Epiflle ofs. Prowl toThu!. CHAP.I.I6. fight and oppoficion betweene herprofeffion, and their praótife.They .317 profeffe indeed they knows God, and all their outward carriage is fo corn- pofed, as if they only were the fonnesof Abraham, skilful! in the law, arias obferuers of it in the leaf§ particles thereof; that if all religion were tobe meafured by their outfide, they could not chufenow beeing conuerted from Iudaifineto Chri(lianitie, but got for good Chriflians. Brit inwarkes they denie hint : they expreffe no {itch thing in their life and conucrCation,they haue only drawn a fairegloue ouer a fouie hand. For looke a little nearer them, and confider their perfons, fo polluted they are,as that they areabharninable,fuchas are worthy that both God andgoodmenshould turne away from, as from things noyfome to their era,,,,,rt, fences: for fo is the nature of the word, vied allo Luk. i 6.t S. And looke yet further into their hues, in (lead offanEtimony, you fhall meet with rebellion, in (lead of fubicaion vntoGod,you (hall difcouerdifobedience: and whereas ifthey were the founts of Abraham, as they profefie ,thcy would doe the workes of Abraham, They are reprobate to emery good :Iéar,u.i, work! ; which word is fometimes taken paffuiely , as a. Cor. g,, 27. I hate downe my bodie--leafs I fhould be reprobate: Heb. 6.8. Theground that beareth shorties aad briars , is reprobate, andneere vetoa chrfe: and fo indeed are theft refufe and reie&cd fellowes , as fouldiers caffìerd,or as bale perfons, andbanquerupts , arc paffcd by , and not called into office, fo chele are reieéled ofGod andgood men. Yet it better ficteth she place , toaccept the phrafe oilinry , and then the fence is this, that they are farre from the prailife of pietie, that as men of corrupt mindes , are Paid tobe reprobate concerning the faith: fo tholecorrupt 2.ri,n.3,1, minded mcn,are reprobate concerning good workes,and aEtions,which are the fruitsoffaith : that is, fo gitten vp to finne, and with the Gen tiles,Rom.r.z8.toa reprobate mind,that they feemetohauelo(l all diffe- brdôdxrmos rence anddiflinelion of good and cuili,and can turne their hand to no- '°" thing which is not euill. Which dilpofition oftheirä,feemeth tobe well expounded,Ier.4.z 7.. Thi7 are wife to dec enill bet to doe well, they hnosno knowledge. In the verle three.poincs are to be marked, and handled: r. That there will alwaies be Hypocrites in theChurch. z, The Char ifler: or notes ofthem, which in the verfe,are fouie. 3. Their mifcrable elate and condition, in the word abbe minable; anto which we will adde the vie. For the firíì : That there euer will be in the Church together with There will be found members manyhypocrites, appeareth. WithAbel will beaCain, atpaitihypo, !rites in the of two menborne in theworld , ohe is an hypocrite: withlfaae an If- clench, mati : ifAbraham bimfeife beget two fonnes,one is an hypocrite : with Jacob..
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