Ept /leofS.Paul to Titus. CNep.I.t 6 Bradford conferred, ofhilníelfe) but tocounterfeit and fembling pro - fetfors,who with Jeroboams w fe,prefeffe themfeluel to h other then they are: imitating and refemblingfrageplayers , towhom properly the name be- longerh. To follow then the refemblance a little : t. Doe we not fee bale fellowes play, and a6 the Kings part, and take on them as though they were fo indeed,for an houre or two,and yet areglad tohang them - felues vpon the fleeue of foine noble or meaner manfor proteetion. ? e- uen fo a number of Chrif}iansbyprofelfion in the fight ofall men,as vp- on a Rage feeme ro be Kings ouer their lufls,aud commanders otter their finnefuli afeelions; whereas indeed they arebu-t vaffais and feruants to tonic one finne or other. Secondly, as on the Rage, beggarly and meane fellowes beare themfelues as Noblesor rich Bates; or aa I das or Cri- fus part , whereas they are fcarce able to pay for the root-L.: they plaie in, till they haue gathered it : euen fo many profeffors feeme to be rich in grates, cncreafed with goods , and Rand need of nothing ; and yet indeed like the Angel of the Church of Laadicea are wretched, mitera. ble, Poore, blind, and naked. Thirdly, as on the (gage, cowardly fel- lowes takevp armes, as though they were captaines ofgreat valour;and lccrne to fight onewith another ,and vet doe but dally; euen fo many profeffors feeme tobe captaines, and fight with much rufling again(t fin andvngodly courfes; yet indeed they are but in ietl,fiune need nor (care to receiue a deaths wound from them; it is fate enough in the honk of a friend. Fourthly, as on theßage,veryvarlors and (hitters play the parts, and Inflame for the rime the perlons and names of honed men ; euen fo many proferilors feeme to be bone(i, yea religiousmen , but are indeede voluptuous, giueu vp to the vncleane lulls of their hearts , haunters of merrier or whorchoufes , and though they ioync in publique to-good exercifes, yet cold enough is their loue veto them ; oh how tedious is one honre (pent in Gods feruice, in commarifon ofa whole day,yea and put the night to it,confumed in any one finnefull paflime or pdealhre ? and though they feeme friendly to the friendsof religion, entertaining them as loab did Amafa,faluting them as brethren to their face ; yet their hearts are not with them , but are deuifing with one fl,wte or other behind their backs ro diliniffe them: and for the enemies of religion whom they would fectn tohate, they arc molt friendly vnto them, their hearts, their hands, and their purfes goe with them ; if they call them tobe agents or abetters in any vngodlypra&ifes, as wicked Ahab did good lehofhaphat, their anfwer is readie, /am as :hots art , my people as thy people, my horfes as thy horfes : landmine are yours to command in any inch feruices of finne. But to leaue the refemblance and come ro a more (peeiali applicaK+onof this examination. t. There is neuer a one who X pro- t27 t.Aing.t4.6. How fitly the hypocrite re. fenMeth the n.gaplayera f om whom he had, hic name. I 3 a.3aat. Satra s.Aing.st.a. Trialls of filch as profc (Cr. they knowGodbut doe a»t.
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