A;y6 Çbt p. 20. An Expofition apt the Book of Jo B. Vert 9, mention ofhis fouieupon them. He rejoyceth in the world m if he rejoycad not. Now this which is ac once; the duty and happincs of the Saints, fhall be the punifhments-of bypocrites. Ttaefe-whether theywill or no (hall have but a poynt or rno> ment ofworldly.felicitie.;. whereas the other reckon upon and chearefully make account of it , as of no more. Though true joy in worldly things be theirs,yet they lightlyetleem that joy. Asfor fpiritualljoy, thatbelongs to them alone. TheApo- file (Phih4.4)exhorts all fuch & only fuch, when he faith,.Re- joyce in the Lord,Ifayagain rejoyce.The hypocrite hath noright -co any joy (fotrow is his portion) yet he can as hardly be kept from rejoycing in the world, as the godly are hardly got tò re- joyce in the Lord. Now, though the hypocrites joy is moti it : °inward things(he rejoyceth in corne,wine, & oyle,) yet the joy of the hypocrite may goefurther,he may have joy in fpiritualls; For thehypocrite doth not rejoyce meerely as a wicked man in the things of the world, he fometimes rejoyethin thethings -of heaven. (Meath. i3.20. ) TheBonyground received the word . osith joy : Thehypocritemay get a fmatch or force tali' ofthe porters ofthe world to come, as the Ap- file fpeakes, (Heb..6.5.) for feeing hypocrites are not only enlightned about the things ofthis world, but alto about the things oftheworld to come, they may have fame joy in them ; yet this ftrieetly taken is but a fenfitive joy, or at themoil a rationall, not a truely fpiritu- all joy e A manMay have a joy in and about fpirituall things, yet bave no fpirituall joy, as a man may rejoyce. in and about many väorldly things, and yet his not a worldly joy ; or as a man may havemuchknowledge about fpirituall things, yet no fpirituall knowledgeofthern. Thus anhypocrite hath flafhes ofjoy about fpirituall things,. but nofpirituall joy : When a hypocrite heares'awell ordered quick difcourfe and difcovery ofthe joyas and happines of heaven, ofthe grace andgoodnes Of God, this from rationall grottnds may affeft his.heart, and fo caufe joy : but this joy of the hypocrite about fpiritualls, though it be better then his worldly joy in regardof the ob jc&, yet it is no better in regard of its duration ; for ofthis we tray al to conclude, 'tis but for a moment,. As the hypocrite hirnrelfe,fo his joy is not built upon the rocke, but upon.the it is not aMaíler-joy, a j.;y, that can carry him out when fo.rroar
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