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In his desire and labour after holynesse.
4 It savours much of Sinceritie, ••nd it is very much a signe of a sincere Christian, that hee loves and desires holinesse as much as happinesse, and to live the life, as dye the death of the Righteous. Philip. 3. 11, 12, 13.
If by any means I might attaine to the resurre∣ction of the dead, &c. Not as though I had al∣ready attained, &c. or were perfect, &c. and reaching forth to the things before, &c. Luke 17. 5. The Apo∣stles said to the Lord, Increase our Faith. Mark 9. 24. Lord I beleeve, help thou mine unbeliefe. Prov. 22. 12. 2 Cor. 5. 9, 10. And on the other side it savours as much of Hypocrisie, and is very much a sign of an Hypocrite, when he doth not love nor desire holiness at all, and hee doth onely desire and labour to seem like to godly men, and not to be godly, when a man shall hate to bee reformed. Psalm 50. 16, 17. And shall love evil more than good. Psalm 52. 3. When a man shall desire onely to dye the death, and not to live the life of the godly. Numb. 23. 10. 27. Matth 23. 27. We to you Scribes, &c. for ye are like unto sepulchers, &c. but arewithin ful of dead mens bones, and all uncleannes. Mat. 7. 21, 22, 23. For we take it to be a certain sign of an Hypocrite, in a man professing Re∣ligion to live in the allowance, and under the any known sin. Mat. 23. 27, 28. Mark 6. 17, 18. Rom. 7. 15. Acts 8. 20, 23.