of Hypocr)jie in Religiow. Thus doth bypocrifie, thus doth vain-gloty, earthly refpetb~ ar firft they make as if they went the fame way with grace, as if they and godlindfe were all one, as if all were done for God, but in the progreffe this hypocrifie difcovcrs it felf, or in the .later egd. · As men fometimes beginne to cat or drink from meer neccffity, from meer hunger and thirft, but then gluttony and drunkenndle dotf.l afterwards creep in. Now al! the wfuile ~ypocrifie is thus imbinering and fouring every rh_ing we do, God muft needs loath ns, 'Thu unot to me,faith Qod, Thu u not for me, .thy heart is flolen away fr"m God. As Ahfoloms great finne wu to fiea1 the hearts of the people fromDavid, Hypocrifie is a great finne ana a greater thief, it fieals thy heart from God and fets it upon the creature, WhQfoever fceketh to be praifed pe:r id qurJd tuum a~num tft, fur & ltfltro ·eft, faid ~uguftim, J}y that (Lord) which u thy tJft, he iJ. a thiefand r~bher: How thencan they but frovoke God in fiead of pleafing him ? Thirdly, H;pocrijic u leven, hecaufe M that cor'rupts antftfll– ters ,the trut and proper n~tture of the lump, ~her4 it mingleth its v~rt(lt: fo doth hypocrifie, it wholly alters and changeth all th] dt~tties, Ana tven all thr religion. That which in its nature was eo·be fo~ God, only ~o relate to him, thou turneH to unwor– ·thy and earthly refpects, that which would have been gold, bypocrifie makes droffe; That which would have been wine, . hypocrifie makes water. Simon Mllf,I-M becaufe of his hypo– crifie was in a ftate of gall and bittcrneffe, he dcfired the gifts of the holy Gaoft, that he mi'ght appear fome gr_eac one: So that now thy piety is not piety , thy religi!)n is not ' religion, bU£ doubled and trebled iniquity: Oh how fhould this make us tremble at a falfe a,nd guilefull heart 1. This tur– neth all thy fweet waters that would refretb thee into bloud·, , as the Egypti~tn plague Wa§, As they g.ave Chrifi· vinegar to drink ipftead ofc_omforcing wine ; fo doth bypocr,ifie intl'ead. ; o(c;omfort from thy du,~ics, from thy graces, it will reprefent nothing bnt·tefronr and borrour to thee: ·oh tell me not ... w.hat I have done, fo~ all· was in hypocrifie and infincerity, . fo that there is fuch a fpiritu,al curfe by bypocrific upon all thy religious waies, _as the Prophet H11ggai fp,caks<>f the Jews · . · temporaL 31"9 '
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