God's terrible voice in the city

4. The Hypocrites have been guilty of this sin, these have drawn nearer to this light, than any of the former; so near, that they have seemed to be clothed with its beams, they have lighted their Lamps hereby, and have shined forth in a glorious blaze of an outward profession, yet there hath been even in these an inward secret disrelish of the Gospel, especially of some things in it; there have been some secret rooms in their hearts into which they would not suffer the light to enter, least it should discover those beloved Delilah's which there they have nourished and brought up, they have been rotten at the Core, and have had some unmortified lust within, which the World ⟨p. 92⟩hath not taken notice of; so that if the Gospel hath been received by them, it hath been only in the outward form, not in the inward power; if the light hath been received, it hath been without its heat and life. Hence it hath come to pass that some of these Hypocrites, who seemed to be Stars of the first magnitude, have proved only Blazing-stars and Comets, which in a short time have fallen and sunk into wild opinions, or fearful Apostasy.

4. The Hypocrites have been guilty of this sin, these have drawn neerer to this light, than any of the former; so neer, that they have seem'd to be cloathed with its beames, they have lighted their Lamps hereby, and have shined forth in a glorious blaze of an outward profession, yet there hath been even in these an inward secret disrelish of the Gospel, especially of some things in it; there have been some secret rooms in their hearts into which they would not suffer the light to enter, least it should discover those beloved Dalilah's which there they have nourished and brought up, they have been rotten at the Core, and have had some unmortified lust within, which the World ⟨p. 92⟩hath not taken notice of; so that if the Gospel hath been received by them, it hath been only in the outward form, not in the inward power; if the light hath been received, it hath been without its heat and life. Hence it hath come to pass that some of these Hypocrites, who seemed to be Stars of the first magnitude, have proved only Blazing-stars and Commets, which in a short time have fallen and sunk into wilde opinions, or fearful Apostacy.