Chap.6. acco rding toSt MA T T H E VT. upright within them. Their failing is either fuperl1itiousor fecure ; whiles they refl in the work done, or with opinion of merit; whereas the Kingdom of heaven is not in meat anddrink; And whether we eat or eat not, we are neither the more nor the leffe accepted of God, They fall for ftrife and debate, and to make their voices to be heardon high : Whereas fecrecy in this duty, is the bell argument of fincerity. They loofe not the bands of tvic- kedneffe, nor break off their finnes by repentance : thereforeGood regards not ( which they repineat ) but rejeíl-s their confidence, and anfwers them according to the idols of their hearts. when theyfat,taith he,/ trill not hear their cry,jer.i 4. r,2, they arenot a button the better for-all they can doe. Difpleafing fervice proves a double dithonour ; their outfidenefle is an utter abomination : they prefent the Great King with anempty cask, with a heartletfe facrifice, with a bare carcafie ofReligion,as the Poets feign of Pre. methius. ofafadcountenance] Makenot a fowre face, look not grim andgaily, as the word fignifieth ; fo that one would be afraid to look on them, they doe fo disfigure their faces, fo wanze and wi- ther their countenances, fodeform, and (as S. lerom rendreth it ) demolifb their naturali complexions pining themfelves, to make their faces pale and meager, that they may be noted and noticed for great falters. Such a one was that Non -f ch Ahab, and thofe fpuagy bullrufhes, Ifa. ç 8. S. thofe hollow hypocrites, Ier.r 4.12. that proud Patriarch of Conflantinople, that firff affe&ed the (tile or Univerfali Bifhop; and is therefore pointed at by Cre- 2s5 nentâ torpur,_ fr animus inta mefcat fuper. biä i' Hieren. Rom. 4.i7. Cor.H.ö, I(à,58,4. simulas (an tiita duplex inigaita, axí ecevor, Tem¿f s oculu, (ç' fùbduttus fupercilÿr to trici.Chemnit, chriftuta/la. dit ad larval, quibat Mini velari in thea. trumprodibanr, ut Cain alias ej- gory the great, as the forerunner of Antichrifl : yet by his fre- lent iruai frt- quent falling, this proud man merited to be firnam re ed lohannes lie, ridiruri, præfenrarext Nellentes, Iohn theFaller. Such pains menwill put themfelves vurta n mæ . to for aName, fo far they will trouble themfelves to go to hell f1u's.Chcmnit. with credit. The Jefuits had fèt forth a Pfalter, a little afore the Arch. VJher, powder plot fhould have been aç ed, for the good fuccrife of a Gravif. quell, wicked counter-Parliament. And to increafe the iniquity, with wicked lezabel,they would colour it with a faft:yea with blafphe- mous Rabfhakeh, they would by their hypocriticall praaifes, bear Spec. be! lac. the world in hand, that they came not up againft us without the Lord. That they may appearuntomen tofaß'.] There is a great deal offemingneffe, and muchcounterfeit grace abroad. The force- rers Teemed to doe as much as tivlofer, the Pharifces to doe more, P 4 this
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