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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36463	The covenant of grace, or, An exposition upon Luke I. 73, 74, 75 by George Dovvname ...	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1647 (1647)	Wing D2059; ESTC R17888	143,573	346

generall The up●ight worship the Lord in spirit and in truth 1 King 3. 6. the hypocrites draw neere the Lord with their mouthes but remove their hearts farre from him Es. 29 13. Mat. 15. 7 8. In speciall the upright pray in truth Ps. 145. 18. with lips unfained Ps. 17. 1. lifting up their hearts Psal. 25. 1. Lam 3. 41. and powring forth their soules L●m. 1. 15. before the Lord. The hypocrites in their prayer cry but not with their heart Hos. 7. 14. They lift up their eyes and their hands but not their hearts they poure forth their voice but not their souls Their prayer is but a lip-labour for both their mouth speaketh what their heart doth not think making a common and perpetuall trade of praying with wandring thoughts which I deny not sometime to be incident to the upright and also asking with their mouth that which they doe not desire in their heart promising especially in time of af●liction Ex. 10. 17. Ps. 78 34 what they doe not truly meane to performe pretending what they doe not intend making shew of that which they are not as in the Lords prayer throughout craving that in prayer which they doe not seeke by any indevour of their owne or by use of other meanes ordained of God Thanksgiving The upright praise God with grace Col. 5. 16. that is thankfullnesse in their heart and with humility acknowledging their owne unworthinesse Gen 32. 10. 1 Chron 29. 14. and Gods undeserved favour towards them The hypocrites give thanks without thankfullnesse without humility praysing themselves Luk 18. 11. when they should praise God or if they doe praise him they doe it to this end to praise themselves But here it may be demanded may not a man praise God for his grace and blessings bestowed upon him unlesse withal he shall seeme with the Pharisey Luk 18. to praise himselfe Whereunto I answer first the Pharisaicall hypocrite thanketh Go● for that which he neither hath received nor yet expecteth from God which is both falshood and arrogancy But the upright man thanketh God for that which he hath received or assuredly hopeth to receive as Zachary in this hymne praiseth God for our redemption by the promised Messias before CHRIST was borne which to doe is not arrogancy but thunkfullnesse not falshood but truth 2 The hypocrite thanketh God to that end and purpose not so much to praise God to whom he is a false witnesse 1 Cor. 15. 15. as to praise himselfe The upright man in thanking God seeketh not his owne praise but the glory of God stripping himselfe of all praise that God alone may have all the glory For he thanketh God as I said in humility acknowledging his owne unworthinesse and the more he extolleth the undeserved bounty and favour of God towards him the more he depriveth himselfe of praise and on the other side the more he acknowledgeth his owne unworthinesse the more he magnifieth Gods goodnesse towards him Thus Iacob Gen. 32. 10. O Lord saith he I am lesse then the least of thy mercies and David 2 Sam. 7. 18. Who am I O Lord God and what is my house that thou hast brought me hitherto and ● Chro. 29. 14. but who am I and what is my people c. Preaching The upright Preacher endeavoureth to approve himselfe to God 2 Tim. 2. 15. 1 Thess. 2. 4. seeking sincerely the glory of God in the salvation of the The hypocrites preach themselves and not the Lord Jesus not seeking Gods glory in the edi●ication of the people but their owne praise or profit not striving to approve themselves unto God but to please carnall men which whosoever doth he is not the servant of Christ Gal. 1. 10 Herein they grievously offend who affecting the praise of humane eloquence feed the people as Heliogabalus did his parasites with painted dishes and in steed of drawing forth the two edged sword of the spirit bring forth an embroidered sheath professing themselves embassadours from God but bringing no message from God which concernes the people to heare either for the informing of their judgments or reformation of their lives whose preaching serves for no other use but to please the itching eares of carnall men and to work in them a loathing of the sincere food of Gods word The upright preacher is carefull to practise that which he preacheth unto others and to avoid that in his owne preson which he reproveth in others The hypocrite say Mat. 23. 8. but doe not commending that to others which themselves have no desire nor care to practise and reproving that in others whereof themselves are no lesse guilty Rom 2 21 22. Ps. 50. 16. who therefore may expect both from the hearers this censure Medicecura toipsum and from God this sentence out of thine owne mouth will I condemne thee thou unsaithfull servant Luk. 19. 22. Hearing The upright hearers take heed how they heare Luk. 8 18. hearing the word of God preached as the word of God 1 Thess. 2. 13. acknowledging Gods ordinance as in the sight of God Act 10. 33. with humility and submission with reverence and attention receiving the seed into upright hearts Luk. 8. 15. as it were into good ground with desire to profit by it 1 Pet. 2. 1. and care to practise it being doers of the word and not hearers only Iam. 1. 22. The hypocrite heare not regarding so they doe heare how they heare not looking to their feet who they are affected but come so disposed as to a stage-play desiring that their itching eares may be delighted with vaniloquence rather then their hearts to be edi●●ed with sound and profitable doctrine not acknowledging Gods ordinance nor behaving themselves as before him hearing without submission as to Gods word hearing not as learners but as censurers without reverence without attention being present in body and absent in soule without desire to profit by it without any purpose or care to practise it receiving the seed into stony ground or els among thornes like to Ezechiels hearers c. 33. 31. 32. they come unto thee saith the Lord as the people of God doe use to come and they sit before thee as my people and they heare thy words but they will not doe them for though with their mouths they make shew of much love and delight yet their heart goeth after their covetousnesse And loe thou art unto them as a very pleasing song of one that bath a pleasent voice and can play well on an instrument for they heare thy words but they doe them not Sacraments Baptisme The upright are carefull in some measure to performe their vow made in Baptisme and to find the effect and fruit thereof which is to seale and assure to them that belive and repent their union and communion with Christ for they receive Christ by a true faith are baptized into Christ Gal. 3. 27. and consequently put on Christ. The hypocrite resteth in the outward baptisme as if the washing of the flesh did