1 38o '\i P harifaifme l--- flon,but by thelruitoftheiratlion•. Not to fpeak howcur miotond curnmin hath Ii. : \ incroched upon judgementand juflice: Search yoor felves(yee Citiz<m:) nowyou ·draw neet 10Godwith your lips,with your eares, where is your heorr? Hereyour J .devcuc amncion fe<mescocry;Thelord isGod: howmanyarethereofyou ,char • haveapy God arhome ?bowmany that have afalfeGod? God at Church; Mammon in your ll10ps? 1fpeak nor ofallpod forbid. Thisfam01uCity hach in thedarkel1, in the wanronefl rim.-, affordea (and fo dotb) many, that have doneGod honour, honefry 10 theGofpelf,Bur howmany are there ofyotfth3t under fmooth faces have foule confcicnces?Faire words,falfemeafures,forfworn valuations,adultemewam, griping ufuries,have filled many of your coff~rs,and fel1ered ycur foules: \'ou know this, and yet hke Salulfloflt Curnzan yoow1pe your mollthes, aml 11 was not you. j:am-4.8. Jl-lo:>t•· ) Your almes arewritten in Church-windowes, your defraudin!(S in the fand; all is good f11•e ch~t which appeares not. Howmany are there every wl)ere , thatfbame B Religion by profdliogit? whofe jJeaflly life makes Gods truth fufpe/led: ror as, howfoevercheSamaritan,nor theJew,relievedthe diflreffedm veiler, yet the]ewes religion was true,not theSamaritan•;foinorhers,nuth ofcaufes mull not be judged by ails ofperfons; yet,as he faid, It m•ft ntedt he gqqJ that Nero ptrjtr11tn; fowho is nor ready tofav: 11 <4~wl ht g()(JJ th41Juch• mifcn•wt profrifu IWoto thee Hypocrire,thoucanfl not rouch,nor namegoodneffe,bur thou defilefl it;God will plague thee for ailing fo high aparr: See what tbon art, and hate thy felf<; CU' (ifnotthar) yet fee howGod hates thee: he that made the heart, fayes thou arc nobetter than an handfome rombe; the houfe ofdeath. Beholdhere a greene turfe,or fmooth t112rble, oringroven braffe, and a commendingEpitaph; all fightly : bur what iswithin? an unfavory, rotten carcaffe. Thouglubou were wrapt in gold, and perfumedwith C never fo loud prayers, holy femblances, hondl protetlations 1 yec thou art butnoyfeme carrion toGod : Ofall earthly things, God canhot abide thee 1 and ifthou wouldflfeehowmuch lo1ver yet his detellation reacheth, know that when hewould defcribe the torments ofHell,hecalls them(as their worfl tide) hilt theportion of hypocrires. Wherefore cinnfoJ•urh411d>Jtt fi"""'• awJP•rgtJoMr hedrtl ;te d1uble rni~ded: For u!JieffiJ••r rightto•J•uexcttdlhthypocrititallrlghtm<{11t1 ofthtSt:rikt a11dPh•rifu,Jttfba/1wul enter intotht4j11gd!JmtofHtii'IJtfJ. , My fpeecb mullend in their Cvoelu•Jnrffi and A•MIIM 1 Apaireofhainous vices. / 1joyo them together: for they are not only brethren, but twins; yet fo as rbe elder here alfoferves the younger. ltisAmbition that blowes the fireofCoveroufneffe. Oppreffion getswealth; that wealthmay procurehonour. Why doemen labour re>· be rich , butthat they may begreat? Their coveroufneffewas fuch, that rheirthroar D (onopen fepulchre) fwallowed opwholehoufes ofWidowes. Whence theirgoods Luke •l· 4 , , arecalled by-ourSaviour["' '""7•] not ••''•7•,as ifthey were already in their bowels: andwhich was worfl ofall, while their lips feemed to pray,rheywerebut chewing of tbatmorfell. Their Ambition foch, that they womanifhly brawledand lhouldred rorrhe beft feat ; the highefl pew: A title, awall,a chaire,acap,a knee , thefe were goodly caresfor them that profefl'ed gravity,humility,mortification. Let meboldly fay,Jer•folem neverytelded fo very Ph•riftJ asR•me. Thefeold difciples of Sai1J- ,fli and Hilltl were not Phlri {<tincomparifon ofour Jefoilu. From judgemem(you fee) lamdef~endedto ·praltice: wherein it is noleffe eafily madegood thatthcfe aremore kindly Pb~rifot, than the ancieat. A pooreWidqwesCottage filled the paoch of an old Phtlrift ; How many faire patrirnonies of devour young Gentlemen* Druryedby them (pardon the word, icistheir owne; the thing I know 'A ,.,..-.,.hid• aod can wirn<ffe) havegone downe the throat of rhefe Loyolifls, let their own E ~';',.,~'(;':;;;:; ~udlihl and C•techifmt report. What fpeake I offecular inheritances? Thefe ~libe<) eyes have feene no meane houfes of devotion and charity fivallowed up by them. MfU.•l •mat:tfl tbtfllttll{tgt;.jft httllildullwittd,frbtiri1chtriwtu: {mn thttrAJnfltl;f"M. HI'IITJD'II'f'J I{L4wfo.a in S•JfJlr..t, (ilt/iatNl hJ tllf ] t (rir 1. ,Jit.Z ,;ialfo::rbtrf. iiJFI.z,dm ,tm l>.nl,tt~, 7PI>Irt a ricb Lf!,•cit f.iTiut I] .c cb.uit$!t LcJ; f~ tbt bMiiJir! .['Ill Htf1it.IL' , • .tt c!.ailill.t~ r. ~(irbt~nrtRmcufJr{lliu. • .- . M
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