7r 3vul2s c f Eïuallralling toChritl. ofmany duties, that ought tobee done, and yet will not let upo.; the performance of them? í rev.i4.27 What can any one fay againft this truth? sale. mon faith, ira,11 labor there it abundance, but the talking of theli1c tended) topenury: So fay I, in all found labour and fincere endevour there is pro. fit; Ifthou endcvourefttruly after Chriff and if thou doff labour after grace in the ufe of all meanes conftantly and unweariedly, there is a great deale ofbenefit tobe gained thereby ; but all thy talkingandwifhit;tends topenury,itwill bee thy bane in the end. This is the firft fort of thofe that have not a found defìre, which 1 terme lazyHypccrites. The fecond fort are fuch as I call ffageHypo; ernes, that a& the part ofprofeflìori curioully, as Ahab a&ed the part o /f failing;for behus:lbtedhim- felfe andput on pckclvth, &c. Now there is the famedifference betwixta Stage Hypocrite, and a true fincere profeffour, as is betweene a chapman that buyes for gaine, and a chapman that buyes for neceflity : He that buyes for gaine, will have his pennyworth, or elle he will none ofthe com- modity; hee will have it worth his mono, or elle leaveit : But apoore famifhed foule andhunger- bitten creature, that bayes for meereneceflitie, muft have it and will have it whatever hee wants befide : bee ftands notupon rfs, and Artds, but give me grace and take al!; bee cares for nothing elfe. Nowof thefe Stage Hypocrites, I will fed downe two forts, becaufe I delire to lay them naked. And
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