The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

The Apostle ^gPeter noteth it out by purity, when commending brotherly love, he willeth, that from a pure, that is, a sincere heart we love one another. For this purpose, the infinite knowledge of God being every where present, and sounding the bottom of our hearts and reins, ought to be always before our eyes, to hold us in all integrity. If our heart should but turn backward, saith the Church, ^hPsalm 44. that we had forgotten God, though it were in secret, should not God search this out, seeing he knoweth the hidden things of the mind? And David in the 139. ⁱPsalm, Thou knowest my sitting and my rising, thou understandest my thoughts a far off, long before I think them, or before a word is in my mouth. Yea, thou possessest my reins, & thy Knowledge is more wonderful then that I am able to discern: Therefore saith he ^kafterwards, I watch continually to be with thee; that is, night and day it is my care, in all sincerity and uprightness of a good Conscience to cleave unto thee. To this singleness ⟨p. 131⟩of heart, the Apostle Peter in the place before alleged, opposeth hypocrisy: Purify your hearts unto brotherly love, without hypocrisy. And Paul to the ^lRomans, Let Love be without Hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is, when the heart & inward affection is wanting either in the service of God, or in dealing with our Brethren: as our Saviour doth define it, Mat. 15. 7. Hypocrites, well hath ESATAS prophesied of you, saying, This people draw near unto me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

The Apostle ^gPeter noteth it out by puritie, when commending brotherly loue, hee willeth, that from a pure, that is, a sincere heart we loue one another. For this purpose, the infinite knowledge of God being euerie where present, and sounding the bottome of our hearts and reines, ought to bee alwayes before our eyes, to hold vs in all integritie. If our heart should but turne backward, saith the Church,