44 Generadirelä`i®rrsfir 4 thatit may feeme the greateft rnadnefle that may be, tomake profeffion of Religionhypocritically; yet even in thefe times there are fonie caufes , in which theDivell takes occafion w caufè fore to play the Hypocrites ñotorioiifly. Simon Magus ha_ I. Some there May be, who being weake and worthlefle, ving been' famous yet glorious vain' and over-greedy of reputation, finding, by hu Ma.ecall , miracles, now ta_ that they finde no fuchaccepttion and applaufe withworld_ náfbi,g before the lings by rea .w fon of their orthlefieffe and that natural' tight of the Gop. pall , conformer to men entertaine them not with that eftimation aid account the rim and War_ T proportionable to their proud expectation; and conceiving iangfCthoeá, siancrrae_ alfo , that by their affociation, and Tiding with the Saints ,rents , and ;ref ( who in precioufnefle of regard , and deareneffe of love o the `off" ever infinitely ieferre the' ooreft Cls ifiianbefore the prou_ pony of ..it o- ,y p' p ,les,rhathe might deft Nimrod ), for one Larke is worth a thoufand Kites) they continue , and the ap_ Flaufe fhall bee prized above vulgar efteeme, and ordinary valua- ration,of himfelfe, tion, purpofely put on a vizour of outward conformitie to foYmer mW y, 012e the courfes of Chriftianity , that thereby they may procure yen by themira_ and purchafe fome fpeciall credit, and-remarkeable refie&, culousgifr., of the and with force at leaft , bee accounted force body iIl the holy Gbofl, which he lyickedly offers world. to buy for money. 2, Others there are , who feeing they cannot fö eafily and LIudas carryáng the for the dif exceffively fatisfie and glut their greedy humours-, by their hurfinent of mo- commerce, dealings, and mutual' negotiations Withnatural' hey forneceffaries, end re the peer', men; for fuch are well ablewith equal' cunning,to counter- did by feeret it,- mine againft their crafty and coozening underminin s; their feed bring to himfelf confciences will ferve them to encounter and retalliate their her corretout humor, and that unconfcionablenefie, with like over-reaching retributions fame more eafily, of circumvention andwrong they `tin well enough found and unobfervedly, f g in the company of and fatiiome with the crooked line of their 'owile' deceit- chrllland his.- full hearts the invifible depths of their Machivellian pro- the colour ofd re. jecis andplots of knavery ; I fay, others there are , who John sic a zf mä . upon fuch occafion, that they may thrive in the,World, and O. 2p. grow in wealth more eafily , and unobfervedly, put on a cloke of outwardprofeffion , and in.policy onely and hypo- crifie draw toward the better fide; mixe and joyne them- felves withGods children, hang upon, and adhere unto true Chriftians ;becaufe they pitch upon them, make fpeciall choice
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