·ofllypGtrifte in.Religion; #ttjide of the pl11tter, they were -whited Sepulchre!, /JNt within they wtrc fnU. of bypo6rijie ~end iniquit]. This then is a fore ~~re of hypocrifie, when a mans eye is onely upon his outward actions, he ,would not do any thing that men 1hould reproach or,blame him for, to account him awicked and un- .. J3J' ~ godly man, but then for his 'heart, that is a noifome dung– hill, that is a pudled hole. There are ~roud, earthy, un– Clean, malicious thoughts and affeClions refting within.There-· fore our Saviours counfel to fuch is, to begin wi'th the heart, to cleanfe them, to purifie them ;. all outward walhings without this are unprofitable ; God he cals for the heart, Prov+23 . and therefore let a man be never fo glorious in his life, yet if he keep not a pure, heavenly, llprigl1t heart to– wards God, be is nothing worth. Do noc then think your felves fafo, becaufemen cannot blame you, they judge onely r.:oncerning outward appearance;. R~memberyou have to do 1 with a, God, who knoweth and tricth your hearts, and therefore if all be n~t right and found thC're; better all the world knew thy fal1hood then God;pray thcrefore,and bear.. arid profe1feas unto GodJ as in his fight, and having to do on– ly with him. Secondly, The grof[e hypocrite u full G{oflentation andv~tin2; glery, he u not conte~ted With Gods k:_'lowledge or approGation, He is fu}l of· but he is nnquiet .;,illothers k,powWhat he doth. He ii very dili- ofidem~tJon1 d b r. h r. 'd N . . d'l' an vam-g ory gent-an over· U11e, as eJat , on amo mmzum ~ egentem, like Sohmons flatterer that rifeth betimes in the morning, and · is more then ordinary in bleffing, when yet inwardly he cnr– feth, Therefore the Platonift faid, the fuperfiicious man · was Gods A1tterer, not his friend. Thus the Pharifees, how huGe and active in many voluntarywor.Chips of t'heir own, u 'if i:his had been gr-eat piety and zeal, but Chrift did not like · this Hke this-great diligence, Who requir,ed thefe things at your · hands? efpecially you may fee their defire of ofientation to . fet out th~mfelves, Matth.6. In their alms they would blow · aTrumper, that is, they would tlave it known of all, and . when tbey prayed, ic thou Id be. in the open places of the · fireets; when they failed they.would disfigure ch~:ir faces. thus hy{?.ocrifie made. them as aClors in tbe ~cage, they did , · · alt
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