Z7® The deceit fulnefe -a f nra,,s heart, foever the Prophet fhould anfwer : No, we are not to think that Peter had made a refolute anfwer to his queftion before he made it; being fully purpo- fed to draw,before he asked the queftion : No, hee did not fo fouly diffemble; But in asking the quefti- on,he feemed to be framing his minde to more mo- deration, and willing to bee advifed and dirdted by Chrift; but yet withall exafperated with the in- folency of the adverfary, and indignity of the faa, he could not hold his minde in that temper of mo- deration, to fray the anfwer of the queftion ; but even in asking drew, the deceitfulneffe of his heart preventing Chrifts anfwer. So againe, oftentimes in many of our actions, where we think we doe in- tend a good end, and doe Indeed In tome fort in tend it, there yet withall, under hand, gets into our mindes the coynfideration of fome other fiaifter and crooked refpel1. As Mofes pretended to the Lord, that the confcieace of his owne weakrieffe, and infufficiency, made him fo fearfull of vnder- taking the office he impofed upon him, left by this meanes Gods glory fhould be foyled in him : Nei- ther did he altogether diffemble therein; But with - all, there fecretly lurked another matter befide the feare ofhirnfelfe, namely, the feare of Pharaoh, left bee would have revenged the /Egyptians gnarrell upon him: And therefore God feeing that,faid unto him; "'rife Mofes, goe thy wayes, they are dead that feekthy life.So when we delire that our children,or .others under our charge, fhould thrive in godli- neffe, this is a good delire, but how often doe the eyes of our mindes look a fquint at Gods glory herein. IimmimMI111
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