The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

An Hypocrite like a Bankrupt, the less substance he hath, the more show he maketh. The Ostrich hath great feathers but cannot fly. Christ compareth him to a tomb, which is without comely, within unsavoury.

An Hypocrite like a Bankrupt, the less substance he hath, the more shew he maketh. The Ostrich hath great feathers but cannot flie. Christ compareth him to a tomb, which is without comely, within unsavory.

Good doth not always appear with the same beauty, being clouded with corruption; so evil doth seldom appear in its native deformity, but like Jezebel, fills up the wrinkles of its face with artificial daubery. When Absalom intended his unnatural rebellion, he pretended Religion; he had a vow which he must pay, 2 Sam. 15.7. When Simeon and Levi designed murder and death to the Sechemites, they hang out devotion for their colours; They may not marry their Sister to one that was uncircumcised, Gen. 34.14. Thus many lead Religion about as wandering cheaters do a monstrous woman, whom they no way affect, merely to get money by it, for their own praise or profit, but do not entertain her as their ⟨p. 68⟩Mistress, giving her the power and keys of their hearts.

Good doth not always appear with the same beauty, being clouded with corruption; so evil doth seldom appear in its native deformity, but like Jezabel, fills up the wrinckles of its face with artificial dawbery. When Absolom intended his unnatural rebellion, he pretended Religion; he had a vow which he must pay, 2 Sam. 15.7. When Simeon and Levi designed murder and death to the Sechemites, they hang out devotion for their colours; They may not marry their Sister to one that was uncircumcised,