Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the Book, of. . j o s. ; Verf. 3o. 759 Firfi, Religious, or Church hypocrites. Secondly, State, or Ci- vii hypocrites, and fomtimes there twoare combined in one. 'Tis poffible for a man whopretends not to Religion, yet tobe a hypo- crite ; A lvlagifirate, whether fupream or fubordinate, may offer very fair for theprofit and liberty of the peoplewhom he govern- eth, when he nundes no fuch thing ; yea, he maynot only offer fair for the good ofa people, as to their outward profits and li- berties, but as to the good of Religion, and the benefit of their fouls, and yet mine no fuch thing ; we may take the hypocrite in this Text, astwified up, or compounded of both thefe ; The State hypocrite and the Religious are fomtimes botoid up together. That the Hypocrite Reigne not. To teigne is the priviledge of Supream Powers ; By one Kings reignc, faith Wifdome, that is Chrifi, (Troy.;. i 5.) and when Paul lawhow high the Corinthians carryed it in fpitiruals, he by wayof allufion tells them (rtor.4.8.)yehave reigned like Kings without so ye are got (as ye fuppofe) to the top, and into the verythrone of Religion, and you think your felves able to manage all difficulties, and can do well enough there without our help; But to the Text. This not reigningof the hypocritemay be taken two wayes. Fir(i, As a" flop given him by the providence of God, from In `I1L7C73 getting up into the throne, or from getting the power of a Nation neregnatMein into his hands ; thus fomtimes God faith to the hypocrite, Thou Negationem . alt not rei ne that is, thou (halt not exalt thy Pelf, though thou includitm rta á y marezn, attempt it. & in Secondly, This not reigning-maybe taken fora (lop to the pro-'Wp war grefs of his power, when he hath both attempted and attained it; ab offendicultt and that two wayes, either firfi by taking him away from his pow - nt iti ter vt er ; or f condly, by taking away his power from him ; as aniel tua ju¡liriafi told Bellazzar, while he minded him of the greatnefs of his fa- mud & poren- ther Nebuchadnezzar (who had all the world (upon the matter) tia,qui regeïde- at his command) as allo of his fall from . that greatnefs, (Dan. 5. ihronofile de- 19, 203 Whom he would, he letup andwhomhe would, he pint l citju+0lu. down ; but whenhis heart was liftedup, and his minde hardeed in anal irreritum. pride, he was depofed from his Kingly Throne, and they took his liieret ab. glory fromhim : He wasdepofed, or as the Chaldee hash it, (fo we tyrannide. putMetc.
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