The Deceit ofAppearance. A Bm now hereourSaviourfealsour Commiflion, fees us upon the Bench; allows us rile atl:,bur rakes order for themanner;we may judge,we may nor iudge according to rhe appearance; wemay beJudges(whether,,;,.,, orJY>$<"/) the one to condemn, the other to abfolve; we may nor be"''"" ,,,,.,.. ,;t~r ~A''"' Judgesofevill thoughts;and we (hall be evill-thoughted Judges, ifwe !hall judge according to appearance. Nor only Forruneaod L.ove, but even Ju!Hce alfo iswonr to be painted blindfold; to import that it may not regardfaces. God faies to every Judge as he did to Samuel concerning Eliah,IA•k,.nol on hit counlenance,nor theh<ighl of hi<Jlature. Is an outragious rapecommirted? Is blood Ched? Look not whether ir be a Courriersor a Peafanrs1 whether by a Courtier or a Peafant, either of them cries equally loud to heaven; Juflice cannot be too Lyncean ro the being of things, nor too blind to the appearance. B The befi things appeare nor, the worfi appearemofr;God, the Angels, fouls both glorified and encaged inour bofome•, grace, fupernaturall truths, thefe aremofiwhar the objclts ofour faith, and faith is the evidence ofthings nor feene; Like as in bodily objects, the more pure and limpleoughtis(asaireandethereallfire)tbe more it flyeth the fighr; the more groffe and compacted (as waterand earrh)themore it fils the eye, 'Judge not thereforeacrordi11g lo appearance. It is an ufefull and excellent rule fur the avoidingof error in our judgementofall matters whether Naturall, Civill, orDivine. Naturail; what is the appearanceofaperfon, but the colour, Chape, frarure? The colouris oft-times boughtorborrowed,thefuape forced by An,the Il:ature raifed(tocontradiClChrifi)a cubit high,'Judge nol therforeaccording lo •pp.arancr. What are the collufionsofJuglen and Mountebanks, theweepingsand motions oflmages, the C noyfesofmiraculous cures and difpofldlions,butapJ"'arances?Filaliqll•ndoill F:ccleftl ""xln;a deceptio popoli i11 mirawlifjilJif;, famdotiiHH; There ismuch cozenageof the poore people by cogged miracles,faith Cardinall LJ,.fiW;thefe holy frauds could not gull men ifthey did not judge according to appearance.Should appearance be the mle,our harvefi had been rich; therewasnot more Chewof plenty in our fields, than nowoffcraciry inour Il:reers. This dearth (to fay truth)is not in thegraine, butin theheart; Ifthe hearts ofmen were notmore blall:ed with covetoufneffe .ondcruell felfe-love,rhan their grain with difremperofayre,this needed nor; The Bames and Granaries are full , the Markersempty; Authority knows how to remedy this evill, how to prevent a dearrh in abundance, that men may not atfamilh whom God bath fed; and that when God hathgiven usrhefiaffeofbread, ic may not be either hid,or broketr;·Chorrly,that our flare may not be judgedby the appearance. D Civill; Wi[emen and flatefmen efpecially may nor alwayes Jodke the fame way they would goe; like fk1ltull Sea-men,tbey fometimeslavere,and(as the winde may fiand)ferch compaffes oflawfull policies to th<tir wilhed point. That ofTi$,iuJ was fearfull; ofwhom Xiphiline•• iMj,. iA'd~<"'1•. That he fayled ever againfr thewinde ofhis words: Butfometimes a good Conjla111iuJ or Anajlaliut, will wifely pretend whatheintendsnot: AsourSaviour madeasifhe went further, when be m<ant to turne into Em•uJ: The heorrsofKingsareas deepe waters; we may not thinke to draine them in the hollowofour hand: Secret things to themofwhomGod bath faid, Dixidil ejli1; thingsrevealed ro us andour children. Even we meane ones wouldbe loth to have alwayes ou• hearts read in our faces; Judge floltherefore according tuppearance. Divine; In thefe our fpeech mufi dwell; Ifwe lhould judgeaccording torhe gpE pearance, we lhould thinkebafely oftheSaviourofthe world; Who that bad feene him fprawl!n~ an~ wringing in the Crarch,flitting to £gypt,cb.,ppingofchips ar N•- zamh,fam•ChmgmtheDefarr, rranfported by Saran,atrended by Filhermen, perfecuted by his Kindred, betrayed by one Servant, abjured by another, forfaken ofsll, apprehended,arraigned,condemned,buffctted, fpar upon,fcourged to blood,fceptred with the reed,crowned with thornes, nayled to rhe Croffe, hanging naked bttwixt twoTheeves, fcorned ofthe beholders, fealed up in a borrowed grave, could fay ' other, than , Hee hath no forme nor beauty, when we !hall fee him there i"mr.hing · that 453
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