- 55 VE R s.8. An Expojitirm, with Notes CMap.r. mi;-de, Vt~f. 5· and we e~p.eCl: w!th a d9uble minde, our truft betng nothmg fo[uYe,as hts mercy ts free. But let us examine the words more particularly. . A double mindedman, J'f..}ux_~ c&vn;,] The word fignifieth one that h~h two Souls; and fo it may imply, r. An Hypocrite, as the fame word is ufed to that purpofe, Jam.+ 8. Purifie your hearts,ye double minded, J'I..J-vxot; As he fpeaketh to·open finners 'f(} clePlnfe iheir hands, fo to clofe hypocrites (whom he ther~ callethdouble minded, as pretending one thing and meanit:lg ano– ther,) to purifie their heartf, that is, to grow more inwardly !in– cere; and fo it fnite.th very well with that phrafe 'by which the Hebrews exprefs adeceiver, 'Pfal. I 2. 2. With a d,uble he>~.rt do they jpealz.: in the Origmal, With anheart and an heart, which is their manner of expreffion whet~ they would exprefs a thing that is double or deceitful, as divers or deceitfal weights, is a weight~tnd a weight in the Original, Prov. 20. 23. As Theo. * Prnfiff 114 eft phraftm faith of the partridges of P aphlagonia, that they had two fC ~;abere dua,s hearts; So every hypocrite hath two hearts, or two fouls: *As I admm.u_ m. eo· remember, I have read of a profane wr~tch that brag'd he had two emcorpt/!C . b d A. G d d h I +. h. itnamdeodica-fbul~$none oy,.on~ or o, an .t .. eot;J;r J.oranyt mg. 2 .It tafl!, ~lter:zm tmplteth one th~t ts dt rad:ed and dt.vt.ded m~Is thoughts, floating umcmq; zl!am between two different ways and opmtons, as tfhe had two mindes, ~:~~~~iu~~Jb ~r ' twJo dfo~l~ ; abnd chertainlyhthe~e wer.e fnch in r 1 hde fpofl:l~shdayhs, 5 ldt N • 1ome u atz,mg ret ren, t at 10mettmes wou 10rt Wit t e ' 1 ' l. eap. Jews, fometimcs with the Chriftians, and did not ufe all dne en– deavors to be built up in the Faith, or fetled in the Truth : as ofan– cient, long before this time, 'tis fa id of o\hers, 2 King.17.33. They feared the Lord, and{erved the~r oWn gods; they were divided between God and Idols, which indilferency of theirs the Prophet expreffeth by a double or divided heart, Hofea 10. 2. Their heart . u divided, now foa/L they be found faulty. Thus Atha14afim ap– *1_,Tl1e1. dAtf·taas ·plyed this de:fcription to the-~< Eufebiflns, that fometimes held one o ea e rom . Id Ert[tbius the tbmg, and anon another, that aman cou never have them at ant Anan Bifhop fiay or certain pafs. 3· And more expreOy to the Context, it may. ofNico media~ note thofe whofe mindes were toffed to and fro with various and wl:f f, 7tam~d uncertain motions, Now lifted up witha billow ofprefumption, :0"1115eH:r~fi; then cafl: down in a gulf ofdefjair, being divided between hopes Socrat.fchvtai and fears, concerning their acceptance with God. I prefer this ttb..!·cap.:~. latter fenfe as moi?c fuiting with the Apofiles purpofe. - ' It
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