TheUifcouerte ofHypecrijie. 239 forme laughed himto fcornc "':Come raid,be bath a thrall andis mad, why heartyet Mar R4e. hem":others faid,thefe are not :be mordsofhim that hatba dintU.ln likefort itwas nioh in. :o. after with the Apoftles ; what corruption did difcouerit Cclfe after theybegan to 2t. preach, whichbefore made noihew, andmight haue beene thought rather notto b ? When Teter preached,there were Torredoubting, others mockingo when o ABss, so ,a -n preached, therewas P (hooting, and (topping the eares,and runningtoge- p Att,7. Cherlike mendi(lraâed. It was never knowne how Simon Mag,uhad bewitched the people, till Philip:cárnhamongf them s, When 'Paul and Barnabas cameto Aft,& Monism, they foundallquiet : but when they fpake boldly in the Lord, thepeo- ' ploof theCirio weredivided, andfame wereWith oho lenses, and f ms with theApo. filet And let any man obferue the courfeofthat Booke throughout,andhe (hall 'A&a44. fee what refifling , what blafpheming , what outrage,what caning du(t into the ayre, what confpiring did fhew it felfe , when as before there wasafhewofno- thing elfe but ;miry. When Paulwas at Rome,the levees appointedhim a day,and many came vntohim intohis lodging, &no doubt when theycame,they were all friends and ofone miede; butwhen bee had preached untothem, and teflified the kitddomeofGod , topewerepeifwaded,and tome beleeued not, and they which came thitherpeaceably (as may.bee thought) when theydeparted, had much adoe, andgrearreafoningamong them/iluesr. This is thenature of the Gol. CA3824. pel , fill to (hew what is in man, and to make forthat greatfeparation which &ç flail be betwixt the(heepe and the goures, at thedayofiudgemenr; yea to enter enzn into privatehoufs,andto fet a kinde ofdillcntion betweene thofe,betwixt whom nature and blood bath fet the greaten amity e yee (ball hauethefarher aping themne, and the f nne againfl thefather ' , faithChrif. And (as itis laid) auk 12 there fhallb_ two inabeddeat the !all day , betwixt whom there (hall beea rent , made, & onefball be deceised, &the other ref:Id.:So thepower of theword (hall ó Luk,r7,34. garfo neere,as in refpeta ofreligion tofunderthofe whommarriageand the like ciuilbounds mayfeeme to makevnfeparable.Nay,this Axeof the word doth not only thusdiuide the focieriesand companies ofinen,but it entretheveninto the dofet ofa mans owne heart , it diuids betwixtthe ioynts andthefinewes, andthe marrow and the bones. (faith theApoftle,) and maketh a man toknow touching Hcb ;tæ: hi nfelfe, that which beforeher was not aware of. Then (ball aman perceiuethe crookednes and entowardnesofhisowseheart, then hefhallfeeeIe the flefhlu_ fling againft the fpirit, and the fpiritfrfuing againf the fiefh a then heelball knowwhat enmity there is in his nature againf GOD, many a combate (hall her hauewith hisownethoughts ;and that heartofhis, whichbeforebee thought to bee very yeeldiug and tra&able, her (hall prooue it to beftubborne andvn teachable, hardly brought to any obedience. When Rebecca wasbarren, {bee felt notrouble in her wombe: but when thee was conceived oftwo, thechildren Prone together within her, and ficen cried our, Whyam ichos ? Sowhen a man yGen,ip.a ;; is ignorane,batrenofall true knowledge, empty ofall grace, all things tohis fee- ming are in peace; but when thenewsman isbegotten in him by the preachingof the Gófpell , there is analteration followeth; therein much flrugling,and a man (hall finde that euill lurking in his bofotne, whichbefore he didnot fo=alas imagine tobe in him. Thus wee fee thetruth of thispoint, what is the vfeofthe publikeminiftery,eues to (hew the true eftateofmen, to diiconeeto the world, yea and to eachmans foule,what is in the heart and bofomeofeuery man. Now (faith John) euennow, that theaxe is laide re the roote,it will bee ferne,whatyou are : ifyou befound,it cannotbehid; ifyoube hypocrites,it isvnpofsible tocon- cealeir. Let vsmake vfeofit. Fief ofall itrnufl beapplied to the flopping oftheirmoutbes, who to difcre- 7bs : Yftà dit the word preached, doe challenge it astheauthor ofdiuifronamong(lmen; ohtherewas much love , and I know not what informer times(they reckoning nolose, but that which {lands in eating but anddrinking and
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