1. Keep thy self in Gods presence;1 forget not God; Remember always that his eyes are upon thee: Thus David set the Lord always before him, Psalm 16.8. And this God commandeth Abraham to do, if he will be upright, Gen. 17.•.
2. Thou must pray much and often to God to create a right Spirit in thee: For, by nature, we have all double and Hypocritical harts, Psal. 51.10.
3. Keep thy heart with all diligence, watching daily & resisting distractions, wavering thoughts and forgetfulness. And to this end, mortify the first beginnings of this sin in thy heart, mourn for it as soon as thou discernest it, and judge thy self seriously before God. Jam. 4.8. Math. 23.26.
4. In all matters of well doing be as secret as may be, Matthew 6. both in Mercy, Prayer, Fasting, Reading and the like.
5. Be watchful over thy own ways, and see to this point, That thou be as careful of all duties of Godliness, in prosperity as in adversity, in health as in sickness, Job 27.9, 10.
6. Converse with such as in whom thou discernest true Spirits without Guile, and shun the company of open and known Hypocrites.
7. Be not rash, and easy to condemn other men for Hypocrites, only because they cross thy opinions, or humours, or will, or practice. ⟨p. 30⟩It is often observed,2 that rash censurers, that usually lash others as Hypocrites, fall at length into some vile kind of Hypocrisy themselves.
1. Keepe thy selfe in Gods presence;1 forget not God; Remember alwaies that his eyes are vpon thee: Thus Dauid set the Lord alwaies before him, Psalm 16.8. And this God commandeth Abraham to doe, if he will bee vpright, Gen. 17.•.
2. Thou must pray much and often to God to create a right Spirit in thee: For, by nature, we haue all double and Hypocriticall harts, Psal. 51.10.
3. Keepe thy heart with all diligence, watching daily & resisting distractions, wauering thoughts and forgetfulnesse. And to this end, mortifie the first beginnings of this sinne in thy heart, mourne for it as soone as thou discernest it, and iudge thy selfe seriously before God. Iam. 4.8. Math. 23.26.
4. In all matters of well doing bee as secret as may bee, Matthew 6. both in Mercie, Prayer, Fasting, Reading and the like.
5. Be watchfull ouer thy owne waies, and see to this point, That thou be as carefull of all duties of Godlinesse, in prosperitie as in aduersitie, in health as in sicknesse, Iob 27.9, 10.
6. Conuerse with such as in whom thou discernest true Spirits without Guile, and shun the company of open and known Hypocrites.
7. Be not rash, and easy to condemne other men for Hypocrites, onely because they crosse thy opinions, or humors, or will, or practice. ⟨p. 30⟩It is often obserued,2 that rash censurers, that vsually lash others as Hypocrites, fall at length into some vile kinde of Hypocrisie themselues.
- 1Preservatives against hypocrisy.Preseruatiues against hypocrisie.
- 2Note.
