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Ofthebreal-
plate
ofrighteeufer,
3.1
Cods
fight,ifthev
be
not
ioyned with
integritie
-and
ftnpli-
citie. For
example,prayer
is a
notable
part
of
Gods
worfhip;
but
ifwe
doe
not
call vpon
God
in
truth,but
with
fained
and
deceitful
lips
that
we may haue
the
pralle
oftnen,our
praiers
Mattb.e.
are odious and
Pharifaicall
,Matth.6.Thankfgiuing
is
an
ex-
cellent dutie,
but
if
with
the Pharifie we
glue thanks
rather
to
boafi
of
our
gifts,
then to (hew
true thankfulnes
to
the
gi-
Luk.iS.
uer,we (hall not be approoued
ofGod.
Giuing
ofalmes
isa
worke
acceptable vnto
God,for it
is
a facrifice
wherewith he
is well
pleafed,Heb.13.i 6.but
iftheybe
not
giuen
in
frtnpii-
Hcb.:
;.ts;
citie
of
heart,
but
in
hypocrifie,that
we may
be
feene
of
men,
it
(hall
haue
the
hypocrites
reward,
Matth.6.
In
a
word,this
Mattb.6.
truth
and
fimplicitie
of
heart
is
fo
neceffarie,
that without it,
whatfoeuer
we doe
it
is
not
regarded
;
for
God is
a
/
irit,
an
Iob.4.24
he
?billbe trorfhipped
in
giirit
and
in
truth,
lob
4.24.. According
to
that,Tolh.24.14.
Feare
the
Lord,andferue
him in
vprí
htnes
Io:h
24.4.
and
in
truth. Which
if
wee
perforate, our
feruice
of
God
will be
acceptable in his
fight,
though
performed in
great
weaknes,and mingled with
manie imperfe&ions:
otherwife,
though
wee
offer
thoufands
of
rammes, and whole riuers
of
oyle,that is,otnit
no
outward coil
and labour in
Gods wor-
Mich.b,7.8,
fhip,yet
wi!
it
be
abominable
in
his
eyes,Mich.6.7.g.
Let
vs
therefore
with
our
Saviour pray
vnto
God,that
we may
bee
lob.
17.17.
fan&ified
with
his
truth,
that not
onely whatfoeuer wee
doe
may
be grounded on
Gods truth,
but that
weemay
doe
it in
truth
andvprightnes
of
heart.
CHAP.
XI.
Ofthe
breaft
plate
ofrigh-
teoufneffe.
T%`_
He
fecond
part
ofour
armour
is
the breafl-plate
4,See%j,:
ofrighteoufnes
;
whereby
we
are
to vndetfiand
,f
a
oodconfcience,truefan&ification
and
a
od-
:i`
1
ÿ
ife,which
alfo
we
are
to
put
on
according to
the
example
of
our
grand Captaine Chrift,Efa.59. i
y. He
put
ßn
ri3hteoufne.r as
an babergeonland
E
an
helmet
of altation
vpon
E(a,
59,m;