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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So on the other side take me an hypocrite that cares for nothing but to make a show before men, that never labours to approve his heart to God and never strives against his own secret sins, you shall have him so nimble and so quick in searching out other men that he cannot see a fault where it is, but he hath such sharp sight that he can see a fault where none is in an other because he cannot see a fault where it is in himself. They thought that the cause why they could so quickly condemn other men, was because they were more holy than other men, and therefore took a privilege to themselves, to give what verdict they thought good on every mans actions, but Saint James tells them an other tale and brings the true cause indeed, what made their hearts so ready to conceive amiss and to think wrongfully of an other, because they had not as yet learned to think aright of themselves, for more hypocrisy always breeds more rash judging and misprision.
So on the other side take me an hipocrite that cares for nothing but to make a shew before men, that neuer labours to approue his heart to God and neuer striues against his owne secret sinnes, you shall haue him so nimble and so quicke in searching out other men that he cannot see a fault where it is, but he hath such sharpe sight that hee can see a fault where none is in an other because he cannot see a fault where it is in himselfe. They thought that the cause why they could so quickly condemne other men, was because they were more holy thē other men, and therefore tooke a priuiledge to themselues, to giue what verdit they thought good on euerie mans actions, but Saint Iames tels them an other tale and brings the true cause indeede, what made their hearts so readie to conceiue amisse and to thinke wrongfully of an other, because they had not as yet learnd to thinke aright of themselues, for more hipocrisie alwaies breedes more rash iudging and misprision.
Thus we see what be the causes of this evil suspicion, namely at the lest foolishness and uncharitableness, or else an ill conscience and deep hypocrisy and the one of these is always a cause. Now the effects are even as bad, for if the heart be ⟨p. 82⟩