The deceit ftetne Je of Atanr heart. fmclt out the clofe deceit that lurked in his heart, and law that it was a fiefhly delire , looking toward lucre. So the Apoftle faith,Pie that defFretb theoffece r rin.31. ofaiifhop, Afresh a worthy work: Yet that delire which many have of it , how deceitful] is it ? The work defired is worthy : the delire thereof in ma- ny is moll: bale and unworthy : For though there bee fit matter in this office to kindle a holy and (pi- rituall defcre ; namely, the beauty of the office it (elfe, Gods glory and mans falvation, fhiningin the very face thereof; yet withall there is Come mat- ter to flirre up a crooked and covetous delire , namely, the hope ofgaine in a fat Benefice. Here a covetous Balaa, , will hide his bale delire of the re- ward of the office,with a pretence,of a 1piritual l de- lire ofthe office it (elfe. Such is the deceit ofthofe that buy Livings under this pretence, that they de- fire to exercice their gifts, which otherwife, the ini- quitie of the times being fuch, they cannot have the ufe of. So alto in the matter ofmarriage, this deceit is very uluall. The party affeeted hath piety matchable both to perfon and portion , and yet both chede in good meafure too:Here one too much wedded to the World, or to the flefh, will cloak his affeáion to portion orperfon,with a pretence of affe Lion to Pietie; as though that had the prehe- minence in fwaying of his delires; where happily, if the heart be truly fearched, the contrary wil ap- peare. The difcovery of this deceit is, when the matter that fhould fatisfie the carnali delire being taken °itcovory: away, there only remaineth the inviter and-inciter I x 3 of 2307
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