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             The great impostor laid open in a sermon at Grayes Inne, Febr. 2.1623. By Ios. Hall D.D.
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           THE
           GREAT
           Impostor
           ,
           LAID
           OPEN
           in
           a
           SERMON
           at
           GRAYES
           INNE
           ,
           Febr.
           2.
           1623.
           
        
         
           By
           
             IOS
             .
             HALL
          
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Havilano
          
           for
           
             Nath.
             Butter
             .
          
           1623.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           MOST
           NOBLE
           ,
           AND
           WORTHILY
           Honoured
           Societie
           OF
           GRAYES
           INNE
           :
           AT
           WHOSE
           BARRE
           This
           IMPOSTOR
           was
           openly
           arraigned
           :
           
             J.
             H.
          
           HVMBLY
           DEDICATES
           THIS
           PVBLIKE
           LIFE
           OF
           HIS
           WEAKE
           AND
           VNWORTHY
           LABOVR
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           GREAT
           IMPOSTOR
           ,
           Laid
           open
           ,
           out
           of
           IER
           .
           17.9
           .
           The
           heart
           is
           deceitfull
           aboue
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           I
           Know
           where
           I
           am
           ;
           in
           one
           of
           the
           famous
           Phrontisteries
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           Iustice
           :
           wherfore
           serues
           Law
           and
           Iustice
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           preuention
           or
           punishment
           
           of
           fraud
           and
           wickednesse
           ?
           Giue
           me
           leaue
           therefore
           to
           bring
           before
           you
           ,
           Students
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           Fathers
           ,
           Oracles
           of
           Law
           and
           Iustice
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Cheator
           and
           Malefactor
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           our
           owne
           Heart
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           word
           that
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           in
           promising
           to
           bring
           him
           before
           you
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           aduantages
           of
           his
           fraud
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           be
           seene
           :
           That
           as
           that
           old
           Iugler
           
             Apollonius
             Thyanaeus
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           brought
           before
           the
           Iudge
           ,
           vanished
           out
           of
           sight
           ;
           so
           this
           great
           Impostor
           ,
           in
           his
           very
           presenting
           before
           you
           ,
           dispeareth
           and
           is
           gone
           ;
           yea
           so
           cunningly
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           it
           with
           our
           owne
           consent
           ,
           and
           we
           would
           be
           loth
           that
           he
           
           could
           be
           seene
           :
           Therefore
           as
           an
           Epiphonema
           to
           this
           iust
           complaint
           of
           deceitfulnesse
           ,
           is
           added
           
             Who
             can
             know
             it
             ?
          
           It
           is
           easie
           to
           know
           that
           it
           is
           deceitfull
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           it
           deceiues
           ,
           though
           the
           deceits
           themselues
           cannot
           bee
           knowne
           ,
           till
           too
           late
           ;
           As
           wee
           may
           see
           the
           ship
           ,
           and
           the
           sea
           ,
           and
           the
           ship
           going
           on
           the
           sea
           ,
           yet
           the
           way
           of
           a
           ship
           in
           the
           sea
           (
           as
           
             Salomon
          
           obserues
           )
           wee
           know
           not
           :
           God
           askes
           ,
           and
           God
           shall
           answer
           ;
           What
           he
           askes
           by
           
             Ieremie
             ,
          
           he
           shall
           answer
           by
           
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             Who
             knowes
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             ?
          
           
           
             Euen
             the
             spirit
             of
             man
             that
             is
             in
             him
             .
          
           If
           then
           the
           heart
           haue
           but
           eyes
           enow
           to
           see
           it selfe
           by
           the
           reflection
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           :
           Ye
           shall
           
           easily
           see
           and
           heare
           enough
           (
           out
           of
           the
           analogie
           and
           resemblance
           of
           hearts
           )
           to
           make
           you
           both
           astonished
           and
           ashamed
           .
        
         
           The
           heart
           of
           man
           lies
           in
           a
           narrow
           roome
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           world
           cannot
           fill
           it
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           would
           more
           than
           fill
           a
           world
           :
           Here
           is
           a
           double
           stile
           giuen
           it
           ;
           of
           deceitfulnesse
           ;
           of
           wickednesse
           ;
           either
           of
           which
           knowes
           no
           end
           ,
           whether
           of
           being
           ,
           or
           of
           discourse
           .
           I
           spend
           my
           houre
           ,
           and
           might
           doe
           my
           life
           ,
           in
           treating
           of
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           See
           then
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           the
           
             Impostor
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Imposture
          
           ;
           The
           Impostor
           himselfe
           ,
           
             The
             heart
             of
             man
          
           ;
           The
           Imposture
           ,
           
             Deceitfull
             aboue
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
         
           As
           deceitfull
           persons
           are
           wont
           euer
           to
           goe
           vnder
           many
           names
           ,
           and
           ambiguous
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           exprest
           with
           an
           [
           
             aliàs
          
           ]
           so
           doth
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ;
           Neither
           man
           himselfe
           ,
           nor
           any
           part
           of
           man
           hath
           so
           many
           names
           ,
           as
           the
           heart
           alone
           ;
           For
           euery
           facultie
           that
           it
           hath
           ,
           and
           euery
           action
           it
           doth
           ,
           it
           hath
           a
           seuerall
           name
           :
           Neither
           is
           there
           more
           multiplicitie
           ,
           than
           doubt
           in
           this
           name
           ;
           Not
           so
           many
           termes
           are
           vsed
           to
           signifie
           the
           heart
           ,
           as
           the
           heart
           signifies
           many
           things
           .
        
         
           When
           ye
           heare
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           ye
           thinke
           straight
           of
           that
           fleshie
           part
           in
           the
           center
           of
           the
           body
           which
           liues
           first
           ,
           and
           dies
           last
           ;
           and
           whose
           beatings
           you
           finde
           
           to
           keepe
           time
           all
           the
           body
           ouer
           ;
           That
           is
           not
           it
           which
           is
           so
           cunning
           ;
           Alas
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           poore
           harmelesse
           peece
           ;
           meerely
           passiue
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           doe
           any
           thing
           ,
           as
           the
           subministration
           of
           Vitall
           spirits
           ,
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           whole
           frame
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           good
           ;
           no
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           spirituall
           part
           that
           lurkes
           in
           this
           flesh
           ,
           which
           is
           guilty
           of
           such
           deceit
           .
           We
           must
           learne
           of
           witty
           Idolatry
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           stocke
           and
           the
           inuisible
           powers
           that
           dwell
           in
           it
           .
           It
           is
           not
           for
           me
           to
           be
           a
           sticklor
           betwixt
           the
           Hebrewes
           ,
           and
           the
           Greeke
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           Physitians
           ,
           in
           a
           question
           of
           naturall
           learning
           ,
           concerning
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           the
           soule
           ;
           nor
           to
           insist
           vpon
           the
           
           reasons
           why
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           rather
           places
           all
           the
           spirituall
           powers
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           braine
           ;
           Doubtlesse
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           affections
           there
           resident
           ,
           whereby
           all
           those
           speculatiue
           abilities
           are
           drawne
           to
           practise
           ;
           It
           shall
           suffice
           vs
           to
           take
           things
           as
           we
           finde
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           this
           Monosyllable
           (
           for
           so
           it
           is
           in
           many
           languages
           )
           comprises
           all
           that
           intellectiue
           and
           affectiue
           world
           which
           concerneth
           man
           ;
           and
           in
           plaine
           termes
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           when
           God
           saies
           
             The
             heart
             is
             deceitfull
             ,
          
           he
           meanes
           ,
           the
           vnderstanding
           ,
           will
           ,
           affections
           are
           deceitfull
           .
        
         
           The
           vnderstanding
           is
           doubly
           deceitfull
           ;
           It
           makes
           vs
           beleeue
           
           it
           knowes
           those
           things
           which
           it
           doth
           not
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           knowes
           not
           those
           things
           which
           it
           doth
           :
           As
           some
           foolish
           Mountebanke
           ,
           that
           holds
           it
           a
           great
           glory
           to
           seeme
           to
           know
           all
           things
           ;
           or
           some
           presuming
           Physitian
           ,
           that
           thinkes
           it
           a
           shame
           not
           to
           professe
           skill
           in
           any
           state
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           or
           disease
           ;
           so
           doth
           our
           vaine
           vnderstanding
           ;
           therein
           framing
           it selfe
           according
           to
           the
           spirits
           it
           meets
           withall
           ;
           if
           they
           be
           proud
           and
           curious
           ,
           it
           perswades
           them
           ,
           they
           know
           euery
           thing
           ;
           if
           carelesse
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           enough
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           kinde
           ;
           What
           hath
           not
           the
           fond
           heart
           of
           man
           dared
           to
           arrogate
           to
           it selfe
           ?
           It
           
           knowes
           all
           the
           starres
           by
           their
           names
           ;
           Tush
           ,
           that
           is
           nothing
           ;
           It
           knowes
           what
           the
           stars
           meane
           by
           their
           verie
           lookes
           ,
           what
           the
           birds
           meane
           by
           their
           chirping
           ,
           as
           
             Apollonius
          
           did
           ;
           What
           the
           heart
           meanes
           ,
           by
           the
           features
           of
           the
           face
           ;
           it
           knowes
           the
           euents
           of
           life
           by
           the
           lines
           of
           the
           hand
           :
           the
           secrets
           of
           Art
           ,
           the
           secrets
           of
           Nature
           ,
           the
           secrets
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           secrets
           of
           others
           hearts
           ,
           yea
           the
           secrets
           of
           God
           in
           the
           closet
           of
           heauen
           ;
           Yea
           ,
           not
           only
           what
           God
           hath
           done
           ,
           but
           what
           he
           will
           doe
           :
           This
           is
           (
           
             Sapiens
             stultitia
          
           )
           a
           wise
           folly
           ,
           as
           
             Irenaeus
          
           said
           of
           his
           
             Valentinians
          
           ;
           All
           Figure-casters
           ,
           Palmesters
           ,
           Physiognomers
           ,
           Fortune-tellers
           ,
           Alchymists
           ,
           fantasticke
           
           proiectors
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rabble
           of
           professors
           of
           those
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           not
           so
           much
           curious
           as
           idle
           Arts
           ,
           haue
           their
           word
           giuen
           them
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Deceiuing
           and
           deceiued
           ;
           neither
           can
           these
           men
           make
           any
           worse
           fooles
           ,
           than
           their
           hearts
           haue
           made
           themselues
           ;
           
           and
           well
           may
           that
           Alexandrian
           taxe
           bee
           set
           vpon
           them
           in
           both
           names
           ,
           whether
           of
           actiue
           ,
           or
           passiue
           folly
           :
           And
           (
           as
           it
           commonly
           fals
           out
           ,
           that
           superfluous
           things
           rob
           the
           heart
           of
           necessary
           )
           in
           the
           meane
           while
           ,
           those
           things
           which
           the
           heart
           may
           and
           should
           know
           ,
           it
           lightly
           mis-knowes
           :
           As
           our
           senses
           are
           deceiued
           by
           distance
           ,
           or
           interpositions
           ,
           to
           thinke
           the
           stars
           beamie
           
           and
           sparkling
           ,
           the
           Moone
           horned
           ,
           the
           Planets
           equally
           remote
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           sometimes
           red
           ,
           pale
           other
           some
           :
           so
           doth
           also
           our
           vnderstanding
           erre
           ,
           in
           mis-opinion
           of
           diuine
           things
           ;
           It
           thinkes
           it
           knowes
           God
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           but
           an
           Idoll
           of
           fancy
           ,
           as
           
             Sauls
          
           messengers
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           into
           the
           roome
           ,
           thought
           they
           had
           the
           true
           
             Dauid
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           but
           a
           Wispe
           ;
           it
           knowes
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           nothing
           but
           grosse
           mis-construction
           :
           so
           as
           the
           common
           knowledge
           of
           men
           ,
           though
           they
           thinke
           it
           a
           Torch
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           
             Ignis
             Fatuus
          
           to
           leade
           them
           to
           a
           ditch
           :
           How
           many
           thousand
           Assyrians
           thinke
           they
           are
           in
           the
           way
           to
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           when
           they
           are
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           
             Samaria
             ?
          
           How
           many
           millions
           thinke
           they
           walke
           fairely
           on
           to
           heauen
           ,
           when
           indeed
           they
           are
           in
           the
           broad
           way
           that
           leads
           to
           destruction
           ?
           Oh
           poore
           blind
           Pagans
           ,
           halfe-sighted
           Turkes
           ,
           bleare-eied
           Iewes
           ,
           blind-folded
           Papists
           ,
           Squint-eied
           Schismaticks
           ,
           purblind
           ignorants
           ,
           how
           well
           doe
           they
           finde
           themselues
           pleased
           with
           their
           deuotion
           ,
           and
           thinke
           God
           should
           bee
           so
           too
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           mixture
           of
           mesprison
           ,
           superstition
           ,
           conceitednesse
           ;
           and
           (
           according
           to
           the
           seldome-reuerently-vsed
           prouerb
           )
           whiles
           they
           thinke
           they
           haue
           God
           by
           the
           finger
           ,
           they
           hold
           a
           deuill
           by
           the
           toe
           ;
           
           and
           all
           this
           ,
           because
           their
           heart
           deceiues
           them
           .
           If
           carelesse
           ,
           and
           loth
           to
           bee
           at
           the
           paines
           of
           knowing
           more
           ,
           it
           perswades
           them
           they
           know
           enough
           ;
           that
           they
           cry
           out
           of
           more
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           on
           the
           ointment
           ,
           (
           
             Vt
             quid
             perditio
             haec
             ?
          
           )
           What
           needs
           all
           this
           waste
           ?
           and
           makes
           them
           as
           conscionable
           for
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           
             Esau
          
           was
           for
           cattle
           ,
           
             I
             haue
             enough
             ,
             my
             brother
             ,
             keepe
             that
             thou
             hast
             to
             thy selfe
          
           ;
           or
           as
           contentedly-resolute
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Epicure
          
           in
           the
           Gospell
           :
           
             Soule
             take
             thy
             ease
             ,
             thou
             hast
             knowledge
             enough
             laid
             vp
             for
             many
             yeeres
             .
          
        
         
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           too
           many
           rest
           simply
           (
           yea
           wilfully
           )
           in
           their
           owne
           measure
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           wishing
           more
           skill
           in
           
           Soule-matters
           ;
           applauding
           their
           owne
           safe
           mediocritie
           ;
           like
           the
           credulous
           blinde
           man
           that
           thought
           he
           now
           saw
           a
           shimmering
           of
           the
           Sunne-beames
           ,
           when
           indeed
           his
           backe
           was
           towards
           it
           :
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           they
           scoffe
           at
           the
           foolishnesse
           of
           preaching
           ,
           scorne
           the
           forward
           bookishnesse
           of
           others
           ,
           fearing
           nothing
           but
           a
           surfet
           of
           Manna
           ,
           and
           hating
           to
           know
           more
           than
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           than
           their
           fore-fathers
           ;
           &
           thus
           are
           led
           on
           muffled
           vp
           in
           an
           vnfelt
           ignorance
           ,
           to
           their
           graue
           ,
           yea
           ,
           (
           without
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           )
           to
           their
           hell
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           in
           these
           things
           there
           is
           a
           presumption
           of
           knowing
           what
           we
           doe
           not
           ;
           so
           contrarily
           ,
           
           a
           dissimulation
           and
           concealement
           of
           the
           knowledge
           of
           what
           we
           doe
           vnderstand
           ;
           The
           heart
           of
           man
           is
           a
           great
           lier
           to
           it selfe
           this
           way
           ;
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           saies
           that
           of
           Pagans
           ,
           which
           I
           may
           boldly
           say
           of
           Christians
           ,
           they
           haue
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           law
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           ;
           yet
           many
           of
           them
           will
           not
           bee
           acknowne
           of
           one
           letter
           ingrauen
           there
           by
           the
           finger
           of
           God
           :
           Certaine
           common
           principles
           there
           are
           (
           together
           with
           this
           law
           )
           interlinearily
           written
           in
           the
           tables
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           must
           doe
           as
           we
           would
           be
           done
           to
           ;
           That
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ;
           That
           this
           God
           is
           infinite
           in
           iustice
           and
           truth
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           serued
           like
           himselfe
           ;
           these
           they
           
           either
           blot
           out
           ,
           or
           lay
           their
           finger
           on
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           bee
           seene
           ,
           purposely
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           sinne
           freely
           ;
           and
           faine
           would
           perswade
           themselues
           they
           neuer
           had
           any
           such
           euidence
           from
           God
           :
           so
           putting
           off
           the
           checks
           of
           conscience
           with
           bold
           denyalls
           ;
           like
           the
           harlot
           of
           
             Iericho
             ,
          
           (
           but
           worse
           than
           she
           )
           that
           hath
           hid
           the
           Spies
           ,
           and
           now
           out-faces
           their
           entertainment
           :
           Wherein
           the
           heart
           doth
           to
           it selfe
           ,
           that
           which
           
             Nahash
          
           the
           Ammonite
           ,
           would
           haue
           done
           to
           Israel
           ,
           put
           out
           his
           owne
           right
           eie
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           see
           that
           law
           whereby
           it
           might
           be
           conuinced
           ,
           and
           finde
           it selfe
           miserable
           .
           Thus
           the
           vnderstanding
           of
           man
           is
           euery
           
           way
           deceitfull
           in
           ouerknowing
           ,
           mis-knowing
           ,
           dissembling
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           it
           is
           like
           an
           euill
           and
           vnfaithfull
           eye
           ,
           that
           either
           will
           be
           seeing
           by
           a
           false
           glasse
           ,
           or
           a
           false
           light
           ,
           or
           with
           distortion
           ;
           or
           else
           wilfully
           closes
           the
           lids
           that
           it
           may
           not
           see
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           this
           deceiues
           vs.
           
        
         
           The
           will
           is
           no
           lesse
           cunning
           ;
           which
           though
           it
           make
           faire
           pretences
           of
           a
           generall
           inclination
           to
           good
           ,
           yet
           (
           
             hîc
             &
             nunc
          
           )
           in
           particulars
           ,
           hangs
           towards
           a
           pleasing
           euill
           ;
           Yea
           though
           the
           Vnderstanding
           haue
           sufficiently
           informed
           it
           of
           the
           worthinesse
           of
           good
           ,
           and
           the
           turpitude
           of
           euill
           ,
           yet
           being
           ouercome
           with
           the
           false
           delectablenesse
           of
           sinne
           ,
           it
           
           yeelds
           to
           a
           misse-assent
           ;
           Reason
           being
           (
           as
           
             Aquinas
          
           speakes
           )
           either
           swallowed
           vp
           by
           some
           passion
           ,
           or
           held
           downe
           by
           some
           vicious
           habit
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           still
           the
           Will
           followes
           the
           Reason
           ,
           neither
           can
           doe
           otherwise
           ;
           but
           therefore
           ,
           if
           Reason
           mis-led
           be
           contrary
           to
           Reason
           ,
           and
           a
           schisme
           arise
           in
           the
           soule
           ,
           it
           must
           follow
           that
           the
           Will
           must
           needs
           be
           contrary
           to
           Will
           and
           Reason
           ;
           Wherein
           it
           is
           like
           a
           Planet
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           be
           carried
           about
           perpetually
           by
           the
           first
           mouer
           ,
           yet
           slily
           creepes
           on
           his
           owne
           way
           ,
           contrary
           to
           that
           strong
           circumuolution
           :
           And
           though
           the
           minde
           be
           sufficiently
           conuinced
           of
           the
           necessitie
           ,
           or
           profit
           of
           a
           good
           act
           ,
           yet
           
           for
           the
           tediousnesse
           annexed
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           a
           dangerous
           spirituall
           acedie
           ,
           it
           insensibly
           slips
           away
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           content
           to
           let
           it
           fall
           ;
           As
           some
           idle
           ,
           or
           fearfull
           Merchant
           ,
           that
           could
           be
           glad
           to
           haue
           gold
           ,
           if
           it
           would
           come
           with
           ease
           ,
           but
           will
           not
           either
           take
           the
           paines
           ,
           or
           hazard
           the
           aduenture
           to
           fetch
           it
           :
           Thus
           commonly
           the
           Will
           (
           in
           both
           respects
           )
           Water-man-like
           lookes
           forward
           ,
           and
           rowes
           backward
           ;
           and
           vnder
           good
           pretences
           doth
           nothing
           but
           deceiue
           .
        
         
           The
           affections
           are
           as
           deceitfull
           as
           either
           ;
           whether
           in
           misse-placing
           ,
           measure
           ,
           or
           manner
           .
        
         
           Mis-placing
           :
           They
           are
           fiery
           where
           they
           should
           be
           coole
           ;
           and
           
           where
           they
           should
           burne
           ,
           freeze
           ;
           Our
           heart
           makes
           vs
           beleeue
           it
           loues
           God
           ,
           and
           giues
           him
           pledges
           of
           affection
           ;
           whiles
           it
           secretly
           doats
           vpon
           the
           world
           ;
           like
           some
           false
           strumpet
           ,
           that
           entertaines
           her
           husband
           with
           her
           eyes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           treads
           vpon
           the
           toe
           of
           an
           Adulterer
           vnder
           the
           board
           :
           That
           it
           loues
           iustice
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           but
           reuenge
           ;
           That
           it
           grieues
           for
           the
           missing
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           indeed
           it
           is
           but
           for
           the
           loaues
           and
           fishes
           ;
           That
           it
           feares
           God
           ,
           when
           indeed
           it
           is
           but
           afraid
           of
           our
           owne
           torment
           ;
           That
           it
           hates
           the
           sinne
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           the
           person
           ;
           That
           it
           hates
           the
           world
           ,
           when
           it
           thrusts
           God
           out
           of
           doores
           to
           lodge
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Measure
           :
           That
           we
           loue
           God
           enough
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           but
           enough
           ,
           when
           as
           indeed
           the
           one
           loue
           is
           but
           as
           the
           cold
           fit
           of
           an
           ague
           ,
           the
           other
           an
           hot
           ;
           we
           chill
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           no
           lesse
           than
           we
           glow
           in
           the
           other
           ;
           when
           wee
           make
           God
           only
           a
           stale
           to
           draw
           on
           the
           world
           ;
           That
           wee
           doe
           enough
           hate
           our
           corruptions
           ,
           when
           (
           at
           our
           sharpest
           )
           we
           doe
           but
           gently
           sneape
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Hely
          
           did
           his
           sons
           ;
           or
           as
           some
           indulgent
           parent
           doth
           an
           vnthriftie
           darling
           ,
           whom
           he
           chides
           ,
           and
           yet
           feeds
           with
           the
           fewell
           of
           his
           excesse
           ;
           That
           we
           haue
           grieued
           enough
           for
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           not
           cost
           vs
           so
           much
           as
           one
           teare
           ,
           nothing
           but
           a
           little
           fashionable
           
           winde
           ,
           that
           neuer
           came
           further
           than
           the
           roots
           of
           our
           tongue
           ;
           That
           we
           doe
           enough
           compassionate
           the
           afflictions
           of
           
             Ioseph
             ,
          
           when
           we
           drinke
           wine
           in
           bowles
           ;
           That
           wee
           feare
           God
           more
           than
           men
           ,
           when
           wee
           are
           ashamed
           to
           doe
           that
           in
           presence
           of
           a
           childe
           ,
           which
           wee
           care
           not
           to
           doe
           in
           the
           face
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Manner
           :
           That
           our
           heart
           loues
           ,
           and
           hates
           ,
           and
           feares
           ,
           and
           ioyes
           ,
           and
           grieues
           truly
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           an
           hypocrite
           in
           all
           ;
           That
           it
           delights
           constantly
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           holy
           things
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           but
           an
           
             Ephraims
          
           morning
           dew
           ;
           That
           our
           anger
           is
           zealous
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           but
           a
           flash
           of
           personall
           malice
           ,
           or
           a
           superstitious
           furie
           ;
           That
           we
           
           feare
           as
           sonnes
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           as
           cowards
           ,
           or
           slaues
           ;
           That
           we
           grieue
           as
           Gods
           patients
           ,
           when
           we
           fret
           ,
           and
           repine
           ,
           and
           struggle
           like
           franticks
           against
           the
           hand
           of
           our
           Maker
           .
           Thus
           (
           to
           summe
           vp
           all
           )
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           is
           wholly
           set
           vpon
           cozenage
           ;
           the
           vnderstanding
           ouer-knowing
           ,
           mis-knowing
           ,
           dissembling
           ;
           The
           will
           pretending
           ,
           and
           inclining
           contrarily
           ;
           The
           affections
           mocking
           vs
           in
           the
           obiect
           ,
           measure
           ,
           manner
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           of
           them
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           is
           deceitfull
           .
        
         
           Ye
           haue
           seene
           the
           face
           of
           this
           Cheater
           ;
           looke
           now
           at
           his
           hand
           ;
           and
           now
           ye
           see
           who
           this
           Deceiuer
           is
           ,
           see
           also
           the
           sleights
           of
           his
           deceit
           ;
           and
           therein
           ,
           the
           fashion
           ,
           
           the
           subiect
           ,
           the
           sequell
           of
           it
           ;
           from
           whence
           we
           will
           descend
           to
           our
           Demeanure
           towards
           so
           dangerous
           an
           Impostor
           .
        
         
           The
           fashion
           of
           his
           deceit
           is
           the
           same
           with
           our
           ordinary
           Iuglers
           ;
           either
           cunning
           conueyance
           ,
           or
           false
           semblance
           .
           Cunning
           conueyance
           ,
           whether
           into
           vs
           ,
           in
           vs
           ,
           from
           vs.
           
        
         
           The
           heart
           admits
           sinne
           ,
           as
           Paradise
           did
           the
           Serpent
           ;
           There
           it
           is
           ,
           but
           by
           what
           chinkes
           or
           cranies
           it
           entered
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           so
           as
           we
           may
           say
           of
           sinne
           as
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           feast
           in
           the
           Gospell
           said
           to
           his
           slouenly
           guest
           ,
           
             Quomodo
             intrasti
             ?
             How
             camest
             thou
             in
             hither
             ?
          
           Corruption
           doth
           not
           eat
           into
           the
           heart
           as
           our
           first
           Parents
           
           did
           into
           the
           apple
           ,
           so
           as
           the
           print
           of
           their
           teeth
           might
           bee
           seene
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           worme
           eats
           into
           the
           core
           ,
           insensibly
           ;
           Neither
           is
           there
           lesse
           closenesse
           when
           it
           is
           entered
           ;
           I
           would
           it
           were
           as
           vntrue
           a
           word
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           an
           harsh
           one
           ,
           that
           many
           a
           professedly-Christian
           heart
           ,
           lodges
           a
           deuill
           in
           the
           blinde
           roomes
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           either
           knowes
           it
           not
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           be
           acknowne
           of
           it
           ;
           euery
           one
           that
           harbours
           a
           willing
           sinne
           in
           his
           brest
           ,
           doth
           so
           :
           The
           malicious
           man
           hath
           a
           furious
           deuill
           ;
           the
           wanton
           an
           vncleane
           deuill
           ,
           a
           
             Beelphegor
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Tammuz
          
           ;
           the
           proud
           man
           a
           
             Lucifer
             ,
          
           the
           couetous
           a
           
             Mammon
          
           ;
           Certainly
           ,
           these
           foule
           spirits
           are
           not
           more
           truly
           
           in
           hell
           ,
           than
           in
           a
           wicked
           heart
           ;
           there
           they
           are
           ,
           but
           so
           closely
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           not
           if
           the
           heart
           it selfe
           know
           it
           ;
           it
           being
           verified
           of
           this
           citadell
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           which
           was
           said
           of
           that
           vast
           
             Niniue
             ,
          
           that
           the
           enemie
           had
           taken
           some
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           long
           ere
           the
           other
           knew
           it
           :
           What
           should
           I
           speake
           of
           the
           most
           common
           ,
           and
           yet
           most
           dangerous
           guest
           ,
           that
           lodges
           in
           this
           Inne
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           Infidelity
           ?
           Call
           at
           the
           doore
           ,
           and
           aske
           if
           such
           a
           one
           host
           not
           there
           ;
           They
           within
           make
           strange
           of
           it
           ,
           deny
           it
           ,
           forsweare
           it
           ;
           Call
           the
           officers
           ,
           make
           priuy
           search
           ,
           you
           shall
           hardly
           finde
           him
           :
           Like
           some
           Iesuite
           in
           a
           Popish
           dames
           chamber
           ,
           he
           is
           
           so
           closely
           contriued
           into
           false
           floores
           ,
           and
           double
           walls
           ,
           that
           his
           presence
           is
           not
           more
           easily
           knowne
           ,
           than
           hardly
           conuinced
           ,
           confessed
           .
           How
           easie
           is
           it
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           infidelity
           did
           not
           lurke
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           they
           durst
           not
           doe
           as
           they
           doe
           ;
           they
           could
           not
           but
           doe
           ,
           what
           they
           doe
           not
           ?
           Durst
           they
           sin
           if
           they
           were
           perswaded
           of
           an
           hell
           ?
           durst
           they
           buy
           a
           minute
           of
           pleasure
           with
           euerlasting
           torments
           ?
           Could
           they
           so
           sleight
           heauen
           if
           they
           beleeued
           it
           ?
           Could
           they
           be
           so
           loth
           to
           possesse
           it
           ?
           Could
           they
           thinke
           much
           of
           a
           little
           painfull
           goodnesse
           to
           purchase
           an
           eternity
           of
           happinesse
           ?
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           men
           ,
           fathers
           ,
           and
           brethren
           ;
           
           if
           the
           heart
           were
           not
           Infidell
           ,
           whiles
           the
           face
           is
           Christian
           ,
           this
           could
           not
           bee
           .
           Neither
           doth
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           more
           cunningly
           conuey
           sinne
           into
           ,
           and
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           than
           from
           it
           ;
           The
           sin
           that
           ye
           saw
           euen
           now
           openly
           in
           the
           hands
           ,
           is
           so
           swiftly
           past
           vnder
           the
           board
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           now
           vanished
           ;
           Looke
           for
           it
           in
           his
           forehead
           ,
           there
           it
           is
           not
           ;
           looke
           for
           it
           vnder
           his
           tongue
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           ;
           looke
           for
           it
           in
           his
           conscience
           ,
           ye
           finde
           nothing
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           by
           the
           
             legier-de-maine
          
           of
           the
           heart
           :
           Thus
           
             Achan
          
           hath
           hid
           his
           wedge
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           dares
           stand
           out
           to
           a
           lot
           ;
           Thus
           
             Salomons
          
           Harlot
           hath
           wip't
           her
           mouth
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           not
           she
           :
           Thus
           
             Saul
          
           will
           lie-out
           his
           
           sacriledge
           ,
           vntill
           the
           very
           beasts
           out-bleat
           ,
           and
           out-bellow
           him
           ;
           Thus
           the
           swearer
           sweares
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           sweares
           that
           hee
           swore
           not
           ;
           Thus
           the
           vncleane
           fornicator
           bribes
           off
           his
           sinne
           ,
           and
           his
           shame
           ,
           and
           now
           makes
           challenges
           to
           the
           world
           of
           his
           honesty
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           spoken
           how
           peeuishly
           witty
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           is
           this
           way
           ;
           neither
           doubt
           I
           but
           this
           wilinesse
           is
           some
           of
           the
           poyson
           that
           the
           subtile
           serpent
           infected
           vs
           with
           in
           that
           fatall
           morsell
           :
           They
           were
           three
           cunning
           shifts
           which
           the
           Scripture
           recordeth
           of
           three
           women
           (
           as
           that
           sex
           hath
           beene
           euer
           noted
           for
           more
           sudden
           pregnancie
           of
           wit
           )
           
             Rachel
             ,
             Rahab
             ,
          
           and
           
           the
           good
           wife
           of
           
             Bahurim
          
           ;
           The
           first
           hiding
           the
           Teraphim
           with
           a
           modest
           seat
           ,
           the
           second
           ,
           the
           spics
           with
           flaxe-stalkes
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           
             Dauids
          
           scouts
           with
           corne
           spred
           ouer
           the
           Well
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           nothing
           to
           the
           deuices
           that
           nature
           hath
           wont
           to
           vse
           for
           the
           cloaking
           of
           sinne
           ;
           
             God
             made
             man
             vpright
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Salomon
             ,
             but
             he
             sought
             many
             inuentions
          
           :
           Is
           
             Adam
          
           challenged
           for
           sinne
           ?
           Behold
           all
           on
           the
           sudden
           it
           is
           passed
           from
           his
           hand
           ,
           to
           Gods
           ;
           
             The
             woman
             that
             thou
             gauest
             me
          
           :
           Is
           
             Saul
          
           challenged
           for
           a
           couetous
           and
           disobedient
           remissenesse
           ?
           the
           sinne
           is
           straight
           passed
           from
           the
           field
           to
           the
           Altar
           ;
           
             I
             saued
             the
             fattest
             for
             a
             sacrifice
             to
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
          
           ;
           So
           the
           one
           
           begins
           his
           sinne
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ends
           it
           in
           him
           :
           Is
           
             Dauid
          
           bewitched
           with
           lust
           to
           abuse
           the
           Wife
           ?
           the
           Husband
           must
           bee
           sent
           home
           drunke
           ,
           to
           hide
           it
           ,
           or
           if
           not
           that
           ,
           to
           his
           long
           home
           ,
           in
           a
           pretended
           fauour
           of
           his
           valour
           :
           Is
           a
           griping
           Vsurer
           disposed
           to
           put
           his
           money
           together
           to
           breed
           a
           monster
           ?
           hee
           hath
           a
           thousand
           quirks
           to
           cozen
           both
           law
           and
           conscience
           :
           Is
           a
           Simoniacall
           Patron
           disposed
           to
           make
           a
           good
           match
           of
           his
           peoples
           soules
           ?
           it
           shall
           be
           no
           bargaine
           ,
           but
           a
           gift
           :
           hee
           hath
           a
           liuing
           to
           giue
           ,
           but
           an
           horse
           to
           sell
           .
           And
           sure
           I
           thinke
           in
           this
           wise
           age
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           Vsurers
           and
           Simonists
           striue
           who
           shall
           finde
           the
           
           wittiest
           way
           to
           hell
           :
           What
           should
           I
           speake
           of
           the
           secret
           frauds
           in
           contracts
           ,
           booties
           in
           matches
           ,
           subornation
           of
           instruments
           ,
           hiring
           of
           oathes
           ,
           feeing
           of
           officers
           ,
           equiuocations
           of
           answers
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           other
           tricks
           that
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           hath
           deuised
           for
           the
           conueiances
           of
           sinne
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           it
           too
           well
           approues
           it selfe
           incomparably
           deceitfull
           .
        
         
           The
           false
           semblance
           of
           the
           heart
           is
           yet
           worse
           ;
           for
           the
           former
           is
           most-what
           for
           the
           smothering
           of
           euill
           ;
           this
           is
           for
           the
           iustifying
           of
           euill
           ,
           or
           the
           disgrace
           of
           good
           ;
           In
           these
           two
           doth
           this
           act
           of
           falshood
           chiefly
           consist
           ;
           in
           making
           euill
           good
           ,
           or
           good
           
           euill
           .
           For
           the
           first
           ;
           The
           naturall
           man
           knowes
           well
           how
           filthy
           all
           his
           brood
           is
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           not
           let
           them
           come
           forth
           ,
           but
           disguised
           with
           the
           colours
           and
           dresses
           of
           good
           ;
           so
           as
           now
           euery
           one
           of
           natures
           birds
           is
           a
           Swan
           ;
           Pride
           is
           handsomnesse
           ,
           desperate
           fury
           ,
           valour
           ;
           lauishnesse
           is
           noble
           munificence
           ,
           drunkennesse
           ciuility
           ,
           flattery
           complement
           ,
           murderous
           reuenge
           ,
           iustice
           ;
           the
           Curtizan
           is
           
             bona
             foemina
             ,
          
           the
           Sorcerer
           a
           wise
           man
           ,
           the
           oppressor
           a
           good
           husband
           ;
           
             Absolom
          
           will
           goe
           pay
           his
           vowes
           ;
           
             Herod
          
           will
           worship
           the
           Babe
           .
           For
           the
           second
           ;
           such
           is
           the
           enuy
           of
           nature
           ,
           that
           where
           shee
           sees
           a
           better
           face
           than
           her
           
           owne
           ,
           she
           is
           ready
           to
           scratch
           it
           ,
           or
           cast
           dirt
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           knowing
           that
           all
           vertue
           hath
           a
           natiue
           beauty
           in
           it
           ,
           she
           labours
           to
           deforme
           it
           by
           the
           foulest
           imputations
           .
           Would
           the
           Israelites
           be
           deuout
           ?
           they
           are
           idle
           ;
           Doth
           
             Dauid
          
           daunce
           for
           ioy
           before
           the
           Arke
           ?
           he
           is
           a
           foole
           in
           a
           Morris
           :
           Doth
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           discourse
           of
           his
           heauenly
           Vision
           ?
           too
           much
           learning
           hath
           made
           him
           mad
           .
           Doe
           the
           Disciples
           miraculously
           speake
           all
           the
           tongues
           of
           Babel
           ?
           They
           are
           full
           of
           new
           wine
           :
           Doe
           they
           preach
           Christs
           Kingdome
           ?
           they
           are
           seditious
           ;
           The
           resurrection
           ?
           they
           are
           bablers
           .
           Is
           a
           man
           conscionable
           ?
           he
           is
           an
           Hypocrite
           :
           Is
           he
           conformable
           ?
           he
           
           is
           vnconscionable
           :
           Is
           he
           plaine
           dealing
           ?
           he
           is
           rudely
           vnciuill
           :
           Is
           he
           wisely
           insinuatiue
           ?
           he
           is
           a
           flatterer
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           wicked
           craft
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           let
           vs
           see
           nothing
           in
           it
           owne
           forme
           ;
           but
           faine
           would
           shew
           vs
           euill
           faire
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           be
           inamored
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           vertue
           vgly
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           abhorre
           it
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           doth
           for
           the
           way
           ,
           so
           doth
           it
           for
           the
           end
           ;
           hiding
           from
           vs
           the
           glory
           of
           heauen
           ,
           that
           is
           laid
           vp
           for
           ouer-commers
           ,
           and
           shewing
           vs
           nothing
           but
           the
           pleasant
           closure
           of
           wickednesse
           ;
           making
           vs
           beleeue
           that
           hell
           is
           a
           palace
           ,
           and
           heauen
           a
           dungeon
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           might
           be
           in
           loue
           with
           death
           ;
           and
           thus
           both
           in
           cunning
           conueyance
           ,
           
           and
           false
           semblance
           ,
           
             The
             heart
             of
             man
             is
             deceitfull
             aboue
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           Ye
           haue
           seene
           the
           fashion
           of
           this
           deceit
           ;
           cast
           now
           your
           eies
           vpon
           the
           subiect
           :
           And
           whom
           doth
           it
           then
           deceiue
           ?
           It
           doth
           deceiue
           others
           ,
           it
           can
           deceiue
           it selfe
           ,
           it
           would
           deceiue
           Sathan
           ,
           yea
           God
           himselfe
           .
           Others
           ,
           first
           :
           How
           many
           doe
           we
           take
           for
           honest
           and
           sound
           Christians
           ,
           who
           yet
           are
           but
           errant
           hypocrites
           ?
           These
           Apes
           of
           Sathan
           haue
           learned
           to
           transforme
           themselues
           into
           Angels
           of
           light
           ;
           The
           heart
           bids
           the
           eies
           looke
           vpward
           to
           heauen
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           full
           of
           adultery
           ;
           It
           bids
           the
           hands
           to
           raise
           vp
           themselues
           towards
           
           their
           Maker
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           full
           of
           bloud
           ;
           It
           bids
           the
           tongue
           wagge
           holily
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           bosome
           but
           Atheous
           profanenesse
           ;
           It
           bids
           the
           knee
           to
           bow
           like
           a
           Camel
           ,
           when
           the
           heart
           is
           stiffe
           as
           an
           Elephant
           ;
           yea
           if
           need
           bee
           it
           can
           bid
           a
           teare
           fall
           from
           the
           eie
           ,
           or
           an
           almes
           or
           iust
           action
           fall
           from
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           gull
           the
           world
           with
           a
           good
           opinion
           ;
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           false
           chapmen
           and
           horse-coursers
           doe
           not
           more
           ordinarily
           deceiue
           their
           buyers
           in
           shops
           and
           faires
           ,
           than
           wee
           doe
           one
           another
           in
           our
           conuersation
           :
           Yea
           ,
           so
           crafty
           is
           the
           heart
           that
           it
           can
           deceiue
           it selfe
           ;
           By
           ouer-weening
           his
           own
           powers
           ,
           
           as
           the
           proud
           man
           ;
           by
           vnder-valuing
           his
           graces
           ,
           as
           the
           modest
           ;
           by
           mis-taking
           his
           estate
           ,
           as
           the
           ignorant
           ;
           How
           many
           hearts
           doe
           thus
           grossely
           beguile
           themselues
           ?
           The
           first
           thinkes
           hee
           is
           rich
           ,
           and
           fine
           ,
           when
           hee
           is
           beggerly
           and
           naked
           ;
           so
           did
           the
           Angell
           of
           Laodicea
           :
           The
           second
           is
           poore
           in
           his
           owne
           spirit
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           rich
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           :
           The
           third
           thinkes
           that
           he
           is
           a
           great
           fauorite
           of
           heauen
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           rather
           branded
           for
           an
           out-cast
           ;
           that
           he
           is
           truly
           noble
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           a
           slaue
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           baser
           than
           the
           worst
           of
           Gods
           creatures
           ,
           sinne
           :
           Let
           the
           proud
           and
           ignorant
           worldling
           therefore
           know
           ,
           that
           though
           others
           may
           
           mocke
           him
           with
           applauses
           ,
           yet
           that
           all
           the
           world
           cannot
           make
           him
           so
           much
           a
           foole
           as
           his
           owne
           heart
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           so
           cunning
           is
           the
           heart
           ,
           that
           it
           thinkes
           to
           goe
           beyond
           the
           deuill
           himselfe
           :
           I
           can
           (
           thinks
           it
           )
           swallow
           his
           bait
           ,
           and
           yet
           auoid
           his
           hooke
           ;
           I
           can
           sinne
           ,
           and
           liue
           ;
           I
           can
           repent
           of
           sinning
           ,
           and
           defeat
           my
           punishment
           by
           repenting
           ;
           I
           can
           runne
           vpon
           the
           score
           ,
           and
           take
           vp
           the
           sweet
           and
           rich
           commodities
           of
           sinfull
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           haue
           done
           ,
           I
           can
           put
           my selfe
           vnder
           the
           protection
           of
           a
           Sauiour
           ,
           and
           escape
           the
           arrest
           :
           Oh
           the
           world
           of
           soules
           that
           perish
           by
           this
           fraud
           ,
           fondly
           beguiling
           
           themselues
           ,
           whiles
           they
           would
           beguile
           the
           Tempter
           .
        
         
           Yet
           higher
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           Satan
           went
           about
           to
           deceiue
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           this
           foolish
           consort
           and
           client
           of
           his
           goes
           about
           to
           deceiue
           God
           himselfe
           :
           The
           first
           paire
           of
           hearts
           that
           euer
           was
           ,
           were
           thus
           credulous
           ,
           to
           thinke
           they
           should
           now
           meet
           with
           a
           meanes
           of
           knowledge
           and
           Deifying
           ,
           which
           God
           either
           knew
           not
           of
           ,
           or
           grudged
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           would
           be
           stealing
           it
           out
           of
           the
           side
           of
           the
           apple
           ,
           without
           God
           ,
           yea
           against
           him
           :
           Tush
           ,
           none
           eye
           shall
           see
           vs
           ;
           
             Is
             there
             knowledge
             in
             the
             most
             high
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           sottish
           Atheist
           ?
           
             Lord
             ,
             haue
             not
             we
             heard
             thee
             preach
             in
             out
             
             streets
             ?
             haue
             not
             we
             cast
             out
             Deuils
             in
             thy
             name
             ?
          
           sayes
           the
           smoothing
           hypocrite
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           could
           fetch
           God
           ouer
           for
           an
           admission
           into
           heauen
           .
           
             Thou
             hast
             not
             lied
             to
             man
             ,
             but
             to
             God
             ,
          
           saith
           
             S.
             Peter
          
           to
           
             Ananias
             .
          
           And
           pettish
           
             Ionas
             ,
          
           after
           hee
           had
           beene
           cooled
           in
           the
           belly
           of
           the
           Whale
           ,
           and
           the
           Sea
           ,
           yet
           will
           be
           bearing
           God
           downe
           in
           an
           argument
           to
           the
           iustifying
           of
           his
           idle
           choler
           ,
           
             I
             doe
             well
             to
             be
             angry
             to
             the
             death
             .
          
           But
           as
           the
           greatest
           Politicians
           are
           oft
           ouertaken
           with
           the
           grossest
           follies
           (
           God
           owes
           proud
           wits
           a
           shame
           )
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           could
           not
           possibly
           deuise
           how
           so
           much
           to
           be
           foole
           it selfe
           ,
           as
           by
           this
           wicked
           presumption
           :
           
           
             Oh
             yee
             fooles
             ,
             when
             will
             ye
             vnderstand
             ?
             He
             
             that
             formed
             the
             eye
             ,
             shall
             he
             not
             see
             ?
             Hee
             that
             teacheth
             man
             knowledge
             ,
             shall
             not
             he
             vnderstand
             ?
             The
             Lord
             knoweth
             the
             thoughts
             of
             man
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             vanitie
             .
             A
             rod
             for
             the
             backe
             of
             fooles
             ,
          
           yea
           a
           rod
           of
           iron
           for
           such
           presumptuous
           fooles
           ,
           to
           
             crush
             them
             in
             peeces
             like
             a
             Potters
             vessell
             .
          
        
         
           Ye
           haue
           seene
           the
           fashion
           and
           the
           subiect
           of
           this
           deceit
           :
           the
           sequell
           ,
           or
           effect
           followes
           ;
           euery
           way
           lamentable
           ;
           For
           hence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           that
           many
           a
           one
           hath
           had
           his
           heart
           in
           keeping
           fortie
           ,
           fiftie
           ,
           threescore
           yeeres
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           not
           acquainted
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           all
           because
           this
           craft
           hath
           kept
           it
           at
           the
           Priscillianists
           locke
           ,
           
             Tu
             omnes
             ,
             te
             nemo
          
           ;
           
           It
           affects
           to
           be
           a
           searcher
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           no
           man
           is
           allowed
           to
           come
           aboard
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           if
           a
           man
           whether
           out
           of
           curiositie
           ,
           or
           conscience
           ,
           bee
           desirous
           to
           inquire
           into
           it
           (
           as
           it
           is
           a
           shame
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           a
           stranger
           at
           home
           ;
           
             Know
             ye
             not
             your
             owne
             hearts
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           )
           it
           casts
           it selfe
           ,
           
           Proteus-like
           ,
           into
           so
           many
           formes
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           very
           hard
           to
           apprehend
           it
           .
           One
           while
           the
           man
           hath
           no
           heart
           ,
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           saith
           
             Salomon
          
           ;
           Then
           hee
           hath
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           an
           heart
           ,
           and
           an
           heart
           ,
           
           saith
           
             Dauid
          
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           his
           hearts
           contradicts
           another
           ;
           and
           then
           how
           knowes
           he
           whether
           to
           beleeue
           ?
           And
           what
           certainty
           ,
           what
           safety
           can
           it
           be
           for
           a
           man
           to
           liue
           
           vnacquainted
           with
           himselfe
           ?
           O●
           this
           vnacquaintance
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           arises
           a
           dangerous
           mes-prison
           of
           a
           mans
           selfe
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           and
           quantity
           of
           his
           sinne
           ,
           in
           the
           quality
           of
           his
           repentance
           ,
           in
           his
           peace
           and
           intirenesse
           with
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           right
           to
           heauen
           ,
           and
           (
           in
           a
           word
           )
           in
           his
           whole
           spirituall
           estate
           .
           Of
           this
           mes-prison
           ,
           thirdly
           ,
           arises
           a
           fearefull
           disappointment
           of
           all
           his
           hopes
           ,
           and
           a
           plunging
           into
           vnauoidable
           torments
           :
           Wherein
           it
           is
           miserable
           to
           see
           ,
           how
           cunningly
           the
           traiterous
           hearts
           of
           many
           men
           beare
           them
           in
           hand
           all
           their
           liues
           long
           ;
           soothing
           them
           in
           all
           their
           courses
           ,
           promising
           them
           successe
           in
           all
           their
           waies
           ,
           securing
           them
           
           from
           feare
           of
           euills
           ,
           assuring
           them
           of
           the
           fauour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           possession
           of
           heauen
           (
           as
           some
           fond
           Bigot
           would
           bragge
           of
           his
           
             Bull
             ,
          
           or
           
             Medall
             ,
          
           or
           
             Agnus
             Dei
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           those
           Priests
           that
           
             Gerson
          
           *
           taxes
           ,
           who
           made
           the
           people
           beleeue
           that
           the
           Masse
           was
           good
           for
           the
           eye-sight
           ,
           for
           the
           mawe
           ,
           for
           bodily
           health
           ,
           and
           preseruation
           )
           till
           they
           come
           to
           their
           death-beds
           ;
           But
           then
           when
           they
           come
           to
           call
           forth
           the
           comforts
           they
           must
           trust
           to
           ,
           they
           finde
           them
           like
           to
           some
           vnfaithfull
           Captaine
           ,
           that
           hath
           all
           the
           while
           in
           Garrison
           filled
           his
           purse
           with
           dead
           paies
           ,
           and
           made
           vp
           the
           number
           of
           his
           companies
           with
           borrowed
           men
           ;
           and
           in
           time
           of
           
           ease
           shewd
           faire
           ;
           but
           when
           hee
           is
           called
           forth
           by
           a
           sudden
           alarum
           ,
           bewraies
           his
           shame
           and
           weaknesse
           ,
           and
           failes
           his
           Generall
           when
           he
           hath
           most
           need
           of
           him
           ;
           right
           thus
           doe
           the
           perfidious
           hearts
           of
           many
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           glorious
           bragges
           of
           their
           security
           ,
           on
           the
           bed
           of
           their
           last
           reckoning
           ,
           finde
           nothing
           but
           a
           cold
           despaire
           ,
           and
           a
           wofull
           horror
           of
           conscience
           ;
           and
           therefore
           too
           iustly
           may
           their
           hearts
           say
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           heart
           of
           
             Apollodorus
          
           the
           Tyran
           seemed
           to
           say
           vnto
           him
           ;
           who
           dreamed
           one
           night
           that
           hee
           was
           fleaed
           by
           the
           Scythians
           ,
           and
           boyled
           in
           a
           Caldron
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           heart
           spake
           to
           him
           out
           of
           the
           kettle
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           It
           is
           I
           that
           haue
           drawne
           thee
           to
           all
           this
           .
           Certainly
           neuer
           man
           was
           ,
           or
           shall
           bee
           frying
           in
           hell
           ,
           but
           cries
           out
           of
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           and
           accuses
           that
           deceitfull
           peece
           as
           guilty
           of
           all
           his
           torment
           :
           For
           let
           Satan
           be
           neuer
           so
           malicious
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           neuer
           so
           parasiticall
           ,
           yet
           if
           his
           owne
           heart
           had
           beene
           true
           to
           him
           ,
           none
           of
           these
           could
           haue
           hurt
           him
           .
           Let
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           enemies
           doe
           their
           worst
           ,
           only
           from
           the
           euill
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           good
           Lord
           deliuer
           vs.
           
        
         
           It
           were
           now
           time
           for
           our
           thoughts
           to
           dwell
           a
           little
           vpon
           the
           meditation
           ,
           and
           deploration
           of
           our
           owne
           danger
           and
           misery
           ,
           who
           are
           euery
           way
           so
           inuironed
           
           with
           subtlety
           .
           If
           wee
           looke
           at
           Satan
           ,
           his
           old
           title
           is
           ,
           
             that
             old
             Serpent
          
           ;
           who
           must
           needs
           therefore
           now
           ,
           by
           so
           long
           time
           and
           experience
           ,
           bee
           both
           more
           old
           and
           more
           Serpent
           .
           If
           we
           looke
           at
           sinne
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           crafty
           as
           he
           ;
           
             Lest
             any
             of
             you
             be
             hardened
             through
             the
             deceitfulnesse
             of
             sinne
          
           :
           If
           at
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           we
           heare
           (
           that
           which
           we
           may
           feele
           )
           
             that
             the
             heart
             is
             deceitfull
             aboue
             all
             things
             .
          
           Oh
           wretched
           men
           that
           we
           are
           ,
           how
           are
           we
           beset
           with
           Impostors
           on
           all
           hands
           ;
           If
           it
           were
           more
           seasonable
           for
           vs
           to
           bewaile
           our
           estate
           ,
           than
           to
           seeke
           the
           redresse
           of
           it
           ;
           But
           since
           it
           is
           not
           so
           much
           worth
           our
           labour
           to
           know
           how
           deepe
           the
           pit
           is
           ,
           into
           which
           wee
           are
           
           fallen
           ,
           as
           how
           to
           come
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           heare
           rather
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           )
           for
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           how
           wee
           may
           auoid
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           deceit
           of
           our
           false
           heart
           ;
           euen
           iust
           so
           as
           we
           would
           preuent
           the
           nimble
           feates
           of
           some
           cheating
           Iugler
           ,
           Search
           him
           ,
           watch
           him
           ,
           Trust
           him
           not
           .
        
         
           Looke
           well
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           pockets
           ,
           boxes
           ,
           sleeues
           ,
           yea
           ,
           vnder
           his
           very
           tongue
           it selfe
           ;
           There
           is
           no
           fraud
           so
           secret
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           descried
           ;
           were
           our
           hearts
           as
           crafty
           as
           the
           deuill
           himselfe
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           found
           out
           ;
           
           We
           are
           not
           ignorant
           (
           saith
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           )
           of
           Satans
           deuices
           ;
           much
           more
           then
           may
           we
           know
           our
           owne
           ;
           Were
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           (
           as
           
             Salomon
          
           
           speakes
           of
           Kings
           )
           like
           vnto
           deepe
           waters
           ,
           they
           haue
           a
           bottome
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           fathomed
           ;
           Were
           they
           as
           darke
           as
           hell
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           neuer
           so
           full
           of
           windings
           ,
           and
           blind
           waies
           ,
           and
           obscure
           turnings
           ,
           doe
           but
           take
           the
           lanthorne
           of
           Gods
           law
           in
           your
           hand
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           easily
           finde
           all
           the
           false
           and
           foule
           corners
           of
           them
           ;
           As
           
             Dauid
          
           saith
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           
             nothing
             is
             hid
             from
             the
             light
             thereof
             ;
             Proue
             your selues
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           It
           is
           hard
           if
           falshood
           be
           so
           constant
           to
           it selfe
           that
           by
           many
           questions
           it
           bee
           not
           tripped
           :
           Where
           this
           duty
           is
           slackened
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           the
           heart
           bee
           ouer-run
           with
           spirituall
           fraud
           ;
           Often
           priuy
           searches
           scarre
           away
           
           vagrant
           ,
           and
           disorderly
           persons
           ,
           where
           no
           inquiry
           is
           made
           ,
           is
           a
           fit
           harbour
           for
           them
           ;
           If
           yee
           would
           not
           haue
           your
           hearts
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           become
           the
           lawlesse
           Ordinaries
           of
           vncleane
           spirits
           ,
           search
           them
           oft
           ;
           Leaue
           not
           a
           straw
           vnshaken
           to
           finde
           out
           these
           Labanish
           Teraphim
           that
           are
           stolne
           ,
           and
           hid
           within
           vs
           ;
           And
           ,
           when
           wee
           haue
           searched
           our
           best
           ,
           if
           we
           feare
           there
           are
           yet
           some
           vnknowne
           euills
           lurking
           within
           vs
           (
           as
           the
           man
           after
           Gods
           owne
           heart
           prayes
           against
           secret
           sinnes
           )
           let
           vs
           call
           him
           in
           that
           cannot
           be
           deceiued
           ;
           and
           say
           to
           God
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Search
             thou
             me
             ô
             Lord
             ,
             and
             trie
             me
          
           ;
           Oh
           let
           vs
           yeeld
           our selues
           ouer
           to
           bee
           
           ransackt
           by
           that
           all-seeing
           eye
           ,
           and
           effectuall
           hand
           of
           the
           Almighty
           .
           All
           our
           daubing
           ,
           and
           cogging
           ,
           and
           packing
           ,
           and
           shuffling
           lies
           open
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           only
           can
           make
           the
           heart
           ashamed
           of
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           our
           hearts
           are
           once
           stript
           naked
           ,
           &
           carefully
           searcht
           ,
           let
           our
           eyes
           be
           euer
           fixedly
           bent
           vpon
           their
           conueyances
           ,
           and
           inclinations
           ;
           If
           we
           search
           and
           watch
           not
           ,
           wee
           may
           be
           safe
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           long
           wee
           cannot
           ;
           for
           our
           eye
           is
           no
           sooner
           off
           ,
           than
           the
           heart
           is
           busie
           in
           some
           practise
           of
           falshood
           ;
           It
           is
           well
           if
           it
           forbeare
           whiles
           wee
           looke
           on
           ,
           for
           
             The
             thoughts
             of
             mans
             heart
             are
             only
             euill
             continually
          
           ;
           and
           many
           a
           
           heart
           is
           like
           some
           bold
           and
           cunning
           theefe
           ,
           that
           lookes
           a
           man
           in
           the
           face
           ,
           and
           cuts
           his
           purse
           :
           But
           surely
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           guardian
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           eye
           ;
           
             The
             wise
             mans
             eye
          
           (
           saith
           
             Solomon
             )
             is
             in
             his
             head
          
           ;
           doubtlesse
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           looke
           into
           his
           heart
           :
           
             My
             sonne
             ,
             aboue
             all
             keepings
             keepe
             thy
             heart
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ;
           If
           we
           doe
           not
           dogge
           our
           hearts
           then
           in
           all
           our
           wayes
           ,
           but
           suffer
           our selues
           to
           lose
           the
           sight
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           run
           wilde
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           not
           recouer
           them
           till
           after
           many
           slippery
           tricks
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           and
           much
           repentance
           on
           ours
           .
           Alas
           ,
           how
           little
           is
           this
           regarded
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           wherein
           the
           most
           take
           no
           keepe
           of
           their
           soules
           ,
           but
           suffer
           themselues
           
           to
           run
           after
           the
           wayes
           of
           their
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           without
           obseruation
           ,
           without
           controlement
           ;
           What
           should
           I
           say
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           would
           faine
           be
           deceiued
           ,
           and
           perish
           ?
           For
           after
           this
           loose
           licentiousnesse
           (
           without
           the
           great
           mercy
           of
           God
           )
           they
           neuer
           set
           eye
           more
           vpon
           their
           hearts
           ,
           till
           they
           see
           them
           either
           fearfully
           intoyled
           in
           the
           present
           iudgements
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           fast
           chained
           in
           the
           pit
           of
           hell
           ,
           in
           the
           torments
           of
           finall
           condemnation
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           If
           our
           searches
           and
           watches
           should
           faile
           vs
           ,
           wee
           are
           sure
           our
           distrust
           cannot
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           possible
           our
           heart
           should
           deceiue
           vs
           ,
           if
           we
           trust
           it
           not
           ;
           Wee
           
           carry
           a
           remedy
           within
           vs
           of
           others
           fraud
           ;
           and
           why
           not
           of
           our
           owne
           ?
           The
           Italians
           not
           vnwisely
           pray
           God
           (
           in
           their
           knowne
           prouerbe
           )
           to
           deliuer
           them
           from
           whom
           they
           trust
           ;
           for
           wee
           are
           obnoxious
           to
           those
           we
           relie
           vpon
           ,
           but
           nothing
           can
           leese
           that
           which
           it
           had
           not
           ;
           Distrust
           therefore
           can
           neuer
           be
           disappointed
           :
           If
           our
           hearts
           then
           shall
           promise
           vs
           ought
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           learned
           to
           profer
           largely
           ,
           of
           him
           that
           said
           ,
           
             All
             these
             will
             I
             giue
             thee
          
           )
           although
           with
           vowes
           &
           oathes
           ,
           aske
           for
           his
           assurances
           ;
           if
           he
           cannot
           fetch
           them
           from
           the
           euidences
           of
           God
           ,
           trust
           him
           not
           :
           If
           he
           shall
           report
           ought
           to
           vs
           ,
           aske
           for
           his
           witnesses
           ;
           if
           he
           cannot
           
           produce
           them
           from
           the
           records
           of
           God
           ,
           trust
           him
           not
           :
           If
           he
           shall
           aduise
           vs
           ought
           ,
           aske
           for
           his
           warrant
           ;
           if
           he
           cannot
           fetch
           it
           from
           the
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           trust
           him
           not
           ;
           And
           in
           all
           things
           so
           beare
           our selues
           to
           our
           heart
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           thinke
           they
           liue
           amongst
           theeues
           and
           cozeners
           ;
           euer
           iealously
           and
           suspiciously
           ;
           taking
           nothing
           of
           their
           word
           ,
           scarce
           daring
           to
           trust
           our
           owne
           senses
           ;
           making
           sure
           worke
           in
           all
           matters
           of
           their
           transactions
           .
           I
           know
           I
           speake
           to
           wise
           men
           ,
           whose
           counsell
           is
           wont
           to
           be
           asked
           ,
           and
           followed
           ,
           in
           matter
           of
           the
           assurances
           of
           estates
           ;
           whose
           wisdome
           is
           frequently
           imployed
           in
           the
           triall
           ,
           euiction
           ,
           dooming
           
           of
           malefactors
           :
           Alas
           ,
           what
           shall
           it
           auaile
           you
           that
           you
           can
           aduise
           for
           the
           preuention
           of
           others
           fraud
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           you
           suffer
           your selues
           to
           be
           coz●●●d
           at
           home
           ?
           What
           comfort
           can
           you
           finde
           in
           publike
           seruice
           to
           the
           state
           against
           offenders
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           carry
           a
           fraudulent
           and
           wicked
           heart
           in
           your
           owne
           bosomes
           ?
           There
           is
           one
           aboue
           whom
           wee
           may
           trust
           ,
           whose
           word
           is
           more
           firme
           than
           heauen
           ;
           When
           heauen
           shall
           passe
           ,
           that
           shall
           stand
           ;
           It
           is
           no
           trusting
           ought
           besides
           ,
           any
           further
           than
           he
           giues
           his
           word
           for
           it
           .
           Mans
           Epithet
           is
           ,
           
             Homo
             mendax
             ,
          
           and
           his
           best
           part
           ,
           the
           hearts
           ,
           
             deceitfull
             .
          
           Alas
           ,
           what
           shall
           wee
           thinke
           ,
           or
           
           say
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           which
           neuer
           follow
           any
           other
           aduice
           than
           what
           they
           take
           of
           their
           owne
           heart
           ?
           Such
           are
           the
           most
           ;
           that
           make
           not
           Gods
           Law
           of
           their
           counsell
           ;
           As
           
             Esay
          
           said
           of
           Israel
           ,
           
           
             Abijt
             vagtis
             in
             viacordis
             sui
          
           :
           Surely
           they
           are
           not
           more
           sure
           they
           haue
           an
           heart
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           deceiued
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           betraied
           vnto
           death
           ;
           Of
           them
           may
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           
             Salomon
          
           doth
           of
           the
           wanton
           foole
           ,
           that
           followes
           an
           harlot
           ;
           
           
             Thus
             with
             her
             great
             craft
             she
             caused
             him
             to
             yeeld
             ,
             and
             with
             her
             flattering
             lips
             she
             intised
             him
             :
             And
             he
             followed
             her
             straightwayes
             ,
             as
             an
             Oxe
             that
             goes
             to
             the
             slaughter
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             foole
             to
             the
             stocks
             for
             correction
             .
          
           Oh
           then
           ,
           deare
           
           Christians
           ,
           as
           euer
           yee
           desire
           to
           auoid
           that
           direfull
           slaughter-house
           of
           hell
           ,
           those
           wailings
           ,
           and
           gnashings
           ,
           and
           gnawings
           ,
           and
           euerlasting
           burnings
           ,
           ●●●ke
           carefully
           to
           your
           owne
           he●rts
           ;
           and
           what
           euer
           suggestions
           they
           shall
           make
           vnto
           you
           ,
           trust
           them
           not
           ,
           till
           you
           haue
           tried
           them
           by
           that
           vnfaileable
           rule
           of
           righteousnesse
           ,
           the
           royall
           law
           of
           your
           Maker
           ,
           which
           can
           no
           more
           deceiue
           you
           ,
           than
           your
           hearts
           can
           free
           you
           from
           deceit
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           auoid
           not
           onely
           the
           euents
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           enterprises
           of
           this
           deceit
           ,
           let
           vs
           countermine
           the
           subtill
           workings
           of
           the
           heart
           .
           Our
           
           Sauiour
           hath
           bidden
           vs
           be
           wise
           as
           Serpents
           ;
           What
           should
           bee
           wise
           but
           the
           heart
           ?
           And
           can
           the
           heart
           be
           wiser
           than
           it selfe
           ?
           〈…〉
           wisdome
           of
           the
           heart
           remedie
           the
           craft
           of
           the
           heart
           ?
           Certainly
           it
           may
           .
           There
           are
           two
           men
           in
           euery
           regenerate
           brest
           ,
           the
           old
           and
           the
           new
           ;
           And
           of
           these
           (
           as
           they
           are
           euer
           plotting
           against
           each
           other
           )
           wee
           must
           take
           the
           better
           side
           ,
           and
           labour
           that
           the
           new
           man
           ,
           by
           being
           more
           wise
           in
           God
           ,
           may
           out-strip
           the
           old
           :
           And
           how
           shall
           that
           be
           done
           ?
           If
           we
           would
           dispossesse
           the
           strong
           man
           that
           keepes
           the
           house
           ,
           our
           Sauiour
           bids
           vs
           bring
           in
           a
           stronger
           than
           hee
           ;
           and
           if
           wee
           
           would
           ouer-reach
           the
           subtiltie
           of
           the
           old
           man
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           old
           Serpent
           ,
           bring
           in
           a
           wiser
           than
           hee
           ,
           euen
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           wisdome
           ;
           〈◊〉
           would
           haue
           
             Achitophels
          
           wicked
           counsels
           crossed
           ,
           set
           vp
           an
           
             Hushai
          
           within
           vs
           :
           The
           foolishnesse
           of
           God
           is
           wiser
           than
           the
           wisdome
           of
           men
           .
           Could
           wee
           but
           settle
           God
           within
           vs
           ,
           our
           craftie
           hearts
           would
           bee
           out
           of
           countenance
           ,
           and
           durst
           not
           offer
           to
           play
           any
           of
           their
           deluding
           tricks
           before
           him
           from
           whom
           nothing
           is
           hid
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           could
           bee
           so
           impudently
           presumptuous
           ,
           yet
           they
           should
           be
           so
           soone
           controlled
           in
           their
           first
           motions
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           
           bee
           more
           danger
           of
           their
           confusion
           ,
           than
           of
           our
           deceit
           .
           As
           yee
           loue
           your selues
           therefore
           ,
           and
           your
           owne
           safetie
           ,
           and
           wo●ld
           bee
           free
           from
           the
           perill
           of
           this
           secret
           broaker
           of
           Satan
           ,
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           render
           them
           obediently
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           ;
           giue
           him
           the
           keyes
           of
           these
           closets
           of
           his
           owne
           making
           ;
           beseech
           him
           that
           hee
           will
           vouchsafe
           to
           dwell
           and
           reigne
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           shall
           wee
           be
           sure
           that
           neither
           Satan
           shall
           deceiue
           them
           ,
           nor
           they
           deceiue
           vs
           ;
           but
           both
           wee
           and
           they
           shall
           be
           kept
           safe
           and
           inuiolable
           ,
           and
           presented
           glorious
           to
           the
           appearance
           of
           our
           Lord
           IESVS
           CHRIST
           :
           To
           whom
           
           with
           the
           FATHER
           ,
           and
           the
           HOLY
           GHOST
           ●e
           all
           honour
           and
           glor●●
           for
           euer
           and
           euer
           AMEN
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02537-e120
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.11
             .
          
           
             Acts
             19.19
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             94.10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Qui
             publicè
             volunt
             dogmatizarescupraedicare
             popu●o
             ,
             quod
             si
             quis
             audit
             missam
             in
             illo
             die
             non
             〈◊〉
             coe●us
             ,
             nec
             moriet●r
             morte
             subitanea
             ,
             nec
             carebit
             sufficienti
             sustetatione
             ,
             &c
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             57.17
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             7.21
             .