Chap.7. sccording toSt M A T T E F. 261 us, that the wifedome from above is firfl pu e, and then peaceable, without judging without hypocrify. And thefe two lafl are let It was faíd óË together, to teach us, that the greaten c nfurers, are cotnmonly,the A story, he ha- greatefl hypocrites ; and as any one is more wife, he is more ¡pa- ring ofhis cenfures. Hence alto St Peter, after he had Paid, Lay mìy as nulÿ be afide all malice, grail, bypocrify, envy, added', 4nd evil e.akjrage : f,id of the by- tonote, that cenfuring, and all other evils ofthe tongue, are gen- poctüc, hie dred of any of the fore-mentioned. For wicked men are apt to hates inners mole as they ufe; as theenvious devil accused God to our firfl pa- het f i Stifhhelè rents of envy ; the covetous perfòn thinkes all the world to be thole hccenPa. made of covetoufneflé. Caligula did not believe there was any real. Dike. chaff perfon upon earth. And Bonner Paid to Mr Hanker theMar- .40. aidMop. tyr, l dare fay that Crammer would recant, if he might have his fol. i SÆa. living again : fomeafùring him by himfelf. Thofe that have a ble- mif.b in their eye, think the skie to be ever cloudy : and filch as are troubled with the Jaundife, fee all things yellow : fo do thofe that are overgrown with malice and hypoerifie, think all like them- felves. Contrarily, (Mary Magdalen thoughtthe gardiner (hould have had asmuch good-will to Chrift as fhee had. Little did 7a- cob fu(peft that Rachel had Role her fathers Idols : or the Difci- ples, that udas had harboured fuch a traytor in his heart, as trea- fenagainfl his Mager. They rather fufpefted ev;xy man himfelf then Iodas. And when our Saviour bad him, What thou doe/f, do Iohn quickly, they thought he had meant of making provifion, or giving fomething to the poor. Alf() when the woman poured thepre- cious oyntment upon our Saviour, and Iodas cenfured the fat as a wafle, thoughhe did it becaufe he was a thief, and cared not a pin for the poor, yet all the Difciples approvedofwhat he faid,and are therefore made authors of his fpeech by one of the Evange_ Minh,atä. lifts; fo littledid they perceivehis craft or his covetoufnefle. True goodnefle is not fufpicious, cenforious, quarellous. It is for an E- fateto complainofhis fathers flore; Haft thou but onebleflìng? of his brothers fubtilty ; was he not rightlycalled 7acob ? The godly man cafis the firft (tone at himfelf,- and with Jacob cryes out, I amnot worthy Lord, the leafI ofthy loving kindnefles. Loe, I have finned, and I have done wickedly, but chete Cheep what have they done ? Let thine hand I pray thee beagain& me, &c.Paid a Sam, s q. David, when he wascome to himfelf; who before this, when he had defiled hisconfcience with the Hain and fling of finne, both cenfured the tad of the cruel rich man ( complained ofby Nab S 3 than
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