3 84 The deeeif fnlneffe of Man,r heart. Revel. 3.16. Mag's culpa digna ell qua ad ofientationi era laucFem lacbry- mae fur.dit, quá quso corporalis )(Judio pulcbri- ftudinis collcca- tur, fufss pibie4 depingstur,hom. 6. in Mat. laid our Lord of Nathanael. Though fincerity lurke with Saul, and care not for being beheld , yet God brings it forth to light,and bids others behold ir. So true is that of the Apoftle,that the true Jewes praife is of God . Was is thought fuch a matter for Achilles to hay. e the Poet Homer defcriber of his verrues? O the glory then of the fincere Chriftian, that fhall have Cod himfelfe the trumpetterof his praifes? But he loathes and abhorrs the hypocrite, even as the fiomack doth luke -warme water, he diftaftes him as much as he doth the groffe and open offen- ders. Therefore it is that he yoaks them with fuch in their puni(hment. Doe good o Lord to the true iN hears : but thole that turn afide by their crooked wages, them (that is, hypocrites) the Lord (hall leale away with the workers ofinlquitie,yea,and reproach - eth them with their name, v hen hee infli&s the pu- nifhment,Departgee workers ofiniquitie. Therefore it is alto, that when he would threaten a man a grie- vous punifhment indeede, he faies, hee willgive him his portion with hypocrites, And indeed the hypo- crites punífhment muff needs bee very grievous' fince he e mull bee fpued out of Gods mouth.Now the bafeftplacesthat are, wee think good enough to call up our gorge in. So odious is the luke-warme hypocrite in the eyes of God , that in Tome re- gard bee can better away with the ftarke cold Atheift, and openly prophane and fcandalous Epi- cure,as who would not rather have an open, then a fecret and friend -like enemie. Chryfofiowe layes well, that the is a worfe woman that in hypocrifie blurres her face with teares, that Thee might ,bee judged
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