The white devilThe white deuil

You see his hypocrisy: me thinks even the sight of it is dissuasion forcible enough, and it should be needless to give any other reason than the discovery. yet whiles many censure it in Judas, they condemn it not in themselves, and either think they have it not, or not in such measure. Surely we may be no Judases, yet hypocrites: and who will totally clear himself? let me tell thee, if thou doest, thou art the worst hypocrite, and but for thee, we had not such need to complain. He that clears himself from all sin, is the most sinner, and he that says, he hath not sinned in hypocrisy, is the rankest hypocrite: but I do admit a distinction. All the sons of Adam are infected with this contamination, some more, some less, here's the difference; all have hypocrisy, but hypocrisy hath some: aliud habere peccatum, aliud haberi à peccato. It is one thing for thee to possess sin, another thing for sin to possess thee. All have the same corruption, not the same eruption: in a word, all are not hypocrites, yet who hath not sinned in hypocrisy? Do not then send your eyes like Dinahs gadding abroad, forgetting your own business at home: strain not courtesy with these banquets, and having good meat carved thee, lay it liberally upon another mans trencher, be not sick of this plague and conceal it, or call it by another name: hypocrisy is hypocrisy, ⟨p. 29⟩whatsoever you call it: and as it hath learned to leave no sins naked, so I hope, it hath not forgot to clothe it self: it hath as many names as Garnet had, and more Protean shapes than the Seminaries: the white Devil is in this a true Devil; multorum nominum, non boni nominis: of many names, but never a good one. The vileness of this white Devil appears in 6. respects.

You see his hypocrisie: me thinkes euen the sight of it is disswasion forcible enough, and it should be needlesse to giue any other reason than the discouerie. yet whiles many censure it in Iudas, they condemne it not in themselues, and either thinke they haue it not, or not in such measure. Surely we may be no Iudasses, yet hypocrites: and who will totally cleare himselfe? let me tell thee, if thou doest, thou art the worst hypocrite, and but for thee, we had not such need to complaine. He that cleares himselfe from all sinne, is the most sinner, and he that sayes, he hath not sinned in hypocrisie, is the rankest hypocrite: but I do admit a distinction. All the sonnes of Adam are infected with this contamination, some more, some lesse, heres the difference; all haue hypocrisie, but hypocrisie hath some: aliud habere peccatum, aliud haberi à peccato. It is one thing for thee to possesse sinne, another thing for sinne to possesse thee. All haue the same corruption, not the same eruption: in a word, all are not hypocrites, yet who hath not sinned in hypocrisie? Doe not then send your eyes like Dinahs gadding abroad, forgetting your owne businesse at home: strain not curtesie with these banquets, and hauing good meat carued thee, lay it liberally vpon another mans trencher, be not sicke of this plague and conceale it, or call it by another name: hypocrisie is hypocrisie,