the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and to testifie his love to God for the love of God shewed to him in Christ And therefore it doth not satisfie him to do any thing as for the publick good the Common wealth or the like So the Heathen men have done unless he goe higher and shoot as far as the utmost white and mark of all which is Gods glory he cannot be satisfied to come short of this or to goe beyond it with reference to any thing else Rom. 14. 8. Whether we live we live to the Lord c. Phil. 1. 21. For me to live is Christ c. Luke 17. 12. The Leapers one of them when hee saw hee was healed returned and glorified God c. 1 Tim. 1. 17. Now to the King immortal c. 1 Tim. 6. 16. Rev. 4. 11. Thou art worthy to receive glory c. Rev. 5. 12. Saying with a loud voice worthy is the Lamb c. Psalm 115. 1. Not unto us but to thy Name c. So John the Baptist of Christ John 3. from verse 27 to the end Iohn 1. 19 20 c. This is the record of John c. And he confessed and denied not but confessed I am not the Christ c. He is from heaven c. He must increase c. 2 Cor. 4. 5. Wee preach not our selves but Christ Iesus the Lord c. Ioshua 7. 9. What wilt thou doe for thy great Name c. Psalm 111. 9. Holy and reverend is his Name Iohn 14. 14. Psalm 44. 22. For thy sake are wee killed all the day long we c. Luke 2. 14 20. Canticl 7. 13. Deut. 28. 58. Hab. 3. 17. 1 Thes 2. 4. Even so we speak not as pleasing men but God c. Gal. 1. 10. or doe I seek to please men c. And therefore he doth so because this is required by the Gospel of him 1 Cor. 6. 20. Ye are bought with a price wherefore glorifie him c. 1 Cor. 10. 31. do all to the glory of God c. Col. 3. 17. Whatsoever ye doe in word or in deed doe all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God and the Father by him Mat. 6. 9. 13. And next to Gods glory the true Christian he doth in his obedience active and passive aim at and design the good of all men especially of godly men So Paul 1 Cor. 10. 33. Even as I not seeking mine own profit but the profit of many that they may be saved So David Acts 13. 36. After hee had served his own generation c. Ps 78. 72. Luke 7. 5 6. Gal. 6. 10. Acts 20. 35. 1 Cor. 8. 8 9 10. And in the last place next to Gods glory and the good of other men he doth design his own spiritual good here and the salvation of his body and soul hereafter 1 Cor. 9. 27. 1 Tim. 4. 16. Acts 2. 40. And in this order of his working to those ends he doth not onely follow the light of Gods Word but the light of Nature which some of the Heathen saw and taught That man was not born for himself but first for God next for his country and lastly for himself SECT XXII In their affections and manifestations therof as to Christs appearing as to enemies the sins of the times troubles of the Churrh love to the world holy duties to works of mercy and justice receipts of gifts order of Gods working reformation of his family and in their assurance of salvation And finally the sincere Christian also doth more or less commonly outstrip the Hypocrite in all these things that follow 1 He doth more or less love long pray and prepare for Christs appearing to judgment Rev. 22. 17. The Spirit and the Bridegroom say come Cant. 1. 14. Make hast my beloved 1 Cor. 1. 7. Waiting for the coming of our Lord Iesus Mat. 25. 1 2 3 c. 2 Tim. 4. 8. This the Hypocrite cannot endure to hear of or think upon or prepare for Is 33. 14. The sinners in Sion are afraid fearfulness hath surprised the Hypocrites Rev. 6. 16. And said to the mountains and rocks fall on us and hide us from the face c. And from the wrath of the Lamb. 2 He can love his enemies and doe good for evil Acts 7. 59. 60. They stoned Stephen And hee cried c. Lord lay not this sin to their charge Job 31. 29 30. If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me c. Mat. 23. 32. and 5. 43 44. But this the Hypocrite cannot do Mat. 5. 46. If ye love them that love you what reward have you 3 He doth grieve and mourn for and make opsition against the sins of the time and place wherein hee liveth 2 Pet. 2. 7. For that righteous man in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds Ps 119. 136. Rivers of water run down mine eyes because they keep not thy Law But it is otherwise with the Hypocrite who doth many times rather rejoyce in the sinnes of others and joyn with them then mourne because of the same Psalm 50. 16. 18. 4 He can doth more or less sympathize and fellow-feel in the troubles of his brethren pity and help them 2 Cor. 11. 29. Who is weak and I am not weak c. Nehem. 1. 2 3 4. When I heard these words I sate down and wept c. Ps 112. 4. Rom. 12. 4 5. at which many Hypocrites doe rather rejoice Obadiah 12. 13. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother c. neither shouldest thou have rejoyced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction Psalm 35. 25. So would wee have it Mat. 27. 41. The chief Priests mocking him said he saved others c. 5 Hee can and doth more or less live above the world and trample the honours pleasures and profits thereof under his feet Rev. 12. 1. A woman cloathed with the Sun and the Moon under her feet Galat. 6. 14 God forbid I should rejoice in any thing but the crosse of our Lord Jesus by whom the world is crucified to mee and I unto the world Job 31. 24 25. If I have made gold my hope c. or rejoiced because my wealth was great c. Heb. 11. 24 25. 2 Tim. 3. 2 4. Phil. 3. 7. 19 20. But the Hypocrite is not so but commonly is covetous a lover of the world his pleasure his profit or his honour 2 Tim. 3. 2 4. Lovers of themselves covetous 2 Tim. 4. 10. Lovers of pleasures Mat. 23. 25. 6 He can and doth having a low esteeme of himself and his own deserts thankfully acknowledge his receipts of benefits from God Gen. 32. 10. I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies c. Mat. 8. 8. Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof Luke 17. 15. And one of them when he saw that hee was healed turned back
many as walk according to this rule c. 3 Ioh. 4. 2 Ioh. 3. 4. I rejoyced greatly that I found of thy Children walking in truth as we have received a commandement c. Coll. 1. 13 2 3 4. 5. For otherwise let what will be done and let a man act in what he doth never so much ex animo from his very heart and sincerely according to the light he hath received as many doe upon false Principles yet may he be called an Hypocrite Who were such By the Sincere Christian therefore throughout this Work we understand such a one as the Scripture noteth Nathaniel to be Io. 1. 47. Behold a true Israelite indeed in whom is no guile And such were David 1 Kings 11. 4. Ps 78. 72 Iosiah 2 Kings 23 25. Hezekia 2 Chron. 29 2. Abraham Gen. 17. 1. and 24. 40. 2 Kings 22. 2. Asa 2 Chron. 20. 32. 1 Kings â—1 14. Iob Iob. 1. 1. and 2. 3. Noah Gen. 6 9. Iehosaphat 2 Chron. 20 32. Paul after his conversion and the rest of the Apostles 2 Cor. 1. 12. 6. 20. Acts 24. 16. Abâ—l Gen. 4. 4. 5. Heb 11. 4. and others whose Sincerity is thus described of some of them That their hearts were perfect with the Lord of others that they did that which was right in the sight of the Lord of others That they walked with God of others that they walked before God of others that they did turne to the Lord with all their heart with all their Soule and with all their might of others That they laboured to keep their Consciences voyd of offence c. And these kind of men in Scripture language are some-times called Holy men or Saints Psal 37. 14 28. Sometimes wise men Mat. 25. 1. 2. Mat. 7. Sometimes perfect men Gen. 6 9. Sometimes upright men Psal 37. 14 18 37. Sometimes righteous Men Psal 37. 14 16. Sometimes just Men Gen. 6. 9. Sometimes plaine men Gen. 25. 27. 11. 14. Sometimes innocent men Mat. 10. 16. Sometimes the true worshippers that worship God in Spirit and Truth Io. 4. 23. Sometimes such as love the Lord Jesus in Sincerity Ephes 6. 24. Sometimes the pure in heart Math. 5. 8. Psal 24. 4. Sometimes the undefiled Psal 119. 1 3. Sometimes the poore and needy Mat. 5. 3. 7. Psal 37. 14. Sometimes good men Psal 37. 14 23. For the Sincere Christian is a compleat Christian Coll 2. 10. 4. 12. A perfect and entire Christian James 1. 4. Heb. 13. 21. And he that wants one grace or one grace in truth wants all grace That known position in Ethiques Quod virtutes sunt connexae is as true in Divinity as Morality so that he that hath not all hath indeed none at all and hence it is that true blessednesse is annexed to one of them Mat. 5. 3. Bles-sed are the poor in spirit c. And the sincere Christian is more or lesse all this Holy Wise Just Righteous c. So that by this work we shall see as in a glasse as well who is the Holy Just and Righteous man as who is the Sincere man This Sincerity now and the Sincere man are opposed to Hypocrisie and the Hypocrite And that they may more lively appeare in their colours we shall set them the one beside the other and in the next place give a description of Hypocrisy and the Hypocrite Hypocrisie What. Hypocrite Who. Hypocrisie is an evill frame of Spirit whereby a man would seem to be right towards God and to be carried to act really for him but in truth it is not so Or where a man pretends to more good towards God or Men without then is within him or whereby he would seem to himselfe or others to be better then he is He that hath this heart is said to have a heart and a heart or a double heart Psal 12. 2. Iames 1. 8. A crooked heart or perverse heart Prov. 12 8. and a divided heart Hosea 10. 2. 7. 14. And he that hath such a heart is he we intend by and call the Hypocrite The Nature of Hypocrisie But to open this Hypocrisie and the nature of it and to shew who we mean by this Hypocrite we are to know first of all that Hypocrisy stands in opposition to the Truth and reality of a thing and it stands also in opposition to the Sincerity of a mans intention in the thing and so Hypocrisy may be with reference to either of these 2. By the Hypocrite in generall we doe not intend one that appears worse then he is indeed as Peter did when he denied his Lord ' which yet he did not without Hypocrisy being so well acquainted with him Nor by the Hypocrite doe we intend one that acts this part for once or is deceitfull in one thing as Peter and some others with him were Gal. 2. 3 14. And as the best men sometimes may be and are unfainedly sorry for the same afterwards Nor doe we intend by the Hypocrite in generall such a man as by humane frailty only falleth into lesser sinnes Rom. 7. 17 19 For in many things we offend all Iames 3. 2. And there is not a man that liveth and sinneth not 1 Kings 8. 47. 1 Io. 1. 7 8. Deut. 32. 5. Nor doe we hereby intend him that by strength of Temptation may fall into greater sinnes against his purpose whereof he doth afterwards repent as David Solomon Peter and others did and the best of Gods own people may doe For as a man may be in some Acts without Hypocrisie and yet be an Hypocrite so a man may be Hypocriticall in some Acts and yet be sincere and there is some Hypocrisie in the best who at one time or other or in some things may appeare better then they are 3. But by the Hypocrite we meane him that is an Hypocritie through his heart and life one that for holinesse and goodnesse seems to others and perhaps also to himselfe to be what he is not but yet ought to be or one that desires to make a faire shew without of that goodnesse and holinesse which he hath not nor any root or foundation of within him He is one that seems to be and to act the part of a true Christian but is none he appears in the shape of a living Christian but is dead Rev. 3. 1. Thou hast a name to live but art dead Rom. 2. 28. He is not a Iew that is one outwardly He doth seem to be a Saint or Angell of Light and is a Devill Io. 6. 70. 2 Cor. 11. 14. Hence it is that Hypocrites are compared to Tares which are like to Wheat Matth 13. 25. As Hypocrisie is compared to Leaven Luke 12. 1. which cannot be known by sight so the Hypocrite is compared to a wolfe in a sheeps skin Mat. 7. 15. For the likenes and agreement that is in appearance between him and the true Christian for they are indeed very hardly to be known the one from the other And the
they lyed to him with their tongues for their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his Covenant Psal 50. 16. But to the wicked God saith What hast thou to doe to declare my statutes or that thou shouldest take my Covenant in thy mouth seeing thou hatest instruction Esay 1. 10 11. c. To what purpose the multitude of your Sacrifices c. Hosea 7. 14 15 16. They have not cryed to me with their heart when they howled on their beds c. they return but not to the most high they are like a deceitfull bow c. Tit. 1. 16. They professe that they know God but in workes they deny him Esay 41. 1 2 3. c. Heare ye ô howse of Iacob which are called by the name of Israell which came forth of the waters of Judah which sweare by the name of the Lord and make mention of the God of Israell but not in truth they call thēselves of the holy City c. thou art obstinate c. 2 Tim. 1. 2. 5. Having a forme of Godlinesse but denying the power thereof 1 Tim. 4. 2. Speaking lyes in Hypocrisie Tit. 1. 10. Deceivers c. Teaching for lucres sake Esay 58. 1 2 3. They seek me daily c. Esay 65. 5 8. Which say stand by thy selfe come not neare to me for I am holier then thou Mich. 3. 11. They leane upon the Lord and say c. Psal 106. 12. Then believed they his words They sang his praise they soon forgat his workes c. Mat. 7. 22. Luke 13. 27. Not every one that saith Lord Lord c. In thy name have we prophecied cast out Devills and done wonderfull things We have eaten and dranke in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets c. I know you not c. Such were the whole Nation of the Jewes that professed themselves to be Gods people and did not live like his people that gloryed in their having of the Law of God and kept it not that they were the Children of Abraham but did not walk in his steps that boasted of the Temple and worship but were unholy in their lives that came of Israel but were not the Israel of God nor true Israelites indeed Esay 10. 6. Rom 9. 6 7 8. Gal 6. 10. Io. 1. 46 47. Rom 2. 23 29. Esay 41. 1. Io 8. 33. Mat 3. 9. Such were the Scribes and Pharisees Mat. 23. 13. c. and 15. 7 8 9. The five foolish Virgins Mat. 25. 1 2. c. The three sorts of bad Hearers Luke 8. 12 13 14. And such are they that are spoken of in Psal 69. called the enemies of David and Christ and his Church v. 4. under the name of his Brethren and Mothers Children v. 8. and in Psal 139. throughout So in Psal 58. throughout 2 Pe. 2. 3. Col 2. 22. Iob 27. 8 9 10. Iosh 1. 16. Deut. 5. 20. And such are Intended by the Tares and bad fish in Mat 13. 25 38 48. And the house built upon the sand Mat 7. 23 24 25. Of such is it spoken Amos 5. 21. Micha 6. 7. Hosea 9. 4. and 8. 13. Ier 5. 1 2 3. and 9. 10. and 7. 21. Phil 1. 18. Psal 58. 1 2. Ezek. 1. 2. c. Ier. 11. 15. Mat. 7. 15. Rom. 16. 17 18. Acts 20. 30. Esay 66. 1 2 3 c. Esay 42. 1 2 3. c. 43. 24. Ezech 14 1 2. Psal 35. 16. compared with Psal 41. 6. And in divers other places of Scripture And all these in Scripture sense and in some degree are to be accounted Hypocrites And these Hypocrites in Scripture Language are How called called and said to be fooles Mat. 23. 17. Sinners evill doers Esay 1 4. Wicked and ungodly Jude 4. Psal 50. 16. Prov 15. 8. The children of the Divell Jo 8. 44. 1 Jo 3. 12. Devils Jo 6. 70. A generation of vipers Mat 3. 7. and 12. 34. The perverse Pro 12. 8. Such as are without the Spirit of Christ Jude ver 19. Such as forget God Psal 50. 16 22. Reprobates 2 Tim 3. 8. Out of Christ for he knoweth them not Mat. 7. 23. Treacherous Jer. 12. 1 2. Deceitfull Psal 109. 2. Unbelievers Jo 6. 64. 70. Workers of Iniquity Matth. 7. 23. And all this is true of them and therefore hereby also we may see who is not a child of God or in Christ but a Reprobate a wicked person or a Child of the Divell We will now passe to the sorts or kinds of Hypocrisie and Sincerity CHAP. II. Of the severall kinds of Hypocrisy and Sincerity And of the Severall sorts of Hypocrites HYpocrisie and so Sincerity also as to the kinds thereof are considerable in men diverse wayes 1. In reference to the man in whom it is in generall as it respects his heart in what he doth whether he be rotten or sound therein So Christ calleth the Pharises Hypocrites in Mat. 23. often 2. With reference to the matter wherein it is acted and sheweth it selfe And so it is considerable also Either in relation to the inward affections and motions of the heart or the words of the mouth or the works of the hands It is considerable as to the affections and motions of the heart within whether they be indeed as they seem to be in shew by the words and works without For a man may pretend to true Faith Love Repentance and other Graces and works of the Spirit whereof there may be some appearance or likenesse upon him and which he may think he hath in truth within him but hath it not indeed nor any thing but the picture and Image thereof only For there are some things like to that are not saving Graces and there is no saving Grace in truth in a Saint but there may be and is the likenesse of it in an Hypocrite There are naturall gifts and works arising from the naturall constitution and temper of a man And so a man may be naturally meeke loving kind mercifull curteous and peaceable There may be and are many very commendable qualities wrought in a man by Education reading example and the like And hereby some have attained to virtues like to saving Graces And there are Spirituall Gifts or common operations of the spirit of God distinct from saving grace which is called unfeighned grace 1 Tim. 1. 5. Acts 8 37. The grace of Gods Elect and Grace which doth accompany Salvation Tit. 1. 1. Heb. 6. 9. And so a man may have the appearance of any saving Grace and yet not have the Grace it selfe Mat. 23. 27 28. Jo. 2. 24. Psal 78. 36 7. Acts 8. 21 23. Psal 136. 11 12 13. Exod 14. 31. Rom. 12. 9. 2. Hypocrisie and Sincerity also are considerable as to the words whether they be so in the intention of the Speaker in themselves and may produce the effect they doe prima facie seeme to be and to produce Or they be not lyes spoken in Hypocrisie 1 Tim.
the best of the time and place as he did 1 Sam. 14. 33 34. observe all Gods commands and desire to know what is lacking Mat. 19. 20. In a way of Religion he may advance farre and goe beyond others comply with the designe of Christians and professe and doe as the true Christian and so doing hold out till Christ come Mat. 25. And be drawn to all this by the operation of the word so that for his outside he may seem to be as glorious as the house built upon the Rock Mat 7. 24 25 26 27. and as faire for heaven as the wise Virgins Mat. 25. 1 2 3. c. Gal 1. 13 14. Ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews Religion c. and profited above many of my equalls Phill. 3. 4 5 6. If any other man thinketh he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh I more Circumcised the 8th day c. touching the Law a Pharisee concerning zeale persecuting the Church touching the righteousnesse which is in the Law blamelesse 2 Pet. 2 20. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they be againe entangled and overcome c. it happeneth to them according to the Proverb The Sow that was washed to be wallowing in the myre Mat 12. 43 44 45. So the foolish Virgins Mat. 25. 1 2 3 c. The man not having on the wedding garment Mat. 22. 11 12. The young man Mat. 19. 20. The pharisee Luke 18. 11 12. Herod Mark 6. 20. Ioash 2 Chron. 24. 25 26. But yet more particularly for this Outwork 1. The Hypocrite being a master of a Family or Magistrate he may goe very farre and doe and suffer very much in the work of Reformation for the suppressing of evill and the advancement of good so did Iehu 2 Kings 10. 16 17 18. c. v. 29 30. and Ioash 2 Chron 23. 1 2 c. 2. And being a Minister or other Officer of the Church he may Preach or write or both as much and as well for the truth as any man and seem very zealous therein And thereby or otherwise in Goverment of the Church he may be very active and doe very much toward the advancement of Christs and overthrow of Satans Kingdome So Iudas Mat. 10. 1 2. c. Luke 9. 1 2 c. Demas Coll. 4. 14. 2 Tim. 4. 10. Philemon 24. And for any man he being publickly trusted he may be faithfull to his trust in any publick work Esay 8. 2. Nehem 13. 13. 3. A man may be externally called Heb. 3. 1 2. Or be converted to Christianity 1 Tim. 1. 20. 1 Cor 1. 2 3 c. He may be Baptized 1 Tim. 1. 20. Acts 8. 9 13 18. He may make a publick confession of his Sinnes and of particular Sinnes and of his Faith in Christ and his voluntary subjection to him 1 Tim 1. 20. 1 Cor 5. 1 20. Mat. 7. 22. 23. 1 Sam 15. 24 30. Mat. 3. 16. compared with Io. 5. 35. He may be convinced that a Church of Christ is a blessed Society and upon this become a member of a visible and pure Church and walk orderly by Christs rule therein 1 Tim 1. 20. Phill 1. 5. 1 Cor 5. 1 2 3. All this must needs be true of them who were cast out of the Church for they could not have been cast out if they â—â—d not been in the Church 1 Io. 2. 19. He may be a bold Professor of the Faith Acts 16. 17. Mat. 25. 1 2 3 4. c. He may associate himselfe with Saints Mat 25. 1 2 3. He may dispense the Sacraments divinely and purely He may Preach the word by voyce or pen or both have a singular gift and take much pains therein 1 Cor. 13. 1. Luk 9. 1 2. Mat. 7. 22. Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord c. then will I professe unto them I never knew you c. And in his Preaching or writing he may be a sharp reprover of Sinne he may cry out against the prophanenes of the wicked civill honesty and Hypocrisy of others coldnesse of the best And perhaps say very much against Hypocrisie it selfe Io. 12. 3 4 5 6. Mat 7. 3 4 5. He may partake of the Lords Supper Luke 13. 25 26. And ye shall knock and say Lord open to us And he shall answer I know you not whence yee are then shall yee begin to say we have eaten and drank in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets But he shall say I tell you I know you not whence ye are depart from me c. He may heare and repeat Sermons Heb. 4. 1 2. Perhaps heare and delight to heare the best and most searching Preachers Io. 5. 35. He may read and study the Scriptures much so did the Pharises and were by this means exceeding skilfull therein He may Prophesy or expound Scriptures and have a great gift and take much paines therein 1 Cor 13. 2. And though I have the gift of Prophesy c. He may pray and pray much and fast and pray and fast and pray often and have a singular gift of the Spirit in prayer and make long prayers and seem very devout therein 1 Cor. 13. 1 2. Though I speak to God or man with the tongue of Angells c. Mat. 23. 14. and 9. 14. Luke 11. 1. He may use to pray alone or perhaps in private Luke 11. 10. and 18. 10. But see more for the proofe of all these things Mat. 10. 7. 1 Cor. 5. 1 2 c. Rom. 2. 20. 1 Tim. 4. 16. c. Luke 22. 14 15 16 c. 2 Tim. 4. 10. Isa 1. 11 15. Mark 3. 12 19. He may in all this service of God be very diligent and industrious Esay 58. 2. Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways as a Nation that did Righteousnesse and forsook not the Ordinances of their God they aske of me the Ordinances of Justice they take delight in approaching to God He may in case of some trouble or upon some other speciall occasion make a solemne engagement to God and man of amendment of life and in especiall to forbear such and such things or doe such and such duties Psal 78. 34 35 36. He may have or seem to have and take some delight in all these things Isa 58. 2 3. He may doe as much in the outworke or upon the outward man in mortification and selfe-deniall by fasting and the like and goe as farre in appearance of like zeale and devotion without by Teares c. as any true Christian shall doe Mat. 6. 16. so Jehu and Paul when a Pharisee Phill. 3. 6. Acts 22. 3. He may bestow much to good uses and doe many singular good works He may build Churches give maintenance to Ministers for Preaching give to the poore and the like Yea he may give all that he hath to such uses
works of the true Christian and the Hypocrite 2. We shall lay down the difference that is herein in their inside and in the operations of their hearts to wit the differences between the reall good in the heart of the true Christian and the seeming good in the heart of the Hypocrite 3. We shall lay down some of the differences that are between them both in their inside and outside 4. We shall lay downe some markes or signes of Sincerity and Hypocrisie setting the one in opposition to the other the which may serve to discover both 5. And then lastly we shall lay downe some other characters and signes of Sincerity which are signes of other things that do alwaies accompany Sincerity SECT I. The difference between the true Christian and the Hypocrite in their Outside For the first The difference that there is between the true and counterfeit Christian in their outside or by their externall works we are to know that the Hypocrite As we have said may have as faire an Outside as the best Christian in the World And some Hypocrites are such and continue so to their dying day and can say with that young man Mat. 19 17 18 19. All these things have I kept from my youth up And yet in most of them perhaps if they be narrowly watched some halting may be found in this also as to their conversation The true Christian is altogether a Christian doth follow Christ fully in all things and whether soever he goes and allwaies And he being wrought upon so effectually by the word and spirit as to be cast into the mould or transformed into the likenesse thereof he is for a present compliance with the whole will of God in all things he doth walke in all the commandments of God blamelesse He escheweth all that is evill and doth all that is good Ephes 4. 28. Zach. 13. 4 5 Isa 1. 16 17. He is for all duties to God and duties to man he is for piety justice and sobriety And he is for Godlinesse not only in the forme but in the power thereof he is for greater for lesser for publick for private duties he is for duties that are in esteeme and duties out of esteeme he is for more and for lesse profitable duties and performances for duties of mercy and charity as well as for duties that have outward profits and advantages attending them and in them all he is alike constant and industrious in their proper places And as to all the will of God and duty and work thereby incumbent on man he is universall and uniforme amongst all persons in all times places and cases one and the same and changeth not but continueth so to his dying day Psal 18. 21 23 24. For I have kept the waies of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God I was also upright before him And I kept my selfe from mine iniquity Luke 1. 6. It is said of Zacharie and Elizabeth they were both righteous before God walking in all the commandements of God blamelesse Caleb that he did fully follow the Lord in Deut. 1. 36. Numb 14. 24. and 32. 11 12. Of Auna Luke 2 37 She served God with fastings and Prayers night and day Of Cornelius Acts 10 2. He was a devout man and one that feared God with all his house which gave much almes unto the people and prayed to God alwaies Psal 101. 2. I will walk uprightly in the midst of my house Acts 2. 43. And they continued steafastly in the Apostles doctrine Psal 101. 1 2 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes Ephes 5 1. Mat 8. 10. and 16. 24. Jo. 4. 24. 1 Sam. 12. 3 4. 2 Cor. 7. 2. But the Hypocrite is but almost or halfe a Christian doth but some things and follow Christ in part And he as to this is commonly faulty in one of these particulars 1. Either he will put off and delay to doe what he is commanded Luke 9 59. Suffer me first to goe and bury my Father c. 2 Or he will doe it but by halves when he doth it Hosea 7. 8 16. Numb 32. 11. 3. Or he will doe too much more then is given him in command by God being led therein by his own fancy or the commandements of men or some humane Tradition and so it is a Will worship Mat. 15. 2 3 6. c. Why do thy Diseiples transgresse the Traditions of the Elders c. But he answered why doe you also transgresse the commandements of God by your Tradition For God commanded c. In vaine doe you worship me teaching for Doctrines the commandements of men So Jehu 2 Kings 15. 1 2. c. Luke 18. 10 12. Psal 119. 81 82. Hosea 5. 11. 4. Or else and this is more common with him he doth too little he doth lesse then God commandeth and in the rest will doe his own will Hosea 7. 7. 5. Or he is all for the duties of the first table he is towards God religious but towards man unjust cruell unfaithfull c. Esay 1. 11 12 13. For what purpose are the multitude of your sacrifices c. your hands are full of blood c. Mal. 2. 6. Have been partiall in the Law Ezech 22. 26. 6. Or he hath somewhat of both but he hath a reserve he must be borne and dispensed with in some things he hath some beloved sinne or other of Profit and Pleasure as Naaman 2 Kings 5. 18. the Jewes Exod. 16. 28 29. Saul 1 Sam 15. 8. Herod Morke 6. 20. and others 7. Or he is very exact in the lesser but very carelesse in the greater things Mat. 23. 23. Woe to you Scribes c. Ye pay Tithe of Mint Annis and Cummin but have omitted the weighty matters of the Law judgement mercy and Faith c. 8. Or he is all for duties that are more publick and not at all for private 9. Or he is for duties that are in request and of selfe advantage and for none others Acts 8. 21. There is scarce an Hypocrite to be found but lives in some known sinne or other and under the power of some lust which he serveth He will serve two masters Mat 6. 24. He supposeth the love of God and the world may stand toget her and that he may serve both Iames 4. 4 The dog hath his kennell and the Sow her swill And if you mark well his stepps you will finde him in time of Temptation drawn or driven to the omitting of some good or doing of some foule evill And to take the boldnesse at least at some time or in some places or amongst some company or in some case to offend wickedly Ezek. 33. 30 31. compared with Ezek. 8. 7 8 9. 1 Sam 10. 10. and 14. 33 34. Mark 6 20 21 22 27. 2 Kings 5. 18. Mat 13. 22 23. Iob. 27. 10. Isa 65. 3 4 5 6 7. Hos 7. 7 8 9 10. c. Zeph 1. 5. Iob. 27. 10. Luke 17. 15.
24. and have omitted the weighty matters of the Law judgement mercy and truth c. Hosea 7. 7. 8 c. Ephraim hath mixed himself amonâ—st the people c. he is a cake half baked c. Mat. 15. 2. Ye transgressed the commandements of God by your traditions But the sincere Christian hee is compleat in all the will of God he hath somewhat of every Grace Col. 2. 10. You are compleat in him Heb. 13. 21. He is careful to perform all duties to God and man to other men to himself To other men to good men to bad men to friends to enemies to acquaintance to strangers In relation as Magistrate Minister People Husband Wife Parent Child Master Servant c. Duties of Word of Work greater lesser publick private of more and less advantage as Cornelius Acts 10. 2. who was a devout man one that gave much alms to the people and prayed to God alwayes Luke 1 6. And he doth also suffer all that God shall call him to suffer Acts 21. 12. 13. And all this for the leaving of evil and the doing of good The sincere Christian doth his duty 1 In all places The Hypocrite he is not so carefull and exact in some as he is in other places at home and in private as he is abroad and in publick Mat. 6. 5. The Pharisees were in appearance very devout and did much in the Sinagogues and in the streets but did nothing at all in their closets But the sincere Christian having his eye upon God who is in all places alike is alike carefull and exact in all places in private as in publick at home as abroad in his closet as in his house secretly as openly So Joseph Gen. 39. 9 10. when tempted by his wanton Mistris to commit secret wickedness with her answereth her How can I doe this great wickedness and sin against God Psalm 101. 2. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart 2 In all times cases and conditions The Hypocrite he is good at some times and in some cases as in times of peace and prosperitie and times wherein he may gain and not lose by his goodness or whiles he is a wed by the presence of good men Parents Magistrates or Ministees and the like and no longer And so it seems it was with Joash 2 Chron. 24. 2. Who did tho which was right in the sight of the Lord all the daies of Jehoiadah the Priest And such are those servants Ephes 6. 6. That serve their masters with eye service as men pleasers c. Job 27. 10. Will he alwaies call upon God But the true Christian is alike good and carefull in all times cases changes and conditions in time of health as time of sicknes in time of peace as in time of trouble Phil. 4. 11. I have learned in whatsoever estate I am therewith to be content Job 1. 8. 12 21 22. And he is the same in the presence of God onely and when no other eye is upon him Phil. 2. 12. As ye have alwaies obeyed not in my presence onely but much more in my absence c. Ephes 6. 5 6 7. Servants be obedient c. in singleness of heart as unto Christ c. Col. 3. 22. And he is the same in time of the persecuted as he is in the time of the flouring state of the Gospel He can if need be leave all for Christ and the Gospels sake 2 Cor. 6. 4 5. But in all things approving our selves c. in afflictions c. 2 Cor. 8. 9. We had the sentence of death in our selves c. v. 12. in simplicitie and godly sinceritie wee have had our conversation c. Mark 10. 28. We have left all and followed thee Acts 21. 12 13. I am ready not only to be bound but also to dye at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Iesus 2 Cor. 11. 26 27. Psalm 119. 157 161. 3 In all company The Hypocrite he is commonly better in some than he is in other company 2 Chron. 24. 2. But the true Christian he is alike in all company in the company of good of bad men of friends of enemies Psalm 119. 46. I will speak of thy testimonies before Kings Phil. 2. 12. as ye have obeyed not onely in my presence c. 4 The true Christian holds out to the end The Hypocrite he is at the best unstable in all his waies James 1. 8. as a cloud without water carried by the wind Iude v. 12. apt to start aside like a deceitful bow Hosea 7. 16. He is very like to start aside in times of trial Iob 27. 10. Will he alwaies call upon God And he doth very often fall clean away to prophaness in life heresie and opinion or to both 1 Iohn 2. 19. they went out from us but they were not of us 2 Pet. 2 22. It is happened to them according to the Proverb The Dog is turned to the vomit again and the low that was washed to her wallowing in the mire 2 Tim. 4. 10. 1 Sam. 13. 8. and 28. 7. Mat. 13. 21 22. But this the sincere Christian connot doe Mat. 24. 14. They shall deceive if it were possible the very elect For this new obedience of his is both a growing and increasing obedience Rev. 2. 19. His last works are better than his first And it is a lasting persevering and continuing obedience Psal 119. 112. I have enclined my heart to perform thy statutes alwaies even to the end v. 24. continnally for ever and ever Luke 2. 37. Yea and he doth commonly grow better better Ephes 2. 21. 2 Thes 1. 3. But the Hypocrite hee doth commonly grow worse and worse 2 Tim. 3. 13. But Seducers wox worse and worse deceiving and being deceived c. 2 Pet. 2. 20. This new obedience therefore of the new creature is such as it breaks through and gets over all impediments Acts 2. 42. Such as these i. mens commands and threats Acts 4. 19. Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken to you more than unto God judge ye and 5. 29. We ought to obey God rather than men Dan. 3. 12. 16. 2 Mens examples of all sorts Iosh 24. 15. Choose you this day whom you will serve c. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Gen. 6. 9. and 7. 1. 3 Worldly profits and advantages such as honour pleasure riches and the like Heb. 11. 8. By faith Abraham when he was called to goe out c. went c. and Moses v. 24 25. when he came to years he refused c. choosing rather c. 4 Carnal reasonings Heb. 11. 7. By faith Noah being warned of God in a dream Gal. 1. 16 17. I conferred not with flesh and blood c. 5 Relations and natural affections dependant upon them Heb. 11. 17. By faith Abraham when he was tried offered up c. his sonne his only sonne Deut. 33. 9. But 2. the obedience of
the sincere Christian is compleat and entire also as to him that obeyeth for it is the obedience of his whole man body and soul The obedience of the Hypocrite is commonly counterfeit and not from his heart sometimes with a part of his heart only and never with his whole heart Ezek. 33. 31. There is action without affection the lips are without the heart in it It cometh coldly from him without any vigour or life of the inner man Ezech. 33. 31. their heart goeth after their covetousness Isa 29. 13. This people draw nigh to mee with their mouth but their heart is far from me Ps 78. 34 35 36. They returned and enquired early after God nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth c. for their heart was not right with him c. Jer. 3. 10. And yet c. her treacherous Sister Judah hath not turned unto me with hgr whole heart but feignedly c. Amos 8. 5 6. Hosea 7. 14. But the new obedience of the sincere Christian is a cordial and affectionate obedience of the whole inward and outward man both together That which he beleeveth and that which he doth or leaveth undone it is all frrom his very heart Rom. 6. 17. You have obeyed from the heart the Doctrine c. And it is with the whole heart Ps 119. 10 145 With my whole heart have I sought thee c. So that what he doth he doth with his whole soul mind conscience wil affections all concurring with him therein He doth with all his might and strength desire and endeavour to doe the whole will of God Psal 119. 10. 34. 69. I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart Acts 8. 37. If thou believest with al thy heart c. His grace within and his work without is unfeigned 2 Tim. 1. 5. 2 Cor. 6. 6. 1 Sam. 12. 20. Ezek. 11. 19 20. Rom. 12. 8. 5 As he is careful to doe all God requireth and with the whole man so is he careful to doe no more than God requireth But the Hypocrite hath additions of his own and other mens inventions Jer 32. 35. Ps 106. 39. Mat. 15. 2 3. c. 6 The new obedience of the sincere Christian is a real obedience 1 That of the Hypocrite is onely verbal and complemental Mat. 21. 28 29 30. A certain man had two sons and he said to one of them Goe and work to day in my vineyard And he said I go sir but went not 1 Ioh. 3. 17 18. Let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth Luke 6. 45. And why call ye me Lord Lord and do not the thing which I say But the obedience of the sincere Christian is an obedience that is in deeds as well as in words Rom. 15. 18. Col. 3. 17. 2 That of the Hypocrite is feigned and counterfeit as we have shewed Ps 78. 36. But this of the sincere Christian is as he himself is indeed what he seemeth 7 This new obedience of the sincere Christian as it is exact and compleat for the matter so for the manner of it and the mind of the doer therin The Hypocrite he onely mindeth the worke done and not how it bee done or with what minde hee doth it But the sincere Christian is careful not only what he doth but how with what mind he doth it And for this he doth and suffereth it i. in Christs name where the Hypocrite doth dare adventure to goe to God in his own name and upon his own account without the name of Jesus Christ as Mat. 22. 1 2 13 c. He saw there a man that had not on a wedding garment c. Luke 18. 11 the Pharisee praied and said God I thank thee I am not c. Iohn 6. 64. and 7. 5. or otherwise ask doubtingly Iames 1. 7 8. The sincere Christian he dares not come to God but with Iesus Christ in his heart and mouth and so coming he beleeves that he shall be accepted both in his person and service Hee doth ask in faith his Prayer is the prayer of Faith Iames 5. 15 16. 1 Tim. 2. 8. Iames 1. 6. Heb. 11. 4 6. By Faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain c. But without Faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must beleeve Iohn 16 23 24. 14 6. 2 He doth and suffereth preparedly where the Hypocrites heart in his coming to God in service is altogether unprepared for it as being voyd of the love and fear and reverence of God in it 2 Chron 12. 14 and 20 23. Psal 78. 34 35 36. Isa 29. 13. The sincere Christian his heart is ready and prepared to and for his obedience in doing or suffering as an instrument when set in tune is ready to be plaid upon He loves and fears God hee hath high holy and reverend thoughts of Gods name wayes and worship c. 2 Chron. 30 9. Psalm 108. 1. Psal 57. 7 Rom. 1 15 Mal 1. 6 7 8 17. Deut. 10. 12. Acts 21. 13. 3 He doth it sincerely where the Hypocrite doth it with a double and deceitful heart all that he doth Psal 78. 34 c. James 4. 8. The sincere Christian he doth it with a true plaine heart Heb. 10 22. Rom. 12. 8 9. 1 Pet. 1 2. So the Magistrate ruling Rom. 12. 7 8. The Minister in preaching 2 Cor. 1. 12. 1 Thes 2. 4 5 6 c. but to this we have spoken before 4 He doth it cheerfully and joyfully Where the Hypocrite is in his obedience especially in the service of God unwilling to and unchearfull in it and takes little or no delight but is soon weary of and tyred in it Amos 8. 5. When will the new Moon be gone c. Mal. 1. 15. Behold what a weariness it is Job 27. 10. The true Christian he delights in it it is his meate and drink the yoak herein upon him is an easie yoake to him Psal 40 8. Mat 11. 30. Psal 119 47. I shall delight my self in thy Commandments 2 Cor 8. 19. 1 Pet 5. 2. 2 Cor 9 7. Isa 58. 13. If thou call the Sabbath a delight 1 Cor. 29 9. Heb. 10. 34. Ye took joyfully the spoyling of yourgoods Judges 5. 2. And hence are the sincere Christians said to be a willing people Ps 110. 3. 5 He doth it patiently Where the Hypocrite is commonly in that which he doth and suffereth impatient and complaining against God Mal. 3. 14 15. Ye say it is in vain to serve the Lord c. 2 Kings 6. 33. This evil is from the Lord what should I wait c. Ezek. 18. 25 29 and 33. 17. 20. Numb 14. 17. Psal 106. 25. Mat. 20. 12 15. Mat. 25. 23 24. The sincere Christian hee is patient and doth quietly submit to the will of God therein 1 Sam. 3. 17 18. It is the Lord let him do what seemeth him good 2 Kings 20. 19
is sincere is perfect 2 Kings 20. 3. Iob 1. 8. and 2. 3. Ps 125. 4. Gen. 6. 9. 12 God himself is most upright and doth in uprightness all that he doth and so is Christ and so is all that he doth faith If. 26. 7. Thou most upright doest weigh the paths of the just Jer. 32. 41. I will rejoice over them to doe them good c. with my whole heart and whole soul Psal 25. 8. Good and upright is the Lord c. And it is said of Christ 1 Pet. 2. 22. There was no guile found in his mouth 13 There is and will be nothing but up rightness in heaven Ps 143. 10. Lead me into the land of uprightness 14 The Saints in all times have been and the Saints now are all of them upright and they have been carefull to be and continue so and to decline hypocrisie Is 26. 7. The way of the just is uprightness Cant. 1. 4. the upright love thee John 1. 47. Ps 32. 2. and in whose spirit there is no guile Rev. 14. 5. and in their mouths was found no guile Prov. 13. 5. a righteous man hateth lying c. Zeph. 3. 13. 15 All that a man hath let him have what he can And all that a man doth let him doe what he can without Sincerity is nothing This is the Christians master peece and makes him to excel amongst men For God esteems every man and he is accepted in what he doth and hath within him and without him as he is sincere 1 Cor. 13. 1 2. And though I have all knowledge c. and have not love c. I am nothing c. it profiteth me nothing c. Gen 4. 4. Heb. 11. 4. God had respect to Abel and his offering by faith Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain c. God testifying of his gifts c. Prov. 15. 8. The praier of the upright is his delight And if a man be sincere notwithstanding he hath many weaknesses and his services be but mean and defective for the matter and manner thereof yet he is accepted and shall be rewarded for the good is in him and done by him So Asa 2 Chron. 14. 2. compared with chapter 16. 1 2 3 7. 10. and 1 Kings 15. 11 14 15. and 15. 5 6 c. compared with 2 Chron. 30. 15 18 19. But on the other side if hee be an Hypocrite albeit he have many singular gifts and doe many glorious things he is no body hee is not regarded nor shall bee rewarded And no work that the Hypocrite doth though never so glorious pleaseth God but his most glorious workers though of Gods own Institution are abominable to him for the Hypocrites sake that doth them Therefore of the most glorious workes that Hypocrites ever did or can doe the Lord speaketh after this manner Who hath required these things of you Isa 1. 11. Psalm 50. 16 17. To what purpose are they Isaiah 1. 11. Your labours are but in vain in it Mat. 15. 8 9. I am not pleased with them I shall not accept or regard them Micah 6. 7. Psalm 66. 18. Malach. 1. 10. Hosea 8. 13. Nor shall I reward them Mat. 7. 21 22 23 c. 1 Cor. 13. 3. They are to mee sinfull Isaiah 1. 11. Psalm 109. 7. Isaiah 66. 1 2 12 13. Grievous abhominable and hatefull Amos 5. 21. Hosea 9. 4. Isaiah 62. 1 2 12 13. Prov. 15. 8. See 2 Kings 10 1 2 3 c. 16 17 c. compared with Hosea 1. 4. 1 Sam. 15 16 17. and 14. 35. and 13. 12 13. 2 Chron. 25. 2 4 7 8 9. 16 God seeth knoweth and judgeth of every man what he is and as he is not as he seems or thinks himself to be or as men do see him And every man shall be made known and seem to the world as he is And shall receive of God according to what he is in Gods acccount whether it be good or evil Isa 26. 7. Thou most upright doest weigh the paths of the just Prov. 21. 2. Every way of a man is upright in his own eyes but the Lord pondereth the hearts 1 Chron. 28. 9. And thou Solomon know the Lord God c. for the Lord searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts c. 1 Cor. 3. 13. Every mans work shall be manifest for the day shall declare it Prov. 16. 2 and 21. 2. The waies of a man are clean in his own eyes but the Lord weigheth the spirits 2 Cor. 5. 9 10. Wherefore we lobour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him For wee must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Rev. 2. 2. Luke 12. 3. Therefore whatsoever yee have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light and that which yee have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops Mat. 10. 26. there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed Job 31 4. doth not he see my waies and count all my steps Rev. 2. 23. Ps 7. 10. and 26. 2. 17 Sincerity is that onely that can and will in this world distinguish us from Hypocrites and devils who may and can as we have shewed at large make a fair shew in the flesh and do and suffer as much therein as the best Christian in the world Numb 22. 40. Luke 8. 28. 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 c. Job 2. 1. Mat. 13. 29. 18 If a man be an Hypocrite he is still unregenerate and in his naturall estate and so long all that is in him and comes from him is evil in Gods eye he cannot doe a good work That he doth as to God is as the breath of one that hath an unsavory breath let him speak never so good words his breath is notwithstanding unsavory still His thoughts Gen. 6. 5. Ps 50. 16. All his actions civill Prov. 21. 4. Titus 1. 15. Religious Prov. 15. 8 9. and 28. 9. Is 58. 1. c. Hosea 1. 4. albeit it may be materially good and so rewarded of God as Iehu's work yet is it Theologically evill And so they are but glorious sins And so it is of al his moral actions works of Charity Mercy and Justice Mat. 6. 5. So his words he may speak and think of good things but cannot have good speeches nor good thoughts As on the other side a good man may think of evil things and yet his thoughts thereof be good yea this very wisdom of the Hypocrite is sin Rom 8 7. Col 2. 18 19. How can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit Mat 7 18 He wants love to God and seeks not God but himslfe in what he doth and therefore cannot be accepted 1 Cor 13. 1 2 c. No more than a woman in all her observances of her Husband when she loves another man better
than him and useth her observances onely to cover and conceal it 19 It is a high point of wisdome to be sincere and a huge peece of folly to be deceitfull for a man takes as much pains to destroy himself as would save him and he is utterly deceived and disappointed in all that he doth and thinketh in it ps 101. 1. 2. I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way c. Mat. 7. 24 27. the wise and foolish builders Job 15. 35. they conceive mischief and bring forth vanitie c. Mat. 25. 1 2. The wise and foolish Virgins 20 Sincerity will breed a constancy and evenness in all our outward behaviour Grace and Nature both begin at the heart as the center and from thence goeth to the circumference But Art Hypocrisie begin with the face and outward lineaments Iames 1. 8. He is unstable in all his waies Iames 4. 8. 21 There is no good to be expected by any means of Grace while we be hypocritical Ier 9. 6. Through deceit they refuse to know me saith the Lord. 1 Pet. 2. 1. Laying aside all malice guile and hypocisie c. As new born babes c. But the Word of God and means of grace shall be good to the upright Mic. 2. 7. Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly 22 Hypocirisie doth commonly end in Apostasie 1 John 2. 19. They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us 1 Tim. 1. 20. 2 Tim. 2. 18. But the upright shall never fall Ps 15. 5. Hee shall never be moved and 37. 31. none of his steps shal slide Mat. 24. 24. they shall deceive if it were possible the very elect 23 The Hypocrite dishonoureth God Rom. 2. 21 24. The name of God is blasphemed through you c. And he hurteth and grieveth men Mat. 13. 35. 4. As the tares annoy the wheat Deut. 29. 18 19. Heb 12. 15. least any root of bitterness c. trouble you and thereby many be defiled 24 No Hypocrite shall ever enjoy God for he will never give himself to be possessed and enjoyed of a spiritual Adultress who doth affect any other lover more or besides him Mat. 6. 24. No man can serve two Masters c. 25 Honour and glory attends upon Sincerity But shame and dishononr doth follow Hypocrisie Psa 119. 8. Let my heart be sound in thy statues that I be not ashamed 26 Sincerity is a sure signe of our being in the state of Grace the true and living members of Christ mystical body Hee that is sincere onely is a true member of the Church Militant here and shall be a member of the Church Triumphant in heaven Rom. 2. 29. He is a Iew that is one inwardly c. Psal 15. 1 2 6. Lord who shall dwel in thy holy hill He that walketh uprightly .. c. Hee that doth these things shall never be moved 2 Cor. 1. 12. 1 John 3 21 But the hypocrite in Gods account and by the judgement of the Word of God is a wicked and ungodly man Psal 69. 27. Adde iniquity to their inquitie and let them not come into thy righteousness Psal 50. 16. But unto the wicked God saith what hast thou to doe c. Jude 4. ungodly men turning the grace of God c. and therefore to have his portion with unbeleevers Luke 12. 46. compared with Mat. 24. 51. Psal 24. 4. 27 All the promises of God for good as to this life and that to come are made to him that is sincere in Religion and to him only 1 Generally That he shall be blessed here and for ever Mat. 5. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart Ps 112. 2. The generation of the upright shall be blessed Ps 84. 2. The generation of the upright shall be blessed Ps 84. 2. He is a sunne and a sheild will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly Psalm 32. 2. Ps 119 1 2. But all the threatnings of evil for this life and that to come are against the Hypocrite by name and as fully and severely as against any wicked or ungodly person whatsoever and against them all That the Hypocrite shall be cursed here and for ever Prov. 28. 13. Hee that hideth his sin shall not prosper Isa 10. 6. As to this life 1 In general God may seem sometimes to neglect the upright man and may be thought to favour the Hypocrite but hee doth not so The sincere man may be weak in himselfe be compassed with many spitefull enemies and bee hated and suffer the more for his sincerity hee may have many troubles yet God knoweth it and him in it and will be with him He will be his strength support him under and deliver him out of them and order all events to his good He shall have good things in his possession here have peace in his end and for ever For it is said they shall remain in the land for ever and leave their inheritance to their children who shall be blessed after them Prov 14. 11. The Tabernacle of the upright shall flourish 1 Kings 3. 6. And Solomon said thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee c. Psal 35. 18. Psal 24. 4 5. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart He shall receive the blessing c. Prov. 28. 10. Psal 94 15. 64. 10. But the contrary of all this shall come upon the Hypocrite for he shall be cursed Mal. 1. 14. Cursed be the deceiver c. Psal 69. throughout Isa 9. 17. Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men neither shall have mercy on their fatherlesse and widdows for every one is an hypocrite and an evil doer and every mouth speaketh folly c. Job 15. 34. The congregation of Hypocrites shall be desolate Job 18. 9 19. and 20. 22 23. and 8 6. Jer. 42. 20 21 22. But more particularly in this life the sincere man shall be blessed for he shall have great prosperity and outward blessings Deut. 11. 13 14 Plenty of corn wine and oyl Isa 33. 16. Bread shall be given him his water shall be sure And for this end fruitfull seasons c. The sincere man shall be blessed in his children Prov. 20. 7. The just man walk the in his integrity His children are blessed after him But the children of the Hypocrite shall be cursed Psal 109. 9 10. c. Let his children be continually vababonds and beg Let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places The sincere man shall be established and continue in his prosperitie 1 Kings 9. 4 5. 2 Sam 22. 24. 26. But the prosperity of the Hypocrite shall bee but for a little while Psal 58. 1 8. 9. Doe ye speak righteousness c. do ye