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and partly did beguile the people and blind their ¹eyes in disguising themselves, as thou readest in the same 23. chap. how they made broad and large Phylacteries, and did all their works to be seen of men, that the people should wonder at their disguisings and visoring of themselves, otherwise then God had made them: and partly mocked them with hypocrisy of false holiness in fasting, praying, and alms giving Mat. ²6. and this did they for lucre to be in authority, to sit in the consciences of people, and to be counted as God him self, that people should trust in their holiness, and not in God, as thou readest in the place above rehearsed Mat. 23. woe be to you Pharisees, hypocrites, ³which devour widows houses under a colour of long prayer. Counterfeit therefore nothing without yt word of God, when thou understandest that it shall teach thee all things, how to apply outward things, and whereunto to refer them. Beware of thy good intent, good mind, good affection or zeal as they call it. Peter of a good mind, and of a good affection or zeal chide Christ, Math. 16. because ⁴he said that he must go to Jerusalem, and there be slain. But Christ called him Satan for his labour, a name that belongeth to the devil. And said, that he perceived not godly things, but worldly. Of a good intent and of a fervent affection to Christ, the sons of Zebedee would have had fire to come down from heaven to consume the Samaritans Luk. 9. But ⁵Christ rebuked them, saying that they wist not of what sprite they were: that is, that they understood not how that they were altogether worldly & fleshly minded. Peter smote Malchus of a good zeal: but Christ condemned his deed. The very Jews of a good intent, and of a good zeal slew Christ, and persecuted the Apostles, as Paul beareth them record,