g y 8 The deceit f elnefli of Mans heart. Pfal. 37.16. vette 2.T. Matth.z 58, finceritie in their hands, the clearer light of the Gof- pell,and a fuller largenefle of fpirituall gifts. For as the curie of G od is upon hypocriie,to decreafe and deroy a great deale, a great flock of graee, fo the biding of God is upon fincerity,to encreafe the lit - .le flock, the two mites, the graine of M uftard -feed of fincerity. So that as in the outward efiate , fo alto in the inwatd,it is true which theProphet fpeaketh ofthe true child of Goy;, at little ;m t.° the righteouJ ie better than great riches to the ivicked.For as Gods curie blowes upon the great revenues of wicked men,fo that they often fall into decay, and are fore - ced as the Pfahnifl faith, to come and borrow, even c f the godly man, who is poorer, that is, bath not fo much as they : fo allo it is in the fpiriruall ri- ches of the Hypocrites graces, compared with the upright Chriftians. Their great gifts they have profper not : in the time of their trouble they are glad to borrow as it were of poorer men , to crave comfort and reliefe of meaner Chriftians , not fo richly gifted as themfelves : like as the fooliNh Vir- gins in the Parable , for all the great blaze of their Lamps, werefaine to begge oyle ofthe wife. Hence it is that the upright mans little portion of grace, is better than the greater fhare of the Hypocrite; be- caufe it thrives in his hands , and by his good huf- bandry quickly rifes; the fecret curie of God, as a moath, eating up , and wafting the other. Is not a little fpring better than a great pond ? Yes. For in Summer, when the great pond is dried up,the little {'pring flill holds out and does us fervice. So is it with the graces of finceritie. Though theyare but little
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