OfHypocrfe andhardnesofHeart. 3-41 worked)his faluation fictively and coldly, not withfeare and trembling, asPhil.z.iz. nOt 3 ¡trilling withhisrebellious lulls, nor longing afterthe gifts of regeneration,nor forget- ting that whichisbehinde ,endeuouringbtmfelfe forward,Philip.3.t3, Fourthly,hebath 4 no refolutepurpore to endure, but is wauering and inconitanc in allhis wayes,not clea- °fly uing totheLord withpurport. of heart, Abt. r 1.23. Fiftly,hee is more carefull toflop the P";1f°. grolfe finnes, than co damme vpthe fountains, without fenfe ofthe confii&of the lawof the membersand thefpirit,asRom.7.24. Sixtiy,hcis furred todoe wcJI,by forneworldly s reafbn liking his fancie and flefhly appetite, not conftrained by the mercieof God, as Pfa1.130.4. Rom, a.i. or by the loue.ofChrift,as 2.Cor..14. Senenthly, hecloth more 7 often regard the feare,fauour,and praire ofinen,than of God, and his prhuate commodi- tie,than thatof his brethren. There are his tiara&ers,and yet cighcly,be hidetis many -F- things vnderthe cloake ofpopolaricie, and guileful) aft&ed clemencie. Sodid Abfofo.ii bide hisvnnacuralIcreafon. Sodid thetroubkrs ofthe hate of Rome with their Lege: A- ysri. Nrathly, voder thecloake ofkeeping compniewith choir, vpon whom wee may 9 beare.ourfelues bold,and which may backevs,when we haledoneeuill. Tentbly,vnder neDP° the cloakeofclingina totheir companie,whicharegood men and are well thought of,not tobetter our fclues,butto creditour doingsthe more,and tomake vsnhorecommended to CO the people,as Nouarusdidvim his confeftions. Eleuenchly, wider thecloake of law, ix and execution of iuftice, when Lome ocher wicked affe&ion is thecaufeof their doings, and the law but their pretence, as lezabef in putting todeath Nabob, did it not for the vineyard, buttofeeiufticekept,andastheLordsofPerfiaagainftDanie1. Twelfthly,vn- is der diecloakeofrehgion,zealeand confcience,when deepe in their.hearts they hidefoam othermeauing,as Simeonand Leui inprocuring the Sichemites to be circumcifed, asAb- folominmaking the fhado.w of conlpiracie the performingof his vow in Hebron,as lezabel making the way to bloodshed on the innocent by theproclamationof a fait, as Caiphas adioring Chrift inGods name tomake them know whoheewas,that way co take him. Hypocrite is feene when finne molthitch deadvndera doake, andmoftliueth in aclofet,wberewith God is dif leafed,tbat when weemake no confcienceof finne in chofe places,our prime finnes¡issll breakeforth inpublike places. 1 z TheholyGhoft,Ezech.24.6. compared) hypocrites toa potthat outwardly Teeth- s'"'"e". eth,butwithinthe.cummeremained,. AndHofeahin his 7.chaptercompireththem toa cake,whcreof the one fide is well baked,and clicother isplaine dow. And Chriftcompa= reels them in hisdaÿes,to lucir as wafh the outlide of the cup andplatter,but kaue thein- fide fild ie.Ourcommon fntilieswherebywe relemblethele menis a courfecloath,hauing a fine lit.' 13 When two gentlemen rideon hunting,it is hard to difcerneeachothers hounds, becaufethey are mingled together, which afterwards is more testily done when the hun- torsare feuered : ems fo,fo long asGod and theworld walke together,it is hard co chitin- guff) betweene theheires of the one and ofthe other: but when they are feueredby the croflè,it willfurelY befeene whobe the children ofGod,who bethe hares ofteeworld. 14 In naturall menwe findethere markes : fielt, that naturallmen meafure others by themfelues,fo didthofe brethren fudge ofrafeph. So cloth theworld judge hardlyofGods aaü chüdren,becaufe they arevngodly themfelues : fo thole thatthinke to corre&or admo. :";;;;;;,.7 nifh in anger,think thatothers doefoto,becaufethey comeof fafhion to theChurch,they others bythem thinke toofothers. Whenwe are readie then tothinks cull'ofothers,letvs takeheede wefeines. benot to our felues,and let vs learne toleaue this,for the finneis great. For first we beare fallemimesagainit our brother. Secondly, weebe enemies to the graceofGodinthemq becaufe in this our corruption, wee cannot iudgewell ofthem. Thereadie remedie is to pull out the beameout of our owne eye, and to iudgecharitably of others. Secondly,a a naturallman dorh inure abltaine from euill, forman than forGód : and fowill stbe till thefeare of God be fetled in vs,to teach vsGods prouidence in things tocome, andhis judgements u1 thingspalt.This waswithEfau,becäufe thedaies ofhis fatherwere atHand. So,maiy arenowreltrained bydie magiaracie,whicb ocherwifewould do cuil:lo longas . Gg3 it
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