Pride in appareil. OfFlypocri ae. 339 be proude as the Italian,newfaagled as theSpaniard, drunken with theGrecian, gluttons with theMufcouite,cruellas theTarcarian. OurFathers by Gods appoyntment are fayd toweave skiunes,áod are commanded togoy ingarments of Camels haire, we,as thoughTride i,, aa we wouldcorret the Lord for lóme infufficiencte in hisworke, deuife flrange attyre. OFpsrel[aad one beaft weehauedie skin ne, ofthe other we haue the forre : ofone bird wee liaiseone II vangeattàre. feather,ofanotheranother feather. We carriea pearle to finne on ourRoger, and abar- then of ulke to glitter on our backes, yea, weewhare the very excrements of tome beafts, and then wee thinke all this is ofourfelncs. And that which is more, weegiae notreL to the dead,butwe borrow ofthem to fedon liningbodies ç asthough the Lord badnót per- feítedhis worke in it, vnleffe wee our felues snake theworke more beautifull. And yet moremonftrons is that, which maketh me marueile what our proude dames meane to Prideofmo- fet vpfîgnes in their foreheads. Tauerners indBede haue lignes to call in all that goe by, vpfyne: tnf d freely tocome in,and there tohauesntertainment,and whatcan bethought of our figues onwomens heads, but that theymeane to make tauernes oftheir bodies, to entertaine hrádr. whofoeuer will come to them ? Well,ifneither the Prophets can preuaile, nor preachers can profit to the taking away ofthis pride,Iwill fay, discas the Lord will not lee his fpi- rit alwaies toarise with man, fo will I:ee not let his word alwaies Urine with mans but they ¡hall dye in their unites, in which now they lye in peace, and without all reclainre they (hail goe to the hels,with windsthey liaise made a couenant. CHAP.38. Ofhypocrifze,andhardnes ofbear:. Ypocrites turne the iinvard fide outward, the godly turne the outward fide inward : the hypocrite beginneth wherethe godlie man ended), and the godly begins where the hyprocrite en- Hon hmporri115 deth : the hypocrite galloped, into great fbewes at the urft, diffèrrthfain godlineffe proceeded, in holines by degrees, as being troubled truegodliner. with a great houfe of ['mane, which they are thine to draw after them. z We mull not profelfe all outwardly, which is within, but simile. as good merchants, keeping fomewhatrather in the flore-houle H;porriter like of our hearts, than as b ankerupts which fpend all at once,or make a thew of all in our hankwrnptr. (hop. 3 In Pharaohye (hall finde there fpeciall notes of Hyppocrite : Tahoe this death from me, anefy this once. Somany being in diftrelle,haue moreprttde for the releafcofpaine, than T. ràa2ofoae raile for the forginenes offinites, which caufe the paine. And thereforefuels being relealed zoy afterà- arenothing thebetter, as may often be obferued. Contrariwife, if wee be gricued more Etzon. for frune,than for the punilhment, and can well beare the punifiunent, fo that the thine siekner. were taken away,then is it a certaine figne that wefhall hue vprightly, ifthe cup ofaflli- aims betaken from vs: acid affuredly it (hall be take away, or elk with °tewell, n. foete fpirituall grace. 4 Thedrunken peace of hypocrites mutt not be foupled with oyle, hut pierced with the two-edged uvordof Gods word, to the difcoueringof the fecret corruption of the heart. J It is the temptation of the godly, to feare whatfoeuer they doe, they doe it in hypo- They rbatfe.e trifle : bút theyare to knowfor their comfort, that therefore they be not hypocrites,be- their fecrethy- caufe they fee their hypocrifie; which kinde of hypocri lie in them, is not thegrolTe de- porn/le nub ceiuing whichis in the wicked,but that fecret corruption of nature, which mixed, it felfe Wnlee,Jhall doe inthe belt aaions of the godly. Neither is itpofibleto lease this lfinnewholie ,as long Wolf' as wee line, but to fee it and millïke it,is all disc is required,and can beperformed of The godly doe not defrre tolleme to doeany thingbetter than indeede they doe it : nei- Godly fzmp[àaà- Gg z titer tie°
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