A27065:130
The vain religion of the formal hypocrite, and the mischief of an unbridled tongue…
The vain religion of the formal hypocrite, and the mischief of an unbridled tongue (as against religion, rulers, or dissenters) described, in several sermons, preached at the Abby in Westminster, before many members of the Honourable House of Commons, 1660 ; and The fools prosperity, the occasion of his destruction : a sermon preached at Covent-Garden / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for F. Tyton, 1660
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.
Hopes that are built by self-deceit, have no foundation, but sand and waters, and in trial they will fall, and their fall will be great and terrible, Matth. 7. 23, 24. Job. 8. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. [Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrites hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spiders web. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure,] Or,⟨p. 122⟩ Can bull-rushes but by the rivers grow? Can flags there flourish where no waters flow? Yet they, when green, when yet untouched, of all That clothe the spring, first hang their heads, and fall. So double-hearted Hypocrites; so they Who God forget, shall in their prime decay. Their aery hopes, as brittle, as the thin And subtle webs, which toiling spiders spin. Their houses full of wealth and riot, shall Deceive their trust, and crush them in their fall, &c.
Hopes that are built by self-deceit, have no foundation, but sand and waters, and in tryal they will fall, and their fall will be great and terrible, Matth. 7. 23, 24. Job. 8. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. [Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrites hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spiders web. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure,] Or,⟨p. 122⟩ Can bull-rushes but by the rivers grow? Can flags there flourish where no waters flow? Yet they, when green, when yet untoucht, of all That cloath the spring, first hang their heads, and fall. So double-hearted Hypocrites; so they Who God forget, shall in their prime decay. Their aery hopes, as brittle, as the thin And subtile webs, which toyling spiders spin. Their houses full of wealth and ryot, shall Deceive their trust, and crush them in their fall, &c.