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Ephefian.r,Ghap.G.
VER.IO:-
but
is
provoked to
raft:
fo
where there
is
this obftru6tion
of
the
foule,
the
wilfull love
of
any finfull
courfe, whatfoever grace
is
received
in-
to
the heart,
it will
not
let
it reft, but makeththe
foule
raft
it up upon
all
occafions.
Secondly,
the Devill
will from
our
unfound performance ofduties
thus reafon againft
us.
Thou
knoweft thou haft often looked more
at man
then
God,
and
haft
propounded indite&meanes when thou
fhouldeft have eyed
his
glory onely
:
therefore
thou
haft
not
this
truth.
We
muff diftinguifh
of
hypocrific,
as
of
other
fins: for
as fin
is
raigning,or
not;
fo
is
hypocrifie.
Now
there
may
be this,not
raigning
hypocrifie
in
the hearts
and consciences
of
Gods people. David,
Pfal.
31. when
he
faid,
Bleffed
is
he,
in
whole
fpirit
there
is
no
guile, did
take himfelfe
tardy
in
this
evill
:
and
Bradford, with
other
of
thofe
moft holy Martyrs,
doe much
feeke
pardon of hypocrifie and carnali
golpelling
:
but
no
fin
that
raigneth
not,
mull difcourage
us.
How
may we know it raigneth
note
If
we have purpofe againft it.
Secondly
if
we
have
griefe for it.
Thirdly,
if
we
feeke
for ftrength agaiuft
ir.
Thirdly,
the Devill
will
through
croffes
we beare
, and from
the
prejudicate
opinion
of
other
men beare
us
downe
that
we are
not
found
hearted.
The
booke
of
rah is
but
a
canvafe
about
this
;
where
it
is
determi-
ned,
that
no calamities
can
prove
á
man an
hypocrite,
nor
no
opinion
of
men,
though
wife and
holy:
The feif
fame
thing befalleth
him
that
fweareth,
and
him
that
feareth
an
oath,
Ecclef.9.
t,
z.
Laftly, theDevill
will labour
to
foiflin this leaven
of
hypocrifie
in
our daily courfe,
that
thus by little
and
little,
he may
pick this
good
feed ofrighteoufneffe out
of
our hearts. Here our
refiftance
is
to hold
us
to
our
owne,and
pray
to God
to
rebuke him. And this way
is
made
for
the fourth queftion,
How
we
may keepe
this
truth.
Fief#,
byconfidering the wofull
curfe
that belongethto the
contra-
ry
:
For God detefteth
nothing fo,
as
hypocrifie
:
and
abhorreth
thofe
duties
that
are
not
done
to
him
in
foundneffc.
2.
The
bleffedneffe
of
it. Bleffed
is
hewhole heart
is
upright,
Pfal. 119. it
is
the delight
of
God ;
and
hither belong
all
the
ufes
above named.
3. In
our com-
mon daily
duties
to
labour this.
a.
To
perforrne them with our heart.
2.
As
in
the fight
of
God.
3.
To
his
glory
,
for this will make
the
grace
oftruth
to
be deeply
rooted
in
us.
Now
then for the Dodtrine,
and
life
;
this
is
it
that
we
are
taught
:
That
we
mu,
fl
get
uprightnefJe
of
heartfor the
firenrthning
ofus.
Luke
12.
35.
Let
your
loynes
allo
be
girded about.
t
Pet.
t.
13. Gird
up
the
loynes
of
yourminde.
Now
this
is
the
chiefe girdle
that
adorneth
us,
keeps
all our
cloathes
together,
ftrengthens the loynes
of
us
:
thus Da-
vidgirded himfelfe,
I will walke
in
the uprightneffe
of
my
heart,
in
the midft
of
my houle.
Pfal.tot.
z
King.zo.3.
Hezekiah.
2
Cor.t.tz.
For
our rejoycing
is
this,
the teftimony
of
our confcience,
that
in
fim-
W
plicity