244 TheDfcouerie ofH)'pocrje. rulewhich I haue taught, touching the natureofgood frsit,fuch men shallbe loon tried to be hypocrites; for comewebutto one particular , and that istouching the exercifesof Gods word , and the holy keeping ofthe fabboth , that will by and by dircouer them. The preaching of the wordbath no reliBr with them , they will bee ready to ioyne with theworft peoplethat are , indifgracesof it they haue noappetite to the Lords Table, but onceayeare : they make no rec. Ironing of (pending the Lords day : but imagine , itmay be made either aday ofbufrncffe, or pleafure, as they fhall pleafe, oras they fhallhaueoccafton: yet fuchmen mull be laid to bringfourth good fruite, andwho is able to fay tothe ' contrary ? Idemand of thee therefore that art fuchan one , and it may bee, deft now thinke of thy felfethtthis is meant ofthee, what is the reafon why thou doeft gluteo thepoore? whyart thoupeaceableamong thy neighbours what mooueth thee to dealt vprightly , and tokecpe thy wordcarefully , a- tnongfi men ? whyare thouno adulterer ? what refiraineth thee from (leafing ? what maketh thee to doe any oneof there things , forwhich either thou thin. keff thy felfe, or art taken byothers to be a good man? Thouwile fay(I doubt not) that thoutherefore deft fuch and fuchgood things, becaufe Godhails com- manded them, and that thou abftairsed from lush and fuckesits, becaufe het bathforbiddeen them. I aske ofthee therefore again, whether God bath not alto enjoyed the holy keepingofrhe Sabbothday , wherherhee bath not coni- tPfal.as.S. manded , to losethepiece Wherehie honorer dweNarh t. and togive attendanceat the m1rou.s.; 3. poil: of the dogrel ofhie hoafe m, whether bee bathnot appointedhearing an the meanes tobringvs vnto faith; whether itbe not his will that looke what hedid thenight before hewas betraied,the fame we fhoulddoe(often in rememberance ofhim? I know thou canil not for flame but fay, that there thingswhich I haue named , arc hisCommandements aswell as any of the former which thou pretendeft todoe, becaufehe requireththem : well then, ifthou conferref}there things tobe commanded by God, thismail acedes be turned vpon thee, why deft thou not make confcience of thereother an which in thine owne ac. knowledgement are e(lablifhed bycommandement? Thouwilt fay (it maybe) no man candoe all; wilt thou therefore determinately and upon purportnot doeall? Surely, if it werethe care , and confcience , anddefire toobey God, which makes thee liberall,iuf 1,chalt, peaceable, the fameconfcience, and fame care, the famedefire would maketheeafrodelight in the wor(hipofGod, lone his word I take comfortin theCommunion ofSaintsat GodsBourde, and fan- äifie hisholy day; all whith are the lawes of God,nay !awesofgreaterwaight and moremoment, then thole other which thou fiandeft ern), and forthe fu. perficiall performance whereof, thou thinkefithy felfevnblameable. There. forefeting it is certainely true, that ifconfcience toobey Goddrawthee toone good worke,thc fame would draw thee to othersalfo,whichrhounow negleßeft and makefi noaccount.of;followeth, that thole things which thou bringef faotth are no good werkes , and thereforethou but an hypocrite, and one of thole naughty trees,which without fpecdy andgreat repentance, (hall bee hewer) down and call in the the fire. Tkej,.7)6 Now as therearefome, whobecaufeoffome commendable ciuillpraftifes, thinke themfelues full ofgood finite , though theynegkftthe worshipof God , anti tireparticulara belonging to le ; foothers thereare, who it they thewfoste forwardneffe and care in theoutward dutiesof Godsferuice , thinke that tobe ynough ; though their life otherwife beea difcredite to the Golpell, and a very Ibarre to their profefsion: (and of thiskinde there are two forts. The one fort aretainted with Come fuperftition, and thinke, ifthey (crew a little diligenceout- wardly in keeping their Church , though they full little know what belongs to a. ny dutie that ought there tobee performed, then that maybee a kinde ofdiC. charge vate them, for manyother euen groffe defaults, fuehasare [wearing,
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