A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

S. Yes it is, and much to be lamented and opposed: Mourn so if you can, that none but God might perceive it, except when it might be more for the glory of God, and the edification of another, that your mourning should be manifested rather than concealed.

W. May such a duty then be accepted of God, that is done in such hypocrisy?

W. May such a duty then be accepted of God, that is done in such hypocrisie?

S. Such an Hypocrite a sincere Christian may sometimes be, and is; for as there is something of Unbelief in one that hath saith in Christ, and something of Pride in one that is humble, &c. so there is something of hypocrisy in every one that is sincere; for in nothing are we perfect as to degrees, while in this life: Therefore as you must not conclude, that your prayers and duties are not accepted of God, because there are some actings of Unbelief and Pride in them; so neither because there is something of Hypocrisy mingled with them when (as is said) your […] and manner, and end, in the main be rig••.

S. Such an Hypocrite a sincere Christian may sometimes be, and is; for as there is something of Unbelief in one that hath saith in Christ, and something of Pride in one that is humble, &c. so there is something of hypocrisie in every one that is sincere; for in nothing are we perfect as to degrees, while in this life: Therefore as you must not conclude, that your prayers and duties are not accepted of God, b•cause there are some actings of Unbelief and Pride in them; so neither because there is something of Hypocrisie mingled with them when (as is said) your 〈…〉 and manner, and end, in the main be rig.