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so does not ⟨p. 428⟩thy attributing that to hypocrisy which comes from the Spirit of God in sincerity come near it. But lastly, if it be for hypocrisy that thou reproach, and not for godliness, then it is for an evil; if it be for an evil that thou doest reproach them, then the better thou art, and the better mood thou art in, the more thou wilt reproach them. But we see the contrary evident: Wicked men they reproach the godly for hypocrisy, as they say, but they do it when they are in the height of their lusts; but if they be in a good mood, when they are on their sick beds or death beds, and in their best condition, they reproach them least; therefore sure it was the good they reproached, and not the evil. But thus much concerning the first branch.

so does not ⟨p. 428⟩thy attributing that to hypocrisie which comes from the Spirit of God in sincerity come near it. But lastly, if it be for hypocrisie that thou reproach, and not for godliness, then it is for an evil; if it be for an evil that thou doest reproach them, then the better thou art, and the better mood thou art in, the more thou wilt reproach them. But we see the contrary evident: Wicked men they reproach the godly for hypocrisie, as they say, but they do it when they are in the height of their lusts; but if they be in a good mood, when they are on their sick beds or death beds, and in their best condition, they reproach them least; therefore sure it was the good they reproached, and not the evil. But thus much concerning the first branch.

The second is this, it calls for a trembling heart from those that shall rejoice at the reproaches of ¹Gods people: Perhaps thou art one that wilt not reproach thy self, yet thou mayest rejoice at the reproaches of Gods people: There is a great deal of evil in this: Surely thou hast no love to them, for love does not rejoice in iniquity,