CHAP.z.r a ..4Commetctarie vpott the 46o men approach with their lippes,but their hearts regard wickednes, and nourith vugodlmeffe : fuchas the Prophet fpeaketh of, which Jànfiife themfelnes andyet in thegarden behind A tree ease [wines tlefb and mire, and_loch abhomieation. Now although grace (which neuer contenteth it felfe with the forme ofgodlineffe,but worketh the power)teacheth the denial) ofall this; yet howmany trewants haue encred into this fchoole, and linedvnder the Gofpel a long time,& yet the loueof the world, the purfuing of thehonours, profirs,and pleafures ofit,hath bani(hed all the care ofGods true feruice in them s fo as howfoeuer many in Tome blind and Gnificrrcfpeaor other , can come toheare Iecemie (peaking from the Lord,and for theprefent delight in that which is fpoken i yettheir hearts goe after their couerou(neffe : or fome other vngodlineffe bath takenvp their thoughts and arfeöiions , that the word cannot linke into their foules; which is the lamentablecondition of infinite Chrftians, who are all pronounced ungodly perfons,notwithekandíngall their pro- feffion. III The third fruit or branch of vngodlínefl'e, cncernerh theword of About Gods God,againa which manynotable parts of impietie breake from anutn. word. Lin thoughts. berofmen. As, *inwardly toconceiuethat either God fpeakerh not in and by vs; but that we fpeakeof our owneheads, befides thebooke; which were it noc a general) receiued opinió among(( men,certenly they could nor,they durfk not íhewe themfelues focareles,fo vnreuerent and retchles in hearing,as moli men doe.ForI auouch, neuer did any of the heathen receiue the oracles oftheir reputed gods(deuils indeed) fohea- uily anddrowfely, as Chriffians-doe the oracles of God. Or that we rer.43.3. fpeake by Mitigation of others, as Ieremie was accufed : or elfe at the worft,ifwe doe fpeake fromGod, that they (hall firuggle well enough, fo as our word (hall not be true againti them :let the word paffe through the land, yet they (hall fit fate inough. But what an height of vngodli- nelle this is, we may feeby the curie andpuni(hment of it, Reu.21.19. whofoeuer (hall dimini(hany thing from the truth contained in the bookeofGod,Godjballta%eaway his part our ofthe booke oflife: and yet to this height eitheranumber are come, or cite theApofkle Peter miftooke s.necg.r, his ayme, who prophecyed that in the lad dayes fuch mockers fhould come,which fhould fay,where it the promife ofhis eomming,&c.imitating herein thofe mockers inIeremiestitne ;whofaid,wherea thewordof the Lord ? let it comenow. a.in Cpcachcs. a.Some goe further,whofeatheifine carrieth themto blafpheme the word, andaccording to the abundance ofthe wickednes of their hearts, their mouthesoften fpeake. Somefay plainly, that it is no matter to goe to fermons , but to heare diuine feruice; force that there is too much prea-
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