The great lmpl!fior. A perfwadedofan hell?durll they buy aminnteofpleafure wirh everlafling rormenr,? could they fo fleight heaven ifthey beleeved it? Could they bee fo loth to pofl'effe it? Could they thinke much ofalittle painfull good~efl'e to purchafe an ecernitie of bappineffe?. No, no, Men, Fathers, andBrethren; If the heart were not lnfidell, whiles the face isChriflian, this couldnot bee. Neither doth the heart ofm1u more cunningly convey finne into, and in it felfe, than from it; The fin that yefaw even nowopenly in the hands, is fo fwiftly pafl under the bo_9td, that it is now vanifhed. Looke for it in his fore· head, there it is not; lodkeforit ut1der his tongue, ther;is none 1 looke forit in his confcience, y~e fi?denothing; and all this by the Let,ier·dt·lll4ine ofthe heart:Thos Acha• bath hid his wedge,and now he dares fland our eo a lot· Thus salowJont Harlot barbwip"t hermouth, and it wasnot fhc: Thus Sa•l willli~-out hisSacrilege, until! the very beafls out-bleat, andout-bellow him; B Thus the fwearer fweares, and when he bath done, fweares that he fwore not; Thus the uncleane fornicator bribes offhis Gone, and hisfhame, and nowmakes challenges to the world of his bonef!y. It cannot lle (pokeo howpeevilbly witty the hemof man is thisway: neither doubt I butt{m wilinefl'e is fome of tbepoyfon chatthe fubtile ferpent infetledmwith in th2! fatall morfell: They were three cunning lbift! which the Scripture recordethofthreewomep (as that (ex hath been evernotedformore fudden pregnancie ofwit) B.achel, ll.abab, 3J1d tne good wife ofBahuri"'; The firfl biding the Teraphim with a modefl fear, the fi:cond, the fpies withflaxe-flalkes, and the third D4Vidtl"couts witbcorne fpred over theWell; buttbefearenothingtothedevices that namre hath wont toufe fotthecloaking offinne. G•dmademan upright,faitb Salomos,SMII>e fought man) inveDtionr: ls Ada11J challengedforfinne? Beholdallonthefudden iris paffed from his hand, to Gods; C 'I"hef'o"''" that thougaveft me: Is faul challenged for acovetous anddifobedienr remiffme!l"e? the linneis flraight palfed from the field to the Altar; I [4Vedthefattefl for aSacrifice to the LOTIIIT'J G1dJ· So the one beginshis lininGod, and theother ends it inhim: Is D4tlidbewitche with lufltoabufe the Wife: the Hufb1nd mufl be fenc bomedrunke eohide it, orifnot char, to his long home,in a pretended favour ofhis valour: Is agripingUfurer difpofed to put hismoney together to breed amonfler? he hatba thoufand quirks tocozenboth Jaw and confcience: Is aSimonaicall Patron difpofed tomakeagoodmatchofhis peoplesfoules?it fhall be nobargaine,but agift: bebatha living to give,bur an horfe to fell. And fure I thinke in thiswife age ofthe world, Ufurerers and Simoniftsf!rivewho fhall finde tbewittief! way to hell: What fhould I fpeak ofthe fecret frauds incontrads, booties in matches, fubornation of inf!rumencs,hiringofoathes, feeing ofofficers, equivocations ofanfwers, and ten D thoufand other tricksthattbe heart ofman bathdevifed for the conveyancesoffin; in all which it toowell approves it felfincomparably deceitfull. The falfe femblance oftheheart is yet worfe; For the former is moll-what for the fmothering ofevill; this is for the juflifyingofevill, orthe difgraceofgood; In thefe two doth this all offalfhood chiefly confifl; in makingevill good,or good eviii.For chefirfl;The narurall man knows well how filthy all hi• brood is, and therefore ivill not let themcome forth, but difguifed with the colours and dreffesofgood. fo as now every oneofnarures birds is aSwan; Pride is handfomnefl'e, defperate fdry valour; l:wifhnelfe is noble munificence, drunkenneffe civility, flattery complement, murderous revenge,juf!ice; the Curcizan is bMa {tzllliiJII,the Sorcerer awife man,the opprefl'or agood bufb1nd; Ahfolom will goe pay his vowe&, Herod will worfhip the Babe. Forcbe fecond; fuch isthe envyofnature, that where fbe fees abetter face E than her own, fhe hready to fcratch it, orcait dire in it; and therefore knowing that all verrue bathanativebeautie in it, fhe labours to reformeit by thefoulefl imputations. Would the Ifraelitesbedevout? they are idle;Dotb David dance for joy before the At lee? he is afoole in aMorris: Docb Saint Paul difcourfeofhis heavenly Vifion? Toomu'b learningbath made himmad: Doe the DifciplesmiraculouOy fpeak all the ton~ues ofBabel?tbeyare full ofnewwine:Doethey preach Chrifts Kingdome?they are feditious; The refurceaion? they are bablers.ls aman confcionable?he isan Hypocrite: Is be conformable? he is unconfcionablc: Is beplaine dealing?he is rudely u"civill:
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