

downe by

this;

and it

is a

lawful)

thing, when

it

is

to have

their

dire lion and

know their pleafure: but eye fervice

is,

r.

All outward

fervice

which

goeth no further then

that

a

man can

take knowledge

of, for

he

that

doththe

outward thing onely, though with

a

morali honeft meaning,

Gods

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