Sincerity and hypocricy. Or, the sincere Christian, and hypocrite in their lively colours, standing one by the other.: Very profitable for this religion professing time. / By W.S. Serjeant at Law. Together with a tract annexed to prove; that true grace doth not lye so much in the degree as in the nature of it.

SECT. XXIII.

So that now (upon the whole matter) wee may perceive that the sincere Christian doth out strip, and go beyond the Hypocrite through∣out.

1 Quoad principium gratiae, as to his Foundati∣on, Root, or Spring, the immortal, and incor∣ruptible seed of Grace in the New Creature, he is Regenerate. But the Hypocrite is not so. And therefore that which is wrought in him is a cor∣ruptible thing that will never come to good.

2 Quoad incrementum gratiae, as to the increase of Grace he doth more or less grow and increase in Grace. But it is otherwise with the Hypo∣crite, who commonly after a little while doth grow worse and worse.

3 Quoad exercitium gratiae; as he hath every grace so it is as true that his graces put him up∣on the exercise of them, but the graces of hy∣pocrites are but seemingly such, their faith be∣ing but a dead Faith. And as for that work of Grace in a sincere Christian which lyeth in the external actings hee doth excell also in these things.

1 That which he doth he doth by the right rule of Gods Word, which shews the wil of God, and he doth all that. But the Hypocrite he fol∣loweth

his own, and the will of other men, and at the most he doth but a part of Gods wil only.

2 Hee doth that which hee doth in a right manner with the whole heart. But the Hypo∣crite otherwise.

3 He doth that which he doth to the right end, to Gods glory, and not to the praise of himself as the hypocrite doth.