The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and…The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and…

2. A pretender to the things of Christ, if he undertakes to do service for Church or State, he will do it by halves, so far as it makes for his interest and no farther. This is the reason why the Reformation of Religion in most places of the Christian world is but a patched Reformation, and as a Cake half baked, because that States and Kingdoms mould the Reformation, not according to the Word of God, but according to State-interest. Thus it was in Henry the Eights time, he thrust out the Popes Supremacy because it furthered his design of a second Marriage, but he continued much of the Popish Religion, and made six Articles called A whip, with six strings, which were the death of many godly men. Erasmus hath a notable saying of Luther, That he had been a good man, had he not meddled too much with the Monks bellies, and the Popes triple Crown, the Pope was willing to yield to a Reformation of the Church, so far as it might consist with the upholding of his triple Crown, and no farther, &c.

2. A pretender to the things of Christ, if he undertakes to doe service for Church or State, he will doe it by halves, so far as it makes for his interest and no farther. This is the reason why the Reformation of Religion in most places of the Christian world is but a patcht Reformation, and as a Cake halfe baked, because that States and Kingdomes mould the Reformation, not according to the Word of God, but according to State-interest. Thus it was in Henry the Eights time, he thrust out the Popes Supremacy because it furthered his designe of a second Marriage, but he continued much of the Popish Religion, and made six Articles called A whip, with six strings, which were the death of many godly men. Erasmus hath a notable saying of Luther, That he had been a good man, had he not medled too much with the Monks bellies, and the Popes triple Crowne, the Pope was willing to yield to a Reformation of the Church, so far as it might consist with the upholding of his triple Crowne, and no farther, &c.

3. A pretender to the things of Christ when he hath got what he aims at, will leave Christ wholly, and lay aside all his pretences. As the Angels who appeared to Abraham and Lot, and divers others, assumed bodies, not out of love to the bodies they assumed, but only to do their errant, and when they had done it laid them aside. So there are many who assume a