TheSeufzJeffeEimalleallinRte Chrift. yot fome counterfeit gold, if a man beenot agood Caoldlrnith indeed,hewill fay, it is good gold : fo if he benot a marvellous judicious wife man, and able to finde him out, he will fay, that this man is afoundChriftiara indeed : Now thatwee may know this man, I will as in the handling of the other, doe three things. Firft, I will thew wherein heeexceeds the for- mer Hypocrites. Secondly , wherein his falfenelfe doth ap- x peare. Thirdly, wherein hee falls fhort of laving faith. For the firft, wherein this man dothexceed the former, that youmay fee the full proportionof him, bee dothprofefly ftand in comparifon with the former,and exceeds them too ; and therefore hewill trie thebufineffe withhim, and view with him ; and what theocher could fay, bee faith the fame and more too : the flurdy Hypocritehad his confcience awakened, fo hee had his heart awakened with a witneffe, and theLordnot on- ly called and rapt, but knockt bardat the doore : and for Chrift, he hath (scene fo muchbeauty and excellency in Chrift, that laeewill lay `downe his blood for him, thus farre the 'hardy Hypocrite went : but now this ftately Hypocrite outgoes the former in three particular Reps or degrees, Firft, he hath notonely fo much ftrength that he is able to beare perfecutions, and not tobee daunted, as the former had ; but hee hath that wifedome and ftrengthofunderftanding, thathe S ff is 1 i 3 r
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