E to (5 ao $5 30 35 the Ep le to theGalatianf. Chap.6. f 509 pity plcafehimfelfe , but he doeth but pleafc himfelfc in an IF,> errour : for in trueth he deceiueth hinifelfe in his ima- gination: the Apoftle Lames faith ,lfanymanfeeme(fpecial ,rgx d,p_ 6y to himfelfe)tobe religlouf,audyet refrnineth not his tongrae,he «r áirt. deceiuethhir ozone henrt,hrd religionis v6tine,Iam. i.26.So hke- wifc,they that are only hearers oftae word(& therfore thinke that all is wedenough with the, though they benot doers ther- of) deceisoe their ownefelssef,iam. t.2z.Andverely this corrup- /rdf4:5y4;6.ue- tion is fo great , that as men can be content to be deluded by "` ,,,c fiattercrs,anddawebackes,which pleafe them in thcir itching humours:fo theywillingly fufferthéfelues to be deceiued,cue by themfelues,to the ende that they mayappears to others,to . be that which in tructh they are not: that fo they may aduaucc and ma;nifie themfelues in the accounpt of the world . For as AIex4,v.i r thegreat,beeing in Tndia, caudal his fouldi- Plan hats ers,tomake andkauebehind them bittes and horfe (hoes,of mexaödro. an cxtraordinarie grcatnclTc;hudge fpcares, ma(f`ic fhields,big helmets,longfwords,andother furniture for horfeand man, fitting rather Hippocentaurs,or Gíants,then menofordinarie ftaturc;ane, all to the ende,it might be faid in future time, that Alexander Wits 'Nightie Monarch i,,dccda So many therebe, who (letting the faire fide outward) make goodly glorious fhewes in the eies ofinen;and fo would haue other to thinke ofthem accordingly, (faire aboue their dcfert,) that poieritic might fudge them to be that which indeed they arc not:and fo with Alexander in deceiuing others , they wittingly deceiue themfelues. Which fpirituall guile ofdeceiuing our felucs in matterstouching our faluation,is molt dangerous,when men delude thenifelues,inperfvvading themfelues falfcly , that they know fufficient,that God is to be ¡oued aboueall , our neigh- bouras our felues(which is as much as all the preachers in the earth can fay:)that they beleeue;when in flead offaith, there isnothingbut damnable pride,and prefumption: that they re- ; pent,when it isnothing but deceitful) counterfeiting, andhy. i pocrifie.Beudes the danger,confider the indigniticofit : moil can abidenothing leffe,then to be deceived and circumvented by others;and yet,behold, theyare deluders and deceitices of themfclucs:and that which Both more agarauate the indigni- tie ofit , in, fuck things as oughtto bebegknowne and rnof$ familiar vnto thetn,wherein it is a flumethey íhoud be decei- G uy, 3 'tied,
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