Obferv,I .o, . VEllS ·,I-3. equalitywithothers,endeavor bycenfures to !ake them down, that they maybeas iow a!i tbemfdves. I o. The laft property is, Withtmt hypocrijie; in true wifdom there is much lit,ht, but noguile: The greatefi care of aChrifiian is tobe what he feemeth tobe, and to account godlinefs the chiefefi cunning. Carnal men count them wife that tan manage their mat– ters with mofi craft and guile, and gratifie their interefisby aplau– fible diffimulation; but this the Lord hateth: The Hypocrite is rhe greatefi fool, and putteth tb.e gre~tefi cheat uponhimfelf in the ilfue; all that he gaineth by his defigns is but the fee of Hell; He foal/give himhup()rtion with Hypacrites,Mat.2"fo5 1. Well chen, reckon fincerity as the highefi point of wifdo!ll; z Cor.1. I z. Our r.ejrycing is this, the teftimony ofour confcience, that in jimplirrity,_ and godiJ fuJcerity,not withflefoly 'l'ili(dom,but by thegrauof (joJ 1 We hadour cgnuerflztion in theWorld, &c. Avoyd Hypocrifie in aU the actions of your life , not only in addreffes to God , but '( "'Tim.:t.,1. · your refpetls to wen : The Scriptures that require 1l faith unfiign– ~ Tin,1 x. ;. ed, do alfo r~C:JUire . a 1o.ve unfeig,Je.d; Let m no.t lot/tinWard 11nd a 1 · Peu.u tongue,hut in deed andin. truth, r Ioh.,.! S. Wdhouldbe aswiH21 Cor.6.6 · J_ h d ,n;: • n B.om~1 ,.9. mg t0 tM.J t em goo , as to pro;;er tt; to reproue, as, to 1 .~ttter; tOpray to-God for tbemiafecrec, as: no 11Mk._e profejfions of refptB: to themfel~es. Verfe I 8... And· ttJe frui, of 1figl9teou{nefs. is: fo~( m ptttts~,. of therl':tba,t 1')1t..t:k.! p.e~cc-, Thefe words are thecoodllfiono.Ferne wooleDikourfcy imtima– ting.the happiners.of them who ha>ve uhe wi(-dom fu.limuly·deft:ri-, b~.d. The words ha.v.ebeen dtverflly e"pounded ~ Some thus,.1'ha peaceable men do f-ow a fee-d, that afte-rward will yiehf !il-eaws o& comfort into their bofoms; as if the meaning were1 ch-at in th<rir peaceable endea:vors.they did< fow the feed of ti11e everla&ng rew:arth which afterwards. they &ould. receive in Heaven. Ochers thus.;. That though tch~y do with a great deal ofmodelly and fweetn€fs; b~ar with many evils, yet ~hey do not leave olii t.ofow Ah·e feed afi rightt~t~[nefs. · The•firfi fence maketh it an Llrgume.x1i of Perf"JM'– jiow,, the next an 4nticipation ofats,Obje.Ehon-;, t'BC! firfi::no.te.th the. happinefs of the rewarJ, the laft the qualit!'of thC'lir end:eavors. Whicb.is tobe J?l'efcrred ?.· lanfwer,_1 iuppofe theymay becom. pou~d~-
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