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Fishes by long lines or nets are drawn from the bottom of Rivers: and Mariners with their plummets use to sound the depth of the Sea it self, and no mans hart is utterly bottomless, though it be far and hard to pierce to the bottom thereof. They that preached Christ of envy, would not tell the people¹ what was the motive of their preaching, and yet Paul was able to discover it. And they that heard Ezekiel so negligently without conscience of obeying, professed not their worldly affections,² that their harts went after their covetousness; (for they came to him, as people used to come, they sate before him, they heard his words, and praised his sermons) yet Ezekiel could convince them of hypocrisy.

Fishes by long lines or nets are drawne from the bottome of Riuers: and Marriners with their plummets vse to sound the depth of the Sea it selfe, and no mans hart is vtterly bottomeles, though it be farre and hard to peirce to the bottome thereof. They that preached Christ of enuy, would not tell the people¹ what was the motiue of their preaching, and yet Paul was able to discouer it. And they that heard Ezechiel so negligently without conscience of obeying, professed not their worldly affections,² that their harts went after their couetousnesse; (for they came to him, as people vsed to come, they sate before him, they heard his wordes, and praised his sermons) yet Ezechiel could conuince them of hypocrisie.

1. 1Phil. 1. vers. 15.
2. 2Ezech. 33. v. 31.