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A21197 The churches glory shewed forth in a sermon preached at the Haghe before Their Majesties the King & Queene [brace] of Bohemia / by J.E. ... Elborough, Jeremiah. 1625 (1625) STC 7550.5; ESTC S120080 16,073 56

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without glorious all glorious within goes forth comes home Cato like eodem vultu with the same countenance the same in all places like her selfe glorious Vse 1 Which condemnes the hypocrisy of many making a great shew of outward devotion having only the outside of religion but no true inward affection to goodnesse nor private practice of pietie z Matt. 7. 5. face-takers as the Syriack termes them taking only the face of goodnesse that abroad but put it off in private The Pharisee is more carefull to wash his hands before meat then his heart the outside then the inside of the cup he will give a Matt. 6. almes fast pray one would think him right bred borne of God but in giving almes he sounds a trumpet in his fasts he disfigures his face he prayes but in the Temple corners of the streets to be seene of men there is neyther pietie in his prayers humility in his fasts or charitie in his almes but all done for his owne vayne glory nothing to Gods glory all done out of love to humane prayses not of any love to those heavenly graces this you may perceive if you follow him home in private hee is another man does none of these nor thincks of these but abroad like some women too carefull curious to trimme up them selves when they goe forth but none more carelesse sluttish when they are at home or like some men that regard not what course foule linnen they weare next their shinne so they have over it a halfe shirt of fine linnen to bee seene or to use our Saviours comparison like b Mat. 23. 27 painted sepulchres faire without rotten within Vse 2 But beloved I am perswaded better thinges of you such as accompany salvation It is our duty to be good abroad to shew our fayth by our good workes we have no cause to be ashamed of goodnesse it is the Queenes glory lest Christ be ashamed of us our good workes must shine before men that they may glorifie our father in heaven but let us take heed we doe not good only to bee seene of men Pray fast give almes with other duties of pietie to God charitie to man in publique with the whole Church but forget not to doe these at home for remember the Kings daughter is all glorious within not excluding her glory without including her glory within for shee is both as I shewed before universaly glorious in all parts so sincerely glorious in all places at all times but indeed more glorious within then without When she is abroad she sometimes forbeares to shew forth her glory to avoyd suspicion of vayne glory hypocrisy but when she comes home enters into her chamber where none but God sees her she unmaskes her face layes open her beauty casts abroad all the brightnesse of her glory in powring out her soule with more freedome zeale in her prayers other glorious good duties to make amēds for that restraynt in publique Psa 39. 1. 2. The King her father the King her husband sees her in secret beholds her carriage heares her prayers putts her teares in a bottle will reward her openly bring forth her righteousnesse as the c Ps 37. 6. light And when all vayne glorious hypocrites relying on their outward devotions shal be cast out into outward darknesse where is weeping gnashing of teeth then shall the Kings daughter who is all glorious within be received within the kingdome of glory d Mat. 13. 43 shine forth as the Sunne in the Kingdome of her father Consider what hath bin sayd the Lord give you understanding in all thinges