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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	appear_v	sinai_n	33	3	10.7023	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93061	The hypocrites ladder, or looking-glasse. Or A discourse of the dangerous and destructive nature of hypocrisie, the reigning and provoking sin of this age. Wherein is shewed how far the hypocrite, or formal professor may go towards heaven, yet utterly perish, by three ladders of sixty steps of his ascending. Together with a looking-glass, clearly discovering that lurking sin of hypocrisie. As also another glass to try sincerity of grace by. / By Jo. Sheffeild minister of the word at Swithins London.	Sheffeild, John, d. 1680.	1657 (1657)	Wing S3063; Thomason E1570_1	172,287	360

thumb of Exod 29. 20. Lev. 14 14 17. their right hand and the great Toe of their right foot all anointed to shew that not onely the ear is to bee consecrated but the hand with which wee work and the foot with which wee walk should all bee sanctified 3 I will not say but the hypocrite may search the Scriptures to see what hee can finde in them and if it may bee to finde eternal life by searching them but no hypocrite doth search his heart by the Scriptures hee doth not take this light and search and sweep this house hee is one of the Jewish searchers hee is none of the Berean searchers who searched the Scriptures daily to see if Joh. 5. 39 Act. 17. 11 these things were so so in their books and so in their hearts and lives The sincere soul searcheth first how the Sermon and the Scripture agree and then how his heart and life agree with the Scripture and Sermon The hypocrite censures the Preacher if hee wander from his Text and his Doctrine agree not with his Text or his Vse with his Doctrine but hee censures not himself when his practice wanders from Text and Doctrine and Use too Hee is very critical in hearing or reading an Author very hypocritical in reading his own heart and examining his own life hee notes what unsound Divinity is in anothers Sermon or Book not what unsound Christianity is in his own heart Hee is as Austin said more troubled at anothers incongruity of speech or impropriety of phrase than at his own solecismes absurdities and barbarocismes in manners 4 An hypocrite may I will grant keep his mouth with all keeping and caution but no hypocrite in the world doth minde that duty Prov. 4. 23. to keep his heart with all keeping to observe what stuffe is there and to bee troubled at his own vain unbeleeving thoughts and sinfull imaginations which are the greatest trouble and exercise of a childe of God to keep his heart clean 5 Every hypocrite doth talk of God no hypocrite doth walk with God setting Gen. 5. 24. 6. 9 God as David did alway before him hee is continually at my right hand therefore I shall not fall Psal 16. 6 No hypocrite hath his conversation Phil. 3. 20 in heaven hee may have heaven in his communication never in his conversation hee may bee high minded is never heavenly minded may bee heavenly-mouthed cannot bee heavenly-minded 7 Lastly No hypocrite can say Hee doth delight in the Law of God in his inner Rom. 7. 22 man hee may delight to hear or read it in many passages for the equity and justice that is in it but to delight in it in the purity spiritualness and latitude of it and that in the inner man with all the heart to like well of the Prohibitory part of it Thou shalt not lust and of the Mandatory part Thou shalt love the Lord with all thy heart and thy neighbour as thy self and so like the Law well when it rebukes and convinceth of sin and shuts up our mouths this is a rare act of sincerity To say of the Law in every precept and in every respect as Paul doth I consent to it I allow not any 1 Sam 6. 20 Rom 7. 12. disobedience against it it is all holy and just and good argues sincerity An hypocrite may say it is holy and so holy that hee likes it the worse again who can stand before this holy Law or before this holy Lord by reason of his Law Hee can say also It is a just Law too just but hee can scarcely finde in his heart to say It is good The promise is good hee saith but the Law hee could wish were repealed and were made a dead letter for it is to his lusts a killing letter an unpleasing curb and hee desires with Israel Heb. 12. 19 that hee may never hear more of it then hee shall live again otherwise hee concludes hee must needs dye The second thing wherein an hypocrite is tardy in matter of duty different from the godly is in his manner and way of performing it Hee falls not short so much in the matter form expression measure length and size of his duties as in the life holiness spiritualness and manner of his duties Manners do not only make a man as wee say not Mannors Means Lordships Habit c. but manners make the Christian also The Sio● and the Luke 8. 18. Mat. 6. 1. 5 16 1 Cor. 9. 24 26 Phil. 3. 17 1 Cor. 11. 28 Mat. 24. 46. Quomodo go a great way in a Christians work Take heed how you hear pray fast give alms rather than that you hear pray c. The So running So fighting So walking So eating and So doing are more commanded and commended than the bare actions The first failing in this kinde is that the hypocrite rusheth abruptly and unpreparedly upon his duties no preparation before no attention in no reformation after his duties hee comes from sin to duty and from duty to sin again as that Strumpet who had been seeking God by day at her peace-offerings at Prov 7. 14 night seeks out her wanton Mate or as Judas who came reeking from the High Priest into Christ his presence and from the Lords Table hee goes to the Table of Devils hee returns with his Sop to the High Priests again hee can lodge Christ and Belial both in a bed What an abomination was that the Lord complains of Ezek. 23. 39. When they had slain their children to their Idols they came the same day into my Sanctuary to prophane it and thus they have done in the midst of my house The hypocrites duties are but a short Parenthesis brought in I know not how between a many lines of sin going before and as many following after whereas the Lord will bee sanctified in those that draw neer to him The Lord requires Lev. 10. 3 to every solemn and extraordinary duty ●xtraordinary and suitable preparation when Aaron and the Priests were first to be consecrated because they were to enter upon a holy function they were to wait seven dayes at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and not to go out for seven dayes you shall bee consecrated said the Lord. And when Israel Lev. 8. 33 was to appear before the Lord at Sinai to receive the Law they were to bee sanctified three dayes before-hand Exod. 19. 10 11. The Passover was not to bee eaten by any in his uncleanness hee Lev. 7. 20 did more sin in eating so than in a religious forbearance and as there was a preparation and purification of the Sanctuary to all that came to that Old 2 Chron. 30 Testament Sacrament so is the like required to our Sacrament Let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. And as 1 Cor. 11. 28 there was to bee an extraordinary preparation upon