374. , The deceitfiulnef of Mans heart. Iahe Y. 47. PCal.fz.7. Luke Iz.i.z. of aped. Thole then that are not upright in heart , t od owes them a flame, and will affuredly pay it unto them. Is it not a flume for a man in good trade ro prove bankerupt, and turn begger ? w ill he not bee afhamed to loop any body in the face , that knew him before ? fo furely is it with the deceitfull Chr;ftian , when he is thusfallen away ; being now male a milerable fpe &acle,and as it were a monfter to bee pointed at with the finger, that as the true Ifrael ice is noted out with a Behold, for imitation , 'i hold a true Ifraelite in whom is no guile, fo he with a Behold,for detefiat ion, beholdtbe man that tooknot G 0 D for his ftrength. What a fhame is this, when it will be faid, was not this the great Profeffour, the earneft Preacher? and lo now with Demas, he bath embraced the prefent World. Did not Adams Apo - ftafie fill his face with fhame? Howfoever fome- time this kinde ofinen have faces of wainfcot, and fore-heads of braffe,yet their conlcience, I dire fay, is afhamed to fee God difcover their filthy naked nefre, by taking away their very fhewes of grace, and bringing their fecret wickedneffe to light. I conclude then this frfimotive with the words of our Saviour, whole it is: Take heed of h pocr f e. For there is nothing hid that fhal not be revealed,nor cove- red, that itJhall not bee known. How righteous, O Lord; is this thy judgment upon hypocrites? They are not that they feeme,and are thought to be;There- fore at lait they (hall feeme, and be thought to be that they are. 2 Sincerity is the higheft perfe &ion attaineable in this life. That which is wanting in the meafure of
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