Socrates Htjl:Apiftate,that whenhis predeeeflor( beinga Chriftian ) held the Mejiafl: Empire, he highly pretended the profeffion of Chfift, and read 1: 3. c.a. aGofp^i-Le^urg; Jnthe ChurchotNichomedia ■ yetwhile hewas in I'bew.aChriftian, and inhope an Emperour § he was inheart a ■pagan. He fawthe times ferved him nocro ait the paganopenly, and therefore he lubtlely betooke bimfelfe to hisdiiguife, and perfonated the Chriifian,. even in thefortified way of amona- xin J'b fticke life,that he might fmoothhis way to the Empire,Towhich ri^voroxfioinhavmg once attained, he prefently put off his difguife, and, to his 2 “ xpwtai*- utmolt,diferaedd andoppofed the name and faithofChfift,which f c JX ™ be had formerly owned and profeffed, ' TandemJtrnia- Thus I have touch’t upon the foure grand defignes of the tionmprofejjt- Groffe hypocrite : Firft, praife among all men; Secondly,revenge. enis chriftianauponiomemen; Thirdly, the gaine ofworldly riches; Fourthly, M the attainment of power, dominion, and Greatnefs in the world, fupra!ta U*Thefe are asthe foure wheeles of Satans chariot, vyherein he hur- rieth thoufands to the landof darknefs,while-theywouldbe eftee- med children of the light. Or feme one of thefe is as the ( pri-. mummobile ) firft mover ( of whichPhilofophers fpeake in their , doftr-ine of the heavens) ,carryingmany with a rapt andviolent motion in the fpheare of religion,while they Have in the Interim a fecret undifcerned natural motionof their owne dire&Iy oppo- fite to this, bywhich they hope at laft to fteale on faire and foftly to their wifhed periods. , Having thusfarre ftrewed the clofe purpofes of the defigning hypocrite, whois fohatefull to God andhurtfull toman, I fhall • a little difcover and unmaske his hypocrifie, by ftiewinghow we mayknowhim, howwemay looke through thefe vayles and fee hisuglyface. Defigning hypocrites are ufually difcovered thefe foure wayes. Firft, By their' affe&ation to be feene and taken notice of; they that will have praife and glorywithmen, muft needs affedt to be feene of men; for no glory comes to man, frommen, but bywhat falls under the eye and obfervation of man. ‘Jobfaith of murderers( Chap: 24. 13. ) They are ofthefe that rebell againft thelight, they know not the wafts thereof, tier abidew thepaths thereof, The murderer cannot endure the light either natural or moral, becaufe that teffs who he is , or what he hath been about. The contrary, inone fenfe,is true of the hypocrite, he.loveth the 76 8 , 'Chap. 34. A n E 'x p o f i t l o n u p o n t h e B o o k_ o f J e b . Verf.jo,
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