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religion_n	count_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	35	3	9.5822	5	false

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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

Champions for their spirituall liberties that every body might be a Priest and offer Sacrifice This humour is commonly predominant in the vulgar people It appeared in Germany in the Sedition of the Anabaptists every one would be a Preacher and claime priviledge of Christian liberty as they pretended It is a notable Story which I am led unto Ioh. Sleiden Comment ad An. 1525. In the yeare 1525. the Country-people of Suevia and other parts about the Danube covenanted together by an Oath and raised a terrible Sedition pretending the maintenance of the Gospell and the publick liberty The Magistrates promised to satisfie them fairely but they would not be quieted They sent abroad their demands 1. That they might have the choice of their Ministers 2. That they might be exempt from paying tyth's 3. That they might be no longer counted Servants being redeemed by the blood of Christ. 4. That all Fish-pooles Woods and Commons might be at their liberty 5. That they might be exempt from Tributes and Mortuaries or Herriots Before the publishing of these Demands Luther had wrote a book to perswade people to obedience and after these came abroad he writes another in answer to them for they had appealed to him as if he had patronized their doings He shews they abused the Name of God because they pretended in their sedition the promoting of the sincere Doctrine of the Gospell and of righteousnesse and equitie whereas in truth they tooke a course to deprive Magistrates of that authority which God had put into their hands And in many other words he deales friendly yet faithfully and roundly with them And in another writing adviseth to put them to the sword Gabr. Prdtreolus Elench Haeret l. 10. c. 15. p. 288. and cut them off as wild beasts Which I the rather note because the Papists fasten this very crime of sedition upon him to which we see how great an enemy he was 'T is very observable Jude v. 8. that the Apostle St Jude puts this among the characters of hypocriticall seducers Those filthy dreamers that defile the flesh That they despise dominions and speake evill of dignities if the place be to be understood of Magistrates Adam Sasbout in loc Philip. Parcus in loc which I find some to make doubt of But the younger Pareus takes it in the sense in which I have alledged it and applies it against the Gnosticks and Basilidians of old the Anabaptists and Libertines of late Yea those roguish and vagrant disciples of John Batemburg who were not ashamed publikely to avow sedition if we may believe Lindan Lindan Dubitant 2 Dialog de Patemburgicis a man whom we have reason enough to suspect in his reports because of his grosse partiality towards the See of Rome were yet zealous against Romish superstitions To whom we may adde Hacket and his Complices in our own story so seditious and yet withall so shamefully hypocriticall that I know no man that hath endeavoured to excuse them The fuller Answer Script and Reason The Lord of Hosts by Mc. Burroughs Let no Malignant or ill affected reader wrong my meaning here as if I would in the least measure reflect upon the present warre and the pretenses of it the necessity and justifiablenesse whereof I am fully satisfied in and so I think may the world be by the Books that are abroad 4. But above all we have most to say in the discovery of hypocrites who serve their Covetousnesse by Religion When Ahab is sick for the vineyard of Naboth and Jezabel will needs have it to make him well a holy fast must be proclaimed a religious Scrutenie and a zealous tendernesse of Gods dishonour to bring the businesse about 'T is a known story Judas was a covetous wretch but one would think he were an holy man an enemy to vaine expenses a great friend to the poore brim-full of charity When the humble sinner bestowed her costly sweet ointment where she thought it was most worthily spent Religion a cover for covetousnesse upon the feet of Christ Judas cryes out Why is this wast It had been better given to the poore Good words but we know the mistery He would have been Almoner Joh. 12.5 6. He was a Thieft the text tells us and bare the bagge and cared not for the poore Act. 19 24 25 26 27. Act. 8.18 Demetrius the Silver-smith is become religiously zealous for Diana but t' was indeed the decay of his Trade that pinch't him Simon Magus was so desirous of the gift of the holy Ghost and of the power of giving it by the imposition of hands that rather then misse he would give money for it but it was because he meant to make money of it againe and so would lay out his money in a good way of trading And how came Foelix so devout Act. 24.26 that he sent so oft for his prisoner and heard him so oft It was his money rather then his Doctrine that he gaped after and he would rather have seen a fee then heard the other point Foelix then was an hypocriticall hearer and are there no examples to be found of hypocriticall preachers too who love to labour where they may be sure to eate Hos 10.11 Mich. 3.11 like Ephraim who loved to treade out the Corn Yes They were such of whom the Prophet speakes The Priests teach for hire and the Prophets divine for money yet will they leane upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among us Luk. 20.47 And such of whom our Saviour speakes Beware of the Scribes which desire to walke in long robes which devoure widows houses and for a shew make long prayers Christ doth not condemne Macrologie or long prayers which I also note as a caution by the way against profane spirited men who are ready to catch at the shado'ws of advantage which such like places seem to give them and turn the sharpedge of such Texts against all such who having their hearts full of matter and their spirits inflamed doe continue long in prayer But he discovers the abuse of it among the Scribes who either by this means did insinuate themselves into rich widdowes as most faithfull and religious over seers of their estates to whom they might safely commit themselves and their estates that so they might gain a convenient opportunity to beguile them or under pretense of long prayers expounding the word instructing of them and the like staid with them fed upon them St. Chrysost in los. and eate them up which is St Chrysostoms observation A practise like unto this a late godly and reverend Divine of ours discovered in some Antinomian Ministers about London and therefore warneth the reader in these words 1. Dr. Taylor The rule of the Law Preface to Read Looke carefully to your pretious soul's 2. Looke well to your estates and outward meanes lest these Impostors make a prey and advantage on you as they have