Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

411 rhe sou[rt eeEfuall cafding to Chrift. will marrymen,not tomakethem their husbands, but their fervants, and they could be content to have comfort and fervice from them, but not to be under the rule and authority of them as their husbands : fo this fturdyhypocrite, and this nia- lapert hear t, would have Chrift tobe at his becke, that Chrift mayprovide honours, and cafe, and pleaft res for him,but that Chrift mayorder him, andhis, and all that hebath, todwell at his com- mand, tobe where he will, and be at his becke, that he will not doeby no meancs.Thus much of the fturdy hypocrite. The Iaft fort ofcounterfeits,which is the chide and tl:e upfhotofall, is him, whom I call the fl if- ting ftatelyhypocrite,he is aman that doth carry a marvellous high ífraine, andgoes with a great faile in the profèflìon of the truth, as the maftir cut-purfe inhis outride fermes to be a manofno frnall account nor meane place, in regard ofhis attendants, appareil, and he will ruffle it out in his hikes and velvets, as ifhee were fome great Gentleman of the country, and yet he is a bafe vilde wretch ; fo it is with this bale fhifting hy- pocrite : thereare twopaffages in his life, and I ufe tocall him by there two names, Shifting, and ftately, he had all that thefturdy hypocrite had, and he alfo goes beyond him in the fey( rail paf- fages ofhis courfeand pra&ice, he is a fine fpun hypocrite, andhathnotonly an ordinary colour ofprofeflìon,but he !ayes ona fevenfoldgilt up- onhis courfe and profefon, fo that as it is with force

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