CHAP. Id6. t..Commentarie vpon the 32o (hall be exalted as on the toppes ofthe highefl hills,and fhal difdainful_ ly and triumphantly lookedowne vpon her enemies, who fha11 be put vnderher feete. 3.offafety,fromwicked, iyonifh,cruell, and bloodthir- ßiemen;and from leopards andhypocrits,which haue as many contrary guifes,as the leopard bath (pots. Foure marks in The fecond point are the charaóters ofanhypocrite. The6rfl ofche the text r° foure is in thefe words, They ro e/e they Lowe god. The hypocrite is a know anhypo yp flf jK. fC Brice by, great profelfor of religion, and hence commeth to be anfwerable to his name , in Teeming tobe , and fuftaining the perfon that he is not : as a A forme Of g°dlinea. `clowne or knaue ona Gage plaieth the part of a noble, or king but is well knovvnc to be the next remooue from a rogue: fo there fellowes whom the Apontenoteth, haue often in their mouthes the name ofGod and of Chrill; the title ofthe Church , and pretend great knowledgeof God, and cunning in the Scriptures , andocher Ecclefialticall writings; yea further, make a great Phewof faith and pietie , and if bare profellion would lead to heauen,the(e could not be the leaf+ or fall there. And to make this a little more plaine, an hypocrite can carriehim(elfe fo leuell, and euen in his courfe,as no man (hall be able outwardly to accule him, or impute any thing veto him, no more then the difciples could accule Iudas,whcn euery man faid,Maller,ic is I? but noneof them laid, mailer is it Iudas? Oblcrue him inhis religion, you (ball hearehim crying veto HoCS.a. God, and laying ,my God, Iknowc thee, challenging God for his God, and thrullinghimfelfe vnder him as one of his people and holy ones: many (hall cry Lord,Lord,faithChrifl,and (hall poffelfc the knowledge Matt .7.23. ofhim, to whom he(hall profeffe that henow knewe them for his. You (hall fee him outrunning all that is required at his hands , he will bring many oblations not offhcepe,and (mall bea(ls, but many oxen,and not in one place as God requireth, but in many, yea info many as the altars (hail exceede the number of the cities : you shall fee him cleave to the Church,hcare,pray,nay heart gladly as Herod,pray boldly as the Phari- Marks.ro fie, and receiue often the/Cede with ior and yet be bad ground. Looke to his outward carriage,he:will not Bile in the pra5tile ofMil dealinghe will abllaine from moll fnnes, as other men ; he will cling togood mens company; be pragmatical) and bulie in performing many lightly 0a1415. duties ; he will be ready toplacke out hiseyerforgood tivtinifierr( as the. Galatians for Paul) and yet afterward fall quite from his doétrine. You would verily thinke him to be a Iheepe of Chriß, and fo himfelfe may happily take himfelfe to be the childofGod, and in all this ledde by the motions ofthe good fpirit ofGod ; whereas not a fewe vncleanefpirits breath inhim. Ob. Alas,will Tome here fay,what am I better then fuch a man asyou fpeakeof? what am I other then an hypocrite if this man may
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