772 Chap. 34. An Expofrion :span the Book,of J o E, Vert; 30. kept him in or from thefe temptations. Thirdly , The deigning hypocrite difcovers himfelfe by lay- ing down or departing from the profeffion ofreligion, when his. worldly endsare attained. Feinedzeale coolesnr abates, is leffe and lefle towards the things ofGod, as fuch zelots grow warmer and warmer in their nefts, and find their carnal ìnterefls more andmore ferved or fecured. 'Tis reported by a Popifh Author,., that a Fryar or Monke Wàs obferved very precife,and circumfpe& in all his wayes, hangingdown his head to the earth,. very hum- bly and devoutly, as if he meditated continually uponhis morta- lity, or rerurne totheearth who afterwards being chofenAbbot or Governout of the Covent, grewvery proud, high and infolent> Some, wondringat this changeof behaviour,, to®ke the boldnefs to aske him the reafon of it; O, Paid he,. I was fret feeking then keyes of the A669., and now 1 have foaend them. Havinggotten what he fought for, he layd afide his flrioînefs in religion, and threw off his vayle. When .7-elm, that hypocrite was in his wayto theKingdome, how zealous was he ? yet no foonet felled in ir, but hewas unfetled in.religìon,&turned Idolater,worfhipping the Calves that were in Dan and Bethel. WhenPitietn had obtained the Empire,he had done withChrift,and gave all the world a full argument aggainfc himfelfe, that he was bat a hypocrite: in hisfor- mer profef ion of Chrif}ianity. David was as zealous for God and as holy when he was upon the throne,as when he kept iheepe upon the Mourtaines, asgood when a princely traine followed him, as when be followed the Ewesgreat with young. Moles was as faithfull when hewas the ruler of Ifrael,.as when he was anex- ile in Milian. 3'efeph was as gracious when he wore a chineof Gold, and had the power ofall Egypt put into his hand, as when himfelfe was a prifoner in Patiphers houfe, and the iron(chains ) entred into his foule. Ifeare God ( fayd he, Gen: 42. i S) when he had no man to feare. And when after his fathers death, his brethren feared he would reckon with them for their old faults, or at leaf] be cafeleife of and unkind to them , who had been fo unkind and cruel to.him ,. _yet he would doe them nothing but kindneffes andcoartefies , and thereof bid them be confident, (Gen: 5o. zi.) Fourrhly, As fuccefl'e difcovereth Tome hypocrites, fo the cróffe.difcovereth many more. The hypocrite ;rill run from Lis colours,
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