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A93117	Sincerity and hypocricy. Or, the sincere Christian, and hypocrite in their lively colours, standing one by the other. Very profitable for this religion professing time. / By W.S. Serjeant at Law. Together with a tract annexed to prove; that true grace doth not lye so much in the degree as in the nature of it.	Sheppard, William, d. 1675?; Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. Tract annexed to prove.	1658 (1658)	Wing S3210; Thomason E1822_1; ESTC R209797	215,937	433

there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth Psalm 125. 5. And as he is of all sinners the greatest for his counterfeit holyness is in Gods sight a double wickedness so will his punishment in hell be the greatest Mat. 23. 14. Therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation Job 20. 5. 23 24 25. God shall rain down the fury of his wrath upon him c. He shall suck the poyson of Asps the Vipers tongue shall slay him c. God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him All darknes shall be hid in his secret places and fire not blown shall consume him c. This is the portion appointed to such a man by God And this portion is the portion of unbelevers expressed in Ps 11 6. Vpon the wicked he shall rain snares fire and brimstone and an horrible tempest this shall be the portion of their cup they shall be cut asunder and torn in pieces there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Luke 12. 46. compared with Mat. 24. 51. the Lord of that servant shall come c. and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Psalm 50. 16. 22. Now consider this ye that forget God least I tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver CHAP. XIII Arguments to perswade to Sincerity and against Hypocrisie in Services AND now to perswade us to Sincerity in our particular Works and Services especially in the service of God we may take up and use these motives 1 God is upright in his work and all that he doth he doth in uprightnesse and wee are to be followers of God Ier. 32. 41. And I will plant them c. with my whole heart and whole soul Ephes 5. 1. Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children 2 God requires uprightness in us in all that we doe in his service Heb. 20 22. Let us draw near with a true heart c. Deut. 10. 12. And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord c. and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul 1 Sam. 12. 20. 1 Pet. 1. 2. Love one another with a pure heart fervently 1 Sam. 12 10. Rom. 12. 8 9. 1 Chr. 28. 9. 3 This sincere service agreeth with the nature of God whom we serve 1 For he is a Spirit Iohn 4. 24. God is a spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and truth 2 He is a great King Mal. 1. 14. For I am a great king saith the Lord of hosts my name is dreadful c. He is not as man but as far above man as the heavens are above the earth Ps 55. 9. Mal. 1. 6. A son honoureth his father and a servant his master If I then be a father where is mine honour and if I be a master where is my fear saith the Lord of Hosts unto you O Priests that despise my name Eccles 5. 1 2. Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God c. For God is in heaven and thou upon earth c. 4 This is Gospel service and fit for Gospel times and Gospel worshippers and such service as God doth call for Ioh. 4. 23. The hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship him in spirit and truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him Jer. 24. 7. with 3. 10. Ezek. 36. 26 27. 5 This is the only beautiful and excellent service where there is an harmony and consent between the soul and the body in the work Heb. 11. 4 6. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain 6 By this the meanest service may become a glorious work have much acceptance and reward from God Luke 21. 2. the widdows two mites Mat. 10. 42. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water onely in the name of a disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward Exod. 1. 17 21 22. Jer. 35. 18 19. 7 Such are the services of the true servants of God 1 Thes 2. 3. Ps 119 7. 2 Tim. 2. 22. 8 The services so done only are accepted and wil be rewarded with God 1 Chron. 28. 9. Neh. 13. 14. Ezek. 18 24. 9 For no outward service can or doth please God or is accepted with him for it self or the work done but as it is joyned with sinceritie in the inward worship of Faith and love to God a desire to please and purpose to obey him Gen. 4. 4. Ps 51. 16 17. For thou desirest not sacrifice c. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Isa 66. 1 2 3. But to this man will I look even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my word He that killeth an oxe c. Hosea 8. 13. and 9. 4. Amos 5. 21. Micah 6. 7 8. Heb 11. 4. 10 The Hypocritical service is a lye and a lye not to men so much as to God Hosea 11. 12. Ephraim compasseth me about with lyes c. Acts 5. 3. 11 The Hypocritical service albeit it be not despised by men yet God doth know it and will make it known to others to the shame of him that doth it 1 Chr. 28. 9. And then Solomon know thou the God c. and serve him with a perfect heart c. for the Lord searcheth all hearts and underst●●deth all the imaginations of the thoughts c. Mat. 6. 5 6. Mat. 19. 29. with Ps 44. 21 22. And it is not onely not accepted but sleighted of God it being a grievous sin a pollution and prophanation of Gods name it is a provocation of his wrath and doth draw down grievous judgements upon men that doe so perform it Mal. 1. 7. 13. 14. Should I accept this saith the Lord c. But cursed be the deceiver which hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing Lev. 10. 8. Ezek. 23. 38. Numb 18. 32. Ob. But here may be objected that hypocritical service hath had a reward 2 Kings 11. 18 19 20. 1 Kings 17. 18 c 27 28 29. 2 Kings 10. 14 15. c. Ans It cannot be denyed but that God may sometimes doth give for an outward hypocritical service for the work done because it is that he would have done a temporal reward But this will not at all preserve him from the punishment of the hypocrisie of his service here nor help to prevent the eternall punishment that will unavoidably come upon him for it hereafter Mat. 6. 5 6. and 23. 33. 2 King 10. 14 c. compared with Hosea 1. 4. CHAP. XIV Meanes or helpes to get and keepe Sinceritie IF any now shall desire and will labour for sincerity and would know by what meanes he may get

and 2. 12 13. 2 Pet. 3 9. And laying aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us let us run with patience the race that is set before us H. b. 12. 1 2. and 2. 1 2 c. and so much the rather be diligent to adde one grace to another and one degree of Grace to another c. 2 Pet. 1. 6 7. c. And let us work out our salvation with fear and trembling Phil. 2. 12. Let us endure the cross despise the shame Heb. 12. 2. Take up the cross and follow Christ Mark 10. 21. Suffer and die with him 2 Tim. 2. 11 12. Leave all for his sake Mark 10. 28. Strive to enter into Heaven Luke 13. 24. and take it by force Mat. 11. 12. Fight the good fight of Faith and finish our course 2 Tim. 4. 7. do the singular things required of us Mat. 5. 47. Afflict our soules Lev. 16. 29. James 4. 9. Put a knife to the throat Prov. 23. 3. Mortifie the deeds of the body Rom. 8. 13. Crucifie the old man the flesh with the affections and lusts Gal. 5. 21. Rom. 6. 6. Deut. 10 16. Let the fore-skin of our hearts be circumcised and let us circumcise our selves to the Lord and let us break up our fallow grounds Jer. 4. 3. 4. Be crucified to the world and the world to us Gal. 6. 14. Keep down our bodie 1 Cor. 9. 27. Pull out our right eye and cut off our right hand that causeth us to offend Mat. 5. 29 30. Suffer the losse of all things and count them but dung for Christ Phil. 3. 8. 9. Refrain our seet from every evil way Ps 119. 10. Strive for Masterie 1 Cor. 9. 25. and rejoice as not rejoicing 1 Cor. 7. 30. And thus doing we may be sure and certain that we are not cast-awaies 1 Cor. 7. 27 Gods wrath shall not break forth upon us Jer. 4. 4. We shall not come into condemnation John 5 24. nor be cast into hell fire Mat. 5. 29. and 188. that we shall never fall 1 Pet. 1. 10. that wee shall not die but live not perish but have everlasting life and glory John 3. 15. 2 Tim. 2. 9. 10. 11. Mark 10. 30. Rom. 8. 13. And we may be confident that we shall enter into joy Mat. 25. 23. life Mat. 18. 8. rest Heb. 4. 2 Thes 2. 8. live and raign with Christ 2 Tim. 2. 11 12. Rom. 8. 13. Have and enjoy the incorruptible crown of Righteousness life and glory 1 Tim. 4. 8. 1 Cor. 9. 24 25. Rev. 2. 10. be received into everlasting habitations Luke 16. 9. enjoy the fulness of pleasures at Gods right hand Ps 16. 11. and be satisfied Ps 17. 5. Sit down and feast for ever with Christ and his people Mat. 8. 11. and that we shall go into life eternal Mat. 46. And we cannot misse it for ours is the kingdom of heaven we have eternal life and are passed from death to life i. we are as sure of it as if done already Our sixth and last word of Exhortation is to all that now doe or hereafter shall appeare as Christians and follow Christ in the profession of Religion and have a form of godliness To perswade them to Sincerity and against Hypocrisie herein to be pure and upright in heart and life And that they lye not to God and men whiles they pretend to be and have the name of Christians and are not so indeed but counterfeit ones onely To perswade them and oh that we might prevail herein that they would lay aside al manner of guile and deceit herein And labour to be plain simple hearted in thought word deed That they do not compass God about with lyes and flatter and dissemble with him whiles their hearts are not right and perfect before him That they do not pretend to prefer God above all have no other God but him whiles they love fear and trust in themselves and other men and things more than God seeke the praise of men more than the praise of God That they call not God their Father and Master whiles they despise his Name and do not honour him as a sonne his father nor fear him as a servant his master That they doe not teach Gods fear by the precepts of men That they give not to God a worse when they have a better to give him in his service That they do not pretend to enquire after seek serve and obey him with their whole heart whiles they seek themselves and to serve themselves upon God therein That they do not pretend to faith love repentance fear and the like towards God whiles they know there is no such thing but the contrary thereof in their heart That they doe not pretend to draw nigh to God in his worship whiles their hearts are far removed from him it That they do not pretend to form of godlyness whiles they deny the power thereof That they do not say they know him and keep not his commandements That they doe not professe to know God whiles in their works they deny him That they do not say they are Saints whiles they live like not devils That they do name the Name of the Lord unless they depart from iniquity And as for Rulers of Churches Christian Commonwealths and Families Judges and such like men that they say not they rule and judge for God and lean upon him whiles they seek themselves and their own things and not the things of God and the peoples good And for Christian Teachers c. That they say not they are of God sent of Christ Ministers of the Gospel workers with Christ c. whiles they appear to be deceitful workers to speak lyes in hypocrisie to deceive the simple with fair words to seek to please men to seek their own things and not the things of Jesus Christ to serve their bellyes to make merchandize of mens soules to hunt after filthy lucre and so goe themselves and lead others with them to destruction And that neither Heads Priests nor Prophets leane upon the Lord say He is amongst us whiles they judge for reward teach for hire and divine for mony Mic. 3. 11. Ps 50. 16 17. Mat. 23. 27 28. Isa 29. 13. 1 Joh. 2. 4. Mat. 7. 22 23. Is 43. 24. Ps 78. 36 37. But on the other side let us perswade such men professing godlines That they get the new life the immediate principles and habits of Grace and the operations motions effects and fruits thereof And then that they labour for and get a perfect heart a heart perfect with the Lord. 1 Chron. 29. 19. That they walk before God in truth and with a perfect heart 2 Kings 20. 3. 2 Chron. 29. 2. Gen. 17. 1. That they do the thing that is good and right with a perfect heart as in Gods sight 2 Kings 20. 3. 2 Chron. 25. 2. That they draw near to serve seek God with their

please God in it Ephes 6. 8. Gal 1. 10. 2 Cor. 5. 9. Coll 3. 17 22 23. 1 Thes 2. 4. 2. And as his ends in the thing to be done are more or lesse upon himselfe Either to remove or prevent some evill felt or feared only Hosea 7. 14. Psal 78. 33 34. Or to gaine some good as the praise applause and favour of men Riches pleasure ease or content Mat 6. 6. and 23. 4. 13. 1 Sam 15. 25 30. Acts 8. 13 19. 1 Pe. 5. 2. Rom 16. 17 18. Micha 3. 11. Or to cover over some wickednesse in doing or to be done Prov. 7. 14 21 22. Mat 23. 14. and 6. 5 6. Or as his ends are more or lesse upon and for the glory and praise of God Coll. 3. 22. Gal 2. 10. Io. 17. 4. Phill 1. 21. 1 Cor. 10. 31. 2 Cor. 5. 14. And to please men Acts 12. 3. Ier 3. 10. Ephes 6. 6. or as his ends are more or lesse for the good and profit of men especially good men and especially the good of their soules 2 Cor. 5. 9 10. Gal. 1. 10. and 6. 10. Acts 13. 36. 1 Cor. 10. 31 33. Io. 21. 15. And this is discovered or may appeare more or lesse as the glory of God or our own advantage is more or lesse upon our hearts or we make it our designe or work and as we can more or lesse doe or not doe it or be contented or not contented with or displeased at it when it is to our own losse and disadvantage 2 Cor. 13. 7 8 9. c. As for examples in the work of Rule of Churches Common-wealths and Families the Sincerity or Hypocrisy lyeth and is much shewed by the putting forth of their power to the uttermost or by halves in the work of Reformation by their care and industry or negligence by their faithfulnesse or trechery but especially by the tendernesse of the good of the Ruled that the Rulers doe preferre the good of those over whom they have Rule before their own good Psal 78. 72. 1 Tim. 2. 2 3. Rom. 12. 8. 1 Pet. 5. 2 3. 2 Kings 15. Nehem. 5. 14. Rom 10. 1 2 c. Ezra Nenemiah Jehosaphat Josias and others And on the other side Jehu Saul and others And in the work of Preaching much is to be seen thereof in the man as he Preacheth more or lesse the Truth of the Gospell without any mixture of Error or of mens inventions as he doth more or lesse advance the grace and glory of God and not his own glory as he doth more or lesse labour to please God more then men as he doth more or lesse seek the good of the soules of the people more then his own good And as his Preaching is with more or lesse faithfulnesse and ingenuity without subtilty and deceit playnes without craft or obscurity boldnesse without feare wisdome watchfulnesse care and industry without improvidence and neglect Freedome without flattery Cheerfullnesse without wearinesse humility without Lording tendernesse and meeknesse without harshnesse peaceablenesse without contention and Love without envy and the like And by these things also the Hypocrisy of men herein may be much seen as they are more or lesse imperious contentious seditious crafty menpleasing self seeking the like 2 Cor 4. 2. 5 1 Thess 2. 2 3 4 5 6. 2 Tim 1. 7 14. 2. 15. 1 Pet. 4. 11. 1 Tim 1. 3. and 4. 2 16. 2 Cor 3. 12 13. 1 Cor 2. 4. and 4. 5. Luke 12. 42. Mat 13. 52. 1 Pet 5. 2 3. Phil 1. 16. 1 Cor 9. 22. Rom 10. 1 2 c. So in Masters to their Servants and Servants to their Masters in the service they doe The Servants in their services as they doe it more or lesse In all things with feare and trembling in singlenesse of heart as unto Christ not with eye service as men pleasers but in singlenesse of heart fearing God and as the Servants of Christ that in whatsoever they doe of the will of God they doe it heartily with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doth the same he shall receive of the Lord. And as Masters doe the same things and not oppresse their Servants Coll 3. 22 23 24 25. Ephes 6. 6 7 8 9. SECT VIII As a man doth persevere 8. Sincerity and Hypocrisy doe lye and are much seen in this in mens constancy perseverance and holding out in their Appearances of good or in their starting aside Apostasy and backsliding from it Mat 13. 22 23. 1 Jo. 2. 19. Jo. 10 28. 1 Io. 3. 9. Phil. 4. 12. Io 8. 68. Rev. 2. 10. 2 Tim. 2. 17 18. 1 Sam. 13. 8. and 28. 7. 2 Kings 1. 2. Psal 27. 4. 2 Tim. 4. 10 14. 1 Tim. 1. 20. Acts 20. 30. Io 19. 38. and 9. 22. and 7. 13. and 6 66. SECT IX As a mans opinion is of himselfe 9. It lyeth also much in this as a man with all his parts gifts and works is more or lesse lifted up within himselfe with selfe-conceitednesse of his own excellency to despise others and doth trust in himselfe and his own righteousnesse or hath low or mean thoughts of himselfe esteeming others better then himselfe and accounts of all that he hath done when he hath done all he can but as lesse then his duty and himselfe but an unprofitable servant therein and being poor in spirit as he doth more or lesse trust to the Mercy of God in Jesus Christ and take up his eternall rest and lodging in Jesus Christ alone for salvation Heb. 4. 4. Luke 18. 11 15. Psal 130. 3. 1 Tim. 1. 15. Luke 17. 10. Isa 65. 5. Ezek 20. 43. Gal. 6. 14. Esay 66. 2. SECT X. As a man doth take the reproofe of Sinne. 10. And lastly Sincerity and Hypocrisie in a man lies much in this that being fallen into sinne as he doth more or lesse deny defend hide shift or mince it or quarrell with them that reprove him and hold it fast Or as a man is more or lesse willing to see his sinne to be reproved and loves the reprover and as a man doth more or lesse readily and ingeniously confesse it and labour to leave it 2 Sam 12. 7 8 c. 13. Psal 141. 5. Pro. 28. 13. 1 Io. 1. 9. Gen. 3. 10. and 4. 9. 1 Sam 15. 14 15. Iob. 31. 33. We shall now in the next place endeavour to cleare a doubt that lyeth in the way in reference to our Subject matter in hand and to answer some objections touching the same CHAP. IV. Whether the Truth of Grace doe lye in the degree or Quantity or in the Quality and Nature of it THere are some that make a new and another kind of Hypocrisie and say it is where there is truth of Grace within but yet not saving grace Or would have the truth of Grace to consist only in the degree or measure thereof and so admit Hypocrites to have