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A94758	The hypocrite discovered and cured. The definition the kindes the subject the symptoms of hypocrisie. The prognosticks the causes the cure of hypocrisie. A discourse furnished vvith much variety of experimentall and historicall observations, and most seasonable for these times of happy designe for reformation. In two bookes. / By Samuell Torshell. With an epistle to the Assembly of Divines, about the discerning of spirits. Ordered, Novemb. 24, 1643. that this booke be printed, for Iohn Bellamie. Iohn White. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamie.	Torshell, Samuel, 1604-1650.	1644 (1644)	Wing T1938; Thomason E80_11	165,295	186

macerate and afflict their bodies with scourgings and other cruelties that they exercise upon themselves Alas there may be much severity and yet no mortification Divers of the Pharisees proud and hypocriticall men though they were Vid. Mont. Appa● v●● s 17. wore thornes in the hemme of their garments to pricke and draw blood of their bare heeles as they walked to remember them of the Law which yet in their hearts they regarded not But in the Church of Rome setting aside some frantickly superstitious persons for the most part they practise but a mock-pennance Nic. Caus Holy Court To. 3. max 9. and even in their very scourgings are neate and curious so that a French Jesuite of great note tels us That some had their very Haire-cloathes and Disciplines made of silver rather to see the bright lustre of it then to feele the smart And I have read of some Popish Ladies as costly about their whips as their fannes the handles of their scourges or disciplines being enchased with gold and set with pearle CHAP. XX. The sixth Symptome continued The tenth head The Deceits of Zeale 10. The deceits of zeale I Have reserved to the last place the consideration of counterfeit zeale because I have here many men to deale with and many cases The most beautifull have most suitors Zeale is a flourishing grace of a fresh and lively complexion the pure and cleare flame of that fire which is kindled by the spirit Many therfore pretend to this and would be counted and would be called zealous ones especially when zeale in Religion is growne into credit again when it comes to be the fashion that most men weare when it is for a mans reputation to be a forward Professour as now God be thanked it is For fashions they have their vicissitudes their ebbs and their returnes againe Old fashions laid a side come sometimes in request again as this that we are now speaking of About an 100 yeares agoe the profession of Religion according to Gods pure word was in such request that it was a fashion and they exprest it in the fashion of their cloaths the Princes and Noble-men and Gentle-men in some parts of Germany caused these five Letters V. D. M. I. Ae. the first letters of these words Joh. Wolf lect memor To. 2. ad An. 1549. VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNUM The Word of the Lord endureth for ever to be wrought or imbroydered or set in plate upon their Cloakes or upon the sleeves of their Garments to shew to all the world that forsaking Popish and humane Traditions they were Professours of the pure word of God 2 Kin. 10.16 It is growne to that passe now men say Come and see my zeale for the Lord But here 's the danger when the waters are out the streame carries all with it Hypocrites will swimme downe the strong tide And as then many that wore those letters upon their Coats did not receive the power of the Word into their hearts so all that now vote for Religion are not religious but as empty Carts run apace much faster then the laden ones and keepe a great ratling upon the stones so doe these counterfeits make the greatest clamour for that which in truth their hearts least care for To descend unto particulars 1. Some have a pretended false complying zeale They are zealous in what they know will be well liked They prevent Reformation by authority where they know Authority will approve the fact So some have taken down Crucifixes removed Altars and the like not it may be out of a spirit of any great dislike but to manifest their forwardnesse in that which they know or probably gather to be in designe and project Whereas right and genuine zeale contends with difficulties and though it dare doe nothing in opposition to Authority Rom. 13.1 to which it knowes the Scripture hath subjected every soule yet it will doe that which is a necessary duty MS Addit to Goodw. Catal by Sir Io. Harr. in Grindals life though it meet with frownes Of which true Zeale Arch-bishop Grindall gave an evident testimony who when an Italian Physitian bearing himselfe upon the countenance of a great Lord at Court though he had a wife living married another Gentle-woman he would not winke at so publick a scandall but convented and proceeded against him by Ecclesiasticall censures for then it was not made felony as it hath since beene by King James This great Lord presently writes to the Arch-bishop to stay the proceedings to tolerate to dispence or to mitigate the censure When he could not prevaile Queene Elizabeth was procured to write in the Doctors behalfe but the Bishop not only persisted like St John Baptist in his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is not lawfull to have her to wife but also in reverent manner required of the Queene an account of her faith in that she would write in a matter expressely against the word of God Here was zeale encountring with danger for maintainance of truth He was hereupon commanded to keep his house and lay under disgrace through the power of a malevolent party till his death 2. Again Many are zealous in the Religion maintained whereas if the streame should turne and runne the other way God knows how they would keepe their breath against tide T' is no tryall of a mans sincerity to cry out against Papists An. Sax Mon. Preface Sect. 3. when a Parliament is vigilant and severe in setting Lawes on foot against them I shall ever honour the memory of that learned Gentleman one of our best Saxon Antiquaries Mr Lisle who publishing some Saxon Monuments against Popery some yeares since when t' was thought by many that the face of things look'd towards Rome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Theodor Hist l. 2. c. 29. Non nisi in volucris obtectam proferebat mentem suam Noster Christophersonus vertit suam ex occulto promit impietatem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vel ut Christophers Scalig. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vel ut Christophers emendat 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sozom bist l. 2. c. 28. Hist eccles cent 16. l. 3. c. 28. professed that he did the rather then shew his zeale of the truth and make knowne to the world what profession he was of partly because the Papists hoped and looked for a day and partly because he saw so many so covert and bearing themselves so warily as if they would be still ready for a change For this is indeed the right guise of hypocrites in uncertain times to walk without discovering themselves how they encline and to deliver themselves in generall and ambiguous termes which may admit a faire sence either way to serve their turnes accordingly as things may fall out which was the Councell which Eudoxius Bishop of Constantinople a notable hypocrite a close heretick gave to Eunonius another Bishop of the same stampe That he would hide his opinion and not

Emperours friendship it was not to be accounted of if it must be bought with impietie The great man being moved began to threaten him with banishment tortures and death Basil answered the earth is the Lords and the fullnesse thereof as for tortures what can they doe upon such a poore thinne body as mine nothing but skinne and bone Another time Eusebius Governour of Pontus being much enraged against this same Basil told him he would teare his very liver out of his bowells Truely said St Basil You shall doe me a very good turne in it to take out my naughty liver which inflames and diseaseth my whole body And this resolvednesse is much fortified by vowes which bind men strongly as we see in the case of the Gibeonites Iosh 9.19 20. and of the Benzamites because vowes or oaths made before God Iud. 21.2 6 7 14 19 20. which may not wilfully be broken without incurring Gods great displeasure and the judgments under which he that sweares layes himself in case he breaks his oath for vowes are deliberate and resolved promises according to the definition of them which we find in the Casuists Fred. Balwin de Cas l. 2. c. 8. Azor. To. 1. Instit l. 11. c. 14. That they are promises made to God out of the judgment of reason and purpose of the will So that these three things are in a vow deliberation purpose and a promise they doe therefore most strongly bind such as enter into them There are some that have doubted whether we may vow at all to God because God loves and requires a free service not necessitated by vows because men unnecessarily by them put themselves into a further snare because we owe all to God without vow But though we owe duty we are many times slow in performance and we may with Jacob quicken our selves by vowes Gen. 28.21 neither doe they hinder us from performing a free service for they are to be made ex proposito voluntatis with our own will neither are we further insnared by them then by the precepts of God when we make them in Gods strength and expectation of his grace to assist and but for a time and in things lawfull and possible unto us We had need to fortifie our selves strongly because of many assaults against our sinceritie to set our foot fast because of the many shuffles the world will put upon us And that we may resolve for God and truth labour with good judgment to see reason to choose that side and then to rest in the choice made Be not alwaies in choosing pitch some where And what is more lovely more worthy of choice then God and his truth Let our desires therefore be towards God and his name and then even dangers themselves will not remove us from him or make us unfaithfull as we heare the Church speaking in the Prophet Isa 26.8 9. Yea in the way of thy judgments have we waited for thee the desire of our soul is to thy name and to the remembrance of thee with my soul have I desired thee in the night yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early Let our by as be to God The hypocrite when he makes faire towards God runs against by as All outward acts of approaches and addresses to God may be made by hypocrites there is no externall thing but a Painter may draw it and colour it with his pencill But love unfeigned love which will bind stedfastly and make the soul cleave unto the Lord with full purpose is above and beyond the art of painting Cant. 8 7. Many waters cannot quench love neither can the floods drown it If a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would utterly be contemned See God worthy to be preferred and love him truly and that love will keep you true to him so that if the world doe offer her self with her rich dowrie and shew you her beauty and her wealth she shall not be able to entice you from him or winne away your love and your hearts David made this choice Psal 73.28 2 Sam. 6.22 It is good for me to draw neare to God And he kept to this choice though he were scoft at for it If this be vile to serve and honour God who advanced me I will yet said he be more vile then thus He was not he would not be ashamed of his zeale I will only remember the carriage of another Prince to beare him company who ran thorough greater discouragements then flouts that he might hold to his choice I meane John Duke of Saxonie Cyriac. Spangenberg in Chron. Mansfield ad An. 1531. who to use my authours words might have had all that the world could afford if he would not have been a Christian but not respecting many calamities yea the danger of death it self he heroically defended the sincere religion against all the Devils and the Pope in three puhlike Imperiall assemblies And when it was told him he should loose the favour of the Pope and the Emperour and of all the world if he stuck so fast to the Lutheran cause Here are two wayes said he I must serve God or the world and which of these doe ye think is the better And so put them off with this pleasant indignation Neither would he be ashamed to be seen which way he chose to goe for when at the publike assembly of the States of the Empire It was forbidden to have any Lutheran Sermons he presently prepared to be gone and profest boldly He would not stay there where he might not have liberty to serve God He was resolved for God And I brought the example for a probatum est upon this Medicament that resolution will keep us close to God CHAP. XIV The fourth Medicament The thorough feare of God 4. GEt Gods feare planted in your hearts The feare of God vvill cure Hypocrisie 2 Cro. 19.9 There is nothing more effectuall then that for the present cure King Johoshaphat knew that this would preserve his Officers in their uprightnesse and startle them if they were not so Those whom he set for judgment and for controversies he charged them Thus shall ye doe in the feare of the Lord faithfully and with a perfect heart Salomon knowing this the most necessary point of all his Sermons to be remembred delivered it in the end of all because he would have it to dwell in the freshest thoughts of men Eccles 12.13 Psal 112.1 Psal 128.1 Let us heare the conclusion of the whole matter fear God and keep his Commandements They are well joyned together for that blessed man that feareth the Lord will delight greatly in his Commandments and will walke in his wayes it is the beginning of wisedom that wisedom which is in obedience which the Psalmist calls A good wisedom or understanding Psal 111.10 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedom a good understanding have all