3 54 The deceitftluefe of Manr heart. Nlatth2z.r6. I Sal-n.19 4.1. Gcn.49. Mark,16.18. Luk.9.37, 42. Iudg.zo.T4. cenCuring others. None can fay fo much againft it , but h felfe will be ready to fay much more. And as the fincere man will no more wink at his own finnes than at anothers, fo neither at theirs to whom bee is eyed more by natural! and wordly re- ffe&s,than others; to whom he is not fo tyed. No more at his own children than at others, at his own parents than at anothers, at great and riches ones, than at the meaner ones; at friends to whom he is hound for, and depends upon in hope of kindneffe, than ftrangers that have no intereftar all in him. Sincerity is free from partiality.With Levi it knowes neither father nor mother, neither King nor Ka?far. This the Pharifees, though hypocrites, knew well enough when they Paid ; Mailer, wee know thou tea - chefithe way ofGodin truth,that is, in fin cerity and carrfï not fur any many perf n no not for Calder' him_ felf:Tel us then,whet her is it lawful to give tribute, to him or no? Here then was Jonathan, fincerity, when he condemned his own Father , and that a King,in his proceeding againft David and defended David, innocencie. Here was old Iacobhfncerity on his death -bed , when fatherly affe &ions arc mef} lively, fo deeply cenfuring Ru ben ,Siureon, Levi, his own Tonnes. Here was .Tohn Baptißt fincerity, that he would not be filent,no not at Herod!incef}.Here was our Saviours fincerity , that his mouth was not (topped with the Pharifees good cheare,but even at their own cables laid them out in their own co lours,and entertainer them with as many menaces, as they did him with difhes of meats. Here was the Benjamites unfoundneffe, that were ready with the
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