314 of HypocriJ!~ inReligion. . · SERM. XXXVII• .7""he Lea'))en of Hypocrijit!.....Je ·' . Lu.~ .Ji 12. I. BeJJAre ye ofthe leavm of the Ploariftcs, which u hyA _pscr!ftr.:..:. . ·· · . . ' ·V' .E bave at large difcovered the ·vtmity and in/Hjficimc) .-– .V of a titHlar trnd nominall Religion, \.\'ithout any fu6· fiAnce andrealit). And that this whole! way o.f COilntc:rfeit or unfound grace may~~ laid ~efore your eyes, llhall at this ciroe lay the axe to the root of the tree, difcover thehottom of all unfonnd-nrjfe, by tre_acing O'n hypocrijie in Rtligion, wbich is here forbidden by our Saviour. : In .the words we fee Chrifi himfelfindullrioufly prohibi– ./ tirg his Difc,iples from one finne above all others, giving a very fon;ible reafonagainfi it • .'Forchedivifion of' the words, confider, 1. The circum– ftance of timeexpreffed, In the mean time, C!ioi~, interqutt, while thefe things w.ere in acting, vi:{,. Our Saviours pla1n and bold Senrion to the Pbarifees, Scribes a.nd Lawyers,_ :{r.ai~njng them f<i>r iheii hypac·rifie,-~hich did fo inrage them, ~hat tbey craftily laywait for his-life, provoking him to fpeak o'f many thirigs; . that' they might have wh'eicwith ~0 accufe him: Thus they a Cl hypocrifie, even at that very time they are reproved for it: Upon tais our Saviour beginne.th the m9r.e terribly to deterrc fro~this finne. ' 2~ · You have the occafion of this difco'urfe, which was a · great m~mbtr of ptoplcgathered together., an innumerable mol- . · tit·ude, .
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