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A05679	The portraiture of hypocrisie, liuely and pithilie pictured in her colours wherein you may view the vgliest and most prodigious monster that England hath bredde.; Portraiture of hypocrisie, lively and pithilie pictured in her colours	Bate, John, M.A.	1589 (1589)	STC 1579; ESTC S101572	70,120	198

that his wife shoulde paint her selfe and flourishe lyke a common harlot than goe lyke a graue matrone in respecte of almightie GOD for that they which doe colour their faces and die their bodies doe therein goe aboute to reproue the excellent worke of him that made them insomuch that they doe seeme as it were ashamed of his workmanship Paul teacheth them another lesson that they shoulde decke themselues with shamefastnesse and sobernesse not to curle their haire to die theyr faces to glitter with their golde or precious clothes A common prouerbe it is amongst the Grecians that it is not golde or pearle that beautifieth a woman but good and honest conditions so that in stead of their gaudes embroderies bracelets and borders they should onely delight in the decking of Gods lawes that ought to bée their iewels in sted of their frontlets and bracelettes and in stead of theyr rings and costlie gemmes vpon theyr fingers they should haue Gods lawes before their eies and at their fingers endes so that if they shoulde looke vppon themselues yea although but vppon their nailes it shoulde come into their minds to thinke that they haue a maker who fashioned thē whose pleasure it is they shuld wholy frame themselues in true obedience and seruice all the daies of their life And in stead also of beautifying and garnishing of houses in making them of a glorious sumptuous shew to the end it may bee saide this is the house of some man of honour and estimation the lawe of God ought to be written vppon it rather according to that in the sixte of Deutronomie Thou shalt binde them saith Moses that is to wit the words of the lawe as a signe vpon thy hands as frontlets written betweene thine eies thou shalt write them vppon the entrie of thy house and vppon thy gates But to deale more plainly Autophilus do but tell me this what is one of the chiefest causes why the poore are almost pined through penurie and such a famine now doth shewe it selfe in the land as it doth Autoph I cannot directly tell you I hope you will not saie that pride is the cause thereof Philox. Yea truly how can it be anie otherwise while one man spendeth that which might serue a multitude and fewe there be which distribute of that abundaunce which they haue receiued beeing made dronke with the dregges of excesse and superfluitie when we neither kéep a mean in them bestowe them to the profite of our poore brethren nor yet are mindful of him of whom we haue receiued them If a Father perceiue his child to cramme himselfe too full and be giuen to ouer much gréedinesse of the belly he wil cut him smaller morcels and if hee sée him ouer licorous and to haue as they call it a white bread tooth in his head hee will giue him the contrarie else he shall marre his childe If this be so then if we abuse the benefites of God distributed in so good order conspiring euen an alteration of nature it selfe is it anie meruayle if the Lorde doe giue vs smaller morselles and cutte vs shorter commons making vs gladde to snappe at a cruste is it anie meruayle if wee vnhallowe the creatures seeking to create a newe worlde to feede on fond desires if the Lorde doe sende a morraine amongst our cattell sende an vnseasonable séede time and an vntimely haruest sende a famine and dearth into the lande for the wickednesse of the people I feare me Englande is in the waie to ouertake Sodome and Gomorrha the partners of proude hearted people for when as the Lorde had giuen them aboundaunce and plentie of all things and they were growen fatte then beganne they to kicke and spurne agaynst the foster Father to exercise crueltie and oppression agaynst the poore and to run headlong and headlong vnto desperation Autoph If euerie thing were so out of temper as you would séeme to make it it is meruayle that the Lorde doeth not powre his heauie wrath and indignation vppon the lande as hée did vppon those wicked Cities Sodome and Gomorra Philox. The iudgements of the Lord are secrete and vnscrutable hee may come before we be redie for him he is patient to vs ward as teacheth Peter and therefore we must learne Autophilus to make a commoditie of the Lordes patience although he bee long in comming and loth to execute his iudgement vpon vs yet at the last he will come although he forbeare in drawing the swoord of iustice against vs for our sinnes yet if we deferre amendement of life vntill such time as he be enforced to strike he wil pay vs home to vtter perdition both of boote and soule and therfore let vs humble our selues vnder the mightie hande of God least hee deale roughly with vs in the daie of visitation yea let vs bowe our neckes in time for if the mightie hand of the Lord doe fight against vs we shal not be able to beare it It is an horrible thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God saith the Apostle if we staie vntil he shew him selfe our enimie we shal finde that he is the God of iustice and the God of reuenge yea and that hee to a ●eree terrible God against such as are lulled a sléepe in the cradle of securitie Autoph If God were so angrie as you would séeme to make him many mens cases were to be thought more desperate and dangerous No no God is mercifull fauourable and full of compassion at what time so euer a sinner doth repent him from the ground worke of his heart he wil receiue him his mercie is ouer all his workes I know well inough that he would not the death of a sinner and therefore make the matter no worse then it is for if men did not thinke that God did winke at many things they woulde looke better about them then they doe Philox. Why how now Autophilus now you mende the matter well sée howe you slip from one sinne to an other there is not a more ougly monster neither any thing more abhominable to the Lord then presumption I doe not d●●● but that God is mercifull and patient to vs warde that he woulde haue none lost but receiue all to repentance as Saint Peter teacheth notwithstanding it is a badde conscience that because hee is mercifull therefore woe shoulde abuse his mercie because hee is the God of compassion therefore wée shoulde presume vppon his patience such wicked ones are to vnderstande that God hath two armes the one of iustice and the other of mercie and those which will not make any commodity of the Lordes patience must be smitten with the sworde of iustice Saint Paul teacheth an other lesson That wee shoulde not contemne the riches of his mercie If he promise thee mercy and grace to day sayth saint Augustine thou knowest not whether hee will proffer it thee to morrow If he offer thee life and momorie

this weeke thou knowest not whether hee will proffes it thee the next weeke And therefore Autophilus beware of presumption lest deferring conuersion from houre to houre from day to day from wéek to wéeke from yeare to yeare the iudgement of God sodainely ouertake you Our liues doe hang at a twine thréede as it were and we are sodainely ouerturned we may learne this by experience hath not one sodainely béene drowned an other broke his necke with a fall an other béene sodainely staine by the sword an other falne into the hands of théeues and thereby cruelly murdered an other falne downe dead in the stréetes We haue séene or at the least might haue séene some of these fearefull tragedies as for the time of our life is short sixtie yeares and tenne it is cut off quickly and we flie away sayth the Prophet Dauid Wee haue spent out yeares as a thought Our life for the shortnes and inconstancie of it is compared to grasse to a vapour to smoake to a weauers shuttle which slideth away swiftly Even so experience teacheth to day a man to morrowe none Besides this death is such a Somner as will haue no nay neither will be corrupted by any bribes who whether he come first or last early or late will not be resisted And therefore as Salomon reporteth That man is blessed that feareth in his heart That is to wit calleth vpon himselfe whilest it is to day dallieth and delayeth not vntill he be compelled and constrained to acknowledge from whence he came and whither he must returne But as for such misercants which do bleare out their tongues like mad men and fret like chafed Bulles setting themselues against the iudgements of God and like Giants making warre against the forewarning of his messengers as did the old world against Noe the Preacher of righteousnes vntill the moment of destruction These must at length sée●e that the Lorde hath a naked rodde of vengeance and a Scepter of iustice when they shall deadly pay for their proude presumption For the Lorde hath no mercie for such as walke in the vaine delights of sinne and in the stubbornes of their owne heart adding drunkennes to thirst that is ioyning one horrible sinne to another Let the wicked forsake his waies and the vnrighteous his own imaginations and returne vnto the Lorde and hee will haue mercie vpon him Autoph Hath not Christ spoken it Philoxenus that whosoeuer beléeueth in him hath eternall life I woulde you knew it I hope to be saued by the death of Christ as well as the best of you all and therefore if you goe about to perswade me otherwise I will shut vp for you trouble my conscience Philox. Wouldest thou make the death of Christ a baud for thy sinnes and so worke that villany against Christ Dost thou think y e Gods mercy is common to all No no thou makest the reckoning without the Host and when it comes to the vpshoote thou shalt steepe short for it wil proue farre otherwise thou shalt find Gods mercy turned into iustice and Christ his death turned into worme woode because thou hatest knowledge and choosest not these are of the Lord. Autoph Wee shall neuer haue done if I follow you vp and downe at randon as you leade me Philox. Nay we should neuer haue done if we shoulde display all the vanities and hypocrisies of worldlings Autoph Tush tush you terme euery thing at your pleasure Philox. I tearme them as they are and I would you were not made drunken with worldly pleasure Autoph I will ende with you for I haue a further matter in hande which shall bring more profit and pleasure then all this before spoken Philox. What is that Autophilus Autoph If I should tell you wée should neuer haue ended therefore adieu for I haue much to doe Philox. Much to doe indéede for an hypocrite to hate the world denie himselfe take vp his Crosse and follow Christ FINIS Esai 30. 2. Sam. 3 Mich. 2. The wicked would haue their sinnes smothered Amos. 8 Discrete Ministers not vnlike to skilfull Chirurgians Luke 18. Math. 23. Iohn 8. Phil. 3. Order preposterous to preach the gospel before the lawe Mark this ye ciuill honest men Luke 16. True prechers of the worde called sowers of sedition Luke 12. 1. King 18. Esai 50. Ezech. 22. Zach. 11. Esay 5. All this cōcludeth nothing for the supporting of a blinde guide The cognisance of carefull Ministers feeding of the flocke 1. Tim. 5. Care in constituting ministers Luke 3. Psal 119. 1. King 18 1. King 22. Psal 8. Symonie put to his shift 2. Tim. 3 Dan. 12 Iere. 23 Ezech. 34. By the length of his foote measure the rest of that kind Iude. 1 Num. 22. Iohn 4 Hypocrits diuinitie sone learned Fiue circumstances belōging to feruēt praier The small pleasure in hearing the preacher an argument of slender delight in praier Pro. 18. Eccle. 15 Hypocrits praie in aduersitie and waxe proude in prosperity The true causes of effectuall inuocatiō Psal 50 Mark 13 Col. 4. Math. 7. Luke 11 Esaie 55 Iohn 16 Heb. 9 Rom. 8. Math. 16. The mind of him that prayeth must be lifted vp to heauenly thinges Iohn 9. Gods spirite chiefe Schoolemaster to prayer Math. 15. Note this Sathan lulleth hypocrites a sleepe in the cradel of security Eccle. 2. Iudith 11. Continuall temporall prosperity presageth tortures infernall A Comparison Nothing worse thē inconsideration Hipocrites like vnto Asses Math. 6. Esay 5. Prouerbe hypocrits confession much like to Caesars parrot Iam. 2. Hypocrits are Atheists How wee must be-God Hypocrits lie when they saie their beleefe A similitude Hypocrits doe nothing but sinne Mat. 6. Esay 1 Iere. 6. Amos. 5 Mich. 6 Eccle. 4 Heb. 11 Heb. 3 Infidelitie the roote of vnclennesse Perpetual relatiō betwixt faith and the word Esay 55 Iohn 20 Psalme 95 Acts. 10 Rom. 10 Math. 24 Hypocrits continually harpe on this string Iudas captaine to hypocrits Not all of the church which come to the church Rom. 9 Iudas reputed for one of the Church vntil hee set his trecherie abroch Hypocrits in the Church as rotten mēbers in the bodie Matth. 25. Who hath not the Church to his mother hath not God to his Father Sundrie religions but one truth Apoc. 3. Mungrell Christiās Better to be an open sinner thē a dissembler Nothing further frō sinceritie then simulation Worldlings like to luke warme Laodiciās Faithe the most gorgious attire 1. Cor. 1. How to purchase true treasure 1. Tim. 6. Eccle. 29. Prou. 23. Eccle. 1. Ephe. 2. 1. Pet. 2. Psal 36. A Comparison Gala. 6. Iohn 6. Esay 28. Deut. 6. Gods children must learne this lesson Luke 6. Iereme 7. What it is to doe the Lords wil. 1. Iohn 1. 1. Tim. 4. Sinners strike God on the face Iohn 14. The cognisances whereby Gods children are discerned from Sathans impes A Comparison A fit Analogie Deut. 6. Iam. 4 Iohn 2 Esaie 5 Heb. 12 1. Iohn 5 Rom. 12 Iohn 17 Math. 16 Math. 16 How to discerne an hypocrite Math. 12 Iames. 3 Iohn 14 3. Reg. 3 How wide worldlīgs are from true wisedome VVorldlings set the cart before the horse Math. 6 2. Iohn 2 1. Thes 5 A comparison Gen. 1. 1. Pet. 1 Math. 16 Math. 25 It is necessarie that Gods childrē beare the crosse 2. Tim. 3 Acts. 14 Heb. 12 Many fauour but few follow Christ Psal 33. Math. 8 Sathan tempeth by sundrie sleights Genesis 4. Gene. 21. Gen. 27. 1. Reg. 18. Mat. 26. The Church continually afflicted Why gods children suffer affliction 1. Pet. 4. 2. Tim. 2. Rom. 8. Psal 119. Gen. 22. Gen. 26. Examples of Saints afflicted Hebr. 11. Luke 24. Math. 10. The tenne persecutions A string whereon hipocrites are woont to harp 1. Tim. 6. Ephe. 5. Worldlings cloke Couetousnes vnder the colour of good husbandry Couetousnes husbandrie Num. 22. 4. reg 5. Math. 27. Act. 5. Barucke 3 Iames. 5. Luke 12. Eccle. 31. A similitude The couetous tied in the chanes of Sathan Psal 61. 1. Cor. 1 1. Tim. 6. Heb. 13 Amos. 3. Pretence of wife children Hypocrits cal pride handsomnes Vertue fountaine of true nobilitie Worldlings like to childrē and fooles Pride of women portraied Esaie 3 A cloake vnder which women hide their pride The true ornamēts of women Pride cause of dearth penurie A comparison 1. Pet. 5 Heb. 10 Presumption portraied Rom. 2. The shortnesse of mans life Deut. 29. Esay 55.