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religion_n	king_n	law_n	parliament_n	7,328	5	6.6868	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97246	The cure of misprision or Selected notes, upon sundry questions in controversie (of main concernment) between the word, and the world. Tending to reconcile mens judgements, and unite their affections. Composed and published for the common good : as being a probable means to cure prejudice, and misprision in such as are not past cure. / by R. Junius.	Younge, Richard.	1646 (1646)	Wing Y149; Thomason E1144_1; ESTC R208480	108,291	199

it selfe More I could say for him and as much for the rest who doe not so manifestly against their consciences as thou doest who art convinc'd of a deitie but I list not to be tedious Wherefore Sect 78. 3. In the third place to bring the Polititian another opponent to this tryall If he be an hypocriticall puritan who●e profession and practice is contrary then he is also a grosse hypocrite For though this beast like that other beast Rev. 13. 11. be a ver● dragon in condition yet he hath horns like the Lamb when they may stand him in stead for be his actions never so divelish he can speak aswell as the best and how should men be hypocrites if they had not good tongues Perhaps he is not so much noted for hypocrisie as others that make lesse use of dissembling but his owne conscience tells him that he hates Religion in his heart at least that Lisander like he makes no conscience or reckoning of it but when it may prove profitable but though he will not admit it in him yet to further his own ends he will sometimes put it on and adorn himself therewith Religion shall serve him as a canopy to shroud the putrifaction of his divelish plots being like one that lookes a squint for while he seems to cast his eye on goodnes his sight is fixed on wickednes and may fitly be resembled to those women divels who employ holy and sacred words about witchcraft and magicall effects Yea it is grown the highest maxime in mundane policy to seem not be religious And there is scarce a man who sometimes to serve his own turn will not seem devout resembling that Roman Wolfe who useth to talk of Religion and piety when he means policy But principally and more specially there are two sorts of Polititians who do play the hypocrites and abuse religion for their own ends viz. Covetuous persons and Cruel men Sect. 79. As for the first of these how many Courtiers Lawyers Gentlemen and Tradesmen are there who make Religion serve them as a stalking horse or mantle that under pretence of it they may deceive the world both unseen and unsuspected like Judas who pretended a religious care of the poor when he would have the precious oyntment spared when he intended nothing but to fill his owne bag as the holy Ghost witnesseth John 12. 5. 6. Or Gehazi who pretended the children of the Prophets when he aimed onely at his own benefit Or the Scribes and Pharisees who devoured widdows houses under a colour of long prayers Matth. 23. 14. Or Vespasian the Emperour who erecting places to receive the urine pretended the Cities wholesomnesse and sweetnes when he onely aimed at the sweetnes of gain in the augmenting of his tribute as Suetonius observes Whose publique spirit is now growne so common that every man of every profession can say as much Not a Souldier either in the Kings or Parliaments Armie but will say that he fights for religion lawes and liberties when God knowes and many of their owne consciences know that no motive is so powerfull with them as the name of commodity as neither sighting for God Religion nor Country but gold the hope of which makes them prodigall of their skin and blood Yea let a common thief by the high way but light into true meaning company he will talke of sincere dealing and uprightnes against robbery and oppression and have many semblances of Religion till he spies his opportunity and then his hands shall manifest that his heart and tongue did but dissemble Sect. 80. Secondly touching cruel and bloody minded men How ●suall is it with our Lordly Prelates and State Polititians to imitate Iehu who pretended zeale for the Lord of Hosts when his project was for the Kingdom Yea how many of them will pretend with Herod religiously to worship Christ when they intend wolvishly to worry him It is no hard matter to find a Judas in the Church or a Joab in the State that will seem to kisse Christ in his Ordinances while they seek only to betray and murther him Yea I wish there were not Commanders in both Armies that resemble Galba who assembled togetter the people of 3. Towns in Spaine under colour to treat of something for their wealth and having so done caused 7000. suddenly to be murthered amongst whom was the flower of all their youth as Valerius relates For as in former ages so now every Machiavilian Atheist will sometimes make a shew of Religion and honesty though in their hearts they laugh at it Even Iezabel that her divelish plot may take the better proclaims a fast before the murther And Saul plotting to take away Davids life by the hands of the Philistins sayes to him Be a valiant Son to me and fight the Lords battayls So Simeon and Levi cloak their purposed massacre of the Sechamites with the conscience of Circumcision And Absalom his treason with the religion of his vow yet these forsooth are neither puritanes nor hypocrites in the apprehension of our blind sensualists because their spleene is onely against the religious against whom they never leave barking out these names Yea admit one shall upon every occasion and in every company be a severall man and of a severall Religion to day a papist to morrow a precisian and between whiles a Protestant at large as shall best fit the affairs he is to negotiate though his constant religion be according to the statute as many such there be both in Church and State resembling an Actor on the stage who sometimes playes the part of Agamemnon sometimes of Achilles sometimes of their enemy Hector sometimes taking one mans person upon them sometimes another Or Water fowle that for food and relief go on the land with beasts and swim in the water with fishes and fly in the ayre with birds Or Protius who changed colour upon every remove Or the Camelion that can turn to all colours but white the symbole of purity can be any thing but innocent Or Stython Caneus and Tyresias who as they listed would be either men or women Or the Nazarens who were with the lews circumcised and baptized with the Christians and so as Ierome writes were neither Iews nor Christians yet these are no hypocrites c. But the truth is the world affords not arranter hypocrites then those she most acquits of hypocrisie of whom these are chief For as Christ to deceive the divel took man upon him so these to deceive men take the Divel upon them like that Dominick Fryer who poysoned Henry the seventh County of Luysenborgh with the Sacrament No● does the Divel ever so deceive as when hee appears like an Angel of light 2. Cor. 11. 14. Our state Polititians are like those Serpents spoken of by Solinus that wound as many as they wind into their imbraces Nor do these Serpents ever sting so deadly as when they bite without any hissing The skill is to know and beware of them For