CtiAr..i6- 32 Hofe.to.rt. dvstA,é. Difobedienee. r.Tim.r.1. (..41. Commentate opon the are.drawneto it nor for the loue ofGod dire6tly , but for Come worldly rcfpe6t; and the endeis rather feare,fauour, praiteofinen, then theglo- ry ofGod, as Ananias. If they humble themfelues before God, it is for comeand o)le. Ifthey bowle vpon the beds of their fortowes , it is for theirfcknes,and not fortheir hnnc,affe&ing deliuerancebut not repen- tance. If theyworthip, yet with they there were no God toworfhippe, as Herod pretended to wor(hip Chriff, but intended to kill him. Ifthey thruff themfelues into the company of good men, it is not to better themfelues, but to credit their alions : they candelire them topray for them,as Pharaoh, Simon Magus,but cannot pray for themfclues.Ifthey profelfe religió, it is not for religions fake,but Come other thing accom- panying it : Ephraim it an heifer that delighteth to threfli, becaufe trea- ding out thecorne, the oxe muff not be mulled, but Bate at his pleafure, but could not away with plowing,the yokewas tooheauie, and the corn- modirie to light : fo Tome outward commoditie prouoketh the hypo- crite to profeffe religion,but he cannot abide toplowe vp his heart. Iu- das will carrie Chrifis bagge till he can gaine more by him. Thus turne the hypocrite any way , hewill be found fwan -tike, which ofall foules bath the whitdl feathers,but the blackeff flefh vnder them; except wee (hall fitlier compare them(withChriff)to the foxe,which hath this qua- lity,that his skinne is better then his flefh: a Ihewe he bath ofgodlines, but wanteth the power ; he hath a name that he liueth , but is indeede dead: feting the whole life ofreligion conflfleth in inward renouation of heart and fanéìimony oflife, both which is wanting vetohim whole Panne lieth vnder a cloak,and liueth in his foule as in aclofet,from which the hypocrite will not be parted. 3. The third note or character, is in a further degree of the fnne, in that they are Paid, rebellious to Gods commandement, and difobedient to the doctrineofGod. The word giueth vs to difcouer two vices in there titularChrifiians: z.inñdelitie, 2. rebellion,or in oneword, the want of the obedience of faith. True it is they make a great Phew of faith, but the Apofile diflinguifheth offaith ; one kind isfained, another is vnfained: the former may be ioyned withmuch knowledge, much talke ofpiety, but neuer with a pure heart and good confcience , as the latter. Now this vnfained faithbeeing the mother and miflreffe ofvufained o- bedience,and the only roote whence this fruit canbudde and bloffome, whofoeuer are deflituteofthe former, cannot but be barren of the lat- ter; what are the fruits of vnbeleefe, fee A61. 17.5. a. Theft3.2. Heb. 3.1 z. And although hypocrites,whichtaking on them the names ofChriftians,make agreat (hew of bolines inexternal' feruice , in Come ceremonies or wilworlhip,that aman wouldmeruaile that the Scripture fhould
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