Jewish Hypocrisy, Title page – Errata 2
Jewiſh Hypocriſie, A CAVEAT TO The preſent Generation. Wherein is ſhewn both the falſe and the true way to a Nations or perſons compleat happineſs, from the ſickneſs and recovery of the Jewiſh State. Unto which is added a Diſcourſe upon Micah 6.8. belonging to the ſame matter.
By Symon Patrick B. D. Miniſter of the word of God at Baterſea in Surrey.
Luke 12.1.
Beware ye of the leaven of the Phariſees, which is hypocriſie.
Arrian Epict. L. 1 Cap. 27.
foreign.
Remember it, You can never preſerve godlineſs, unleſs godlineſs and gain be the ſame in your account.
LONDON, Printed by R. W. for Francis Tyton, and are to be ſold at the three Daggers in Fleetſtreet near the inner Temple Gate, 1660.
To the Honourable Sr. Walter St. John Baronet, and the Lady Johanna St. John his Wife: All happineſs.
THIS ſmall labour, to which as well your love to me, and to the truths herein contained, as my great engagements and no leſs affections to you, have long ſince entituled you, doth humbly put it ſelf into your hands, and craves the acceptance of that which is ſo many wayes your own. If I were capable of making any other returns to you for your favours; Yet (ſince they would be all ſo inconſiderable) I could not pardon my ſelf ſo great an injuſtice, as the not preſenting you with this would ſeem to be: but ſeeing I deſpair of doing any thing elſe, I could not juſtly expect to find a pardon from you, if I had denyed you this poor acknowledgement.
It is true indeed, that you expect neither this nor any other requital of your kindneſſes; but all my ſervices are the more due to you becauſe you, expect none at all.
I have detained you ſo long in ſome former addreſſes, that I ſhall be the ſhorter in this: and only acquaint you, that this Treatiſe was intended for a remedy of thoſe evils under under which we in theſe Kingdoms long groaned: but now by reaſon that our deliverance from our oppreſſions was ſo ſpeedy, and its delivery from the preſs ſo ſlow, it muſt ſerve as a preſervative from the like miſchiefs in time to come. I know it ſhall not want your prayers to aſsiſt it in the effecting of its deſign; which is the advancement of unfeigned and impartial godlineſs in the hearts of thoſe that read it. This only can make his Majeſty glorious, and his Kingdoms happy, (both which I know none can wiſh more heartily then your ſelves) This ſhould imploy all our thoughts, and engage all our endeavours, and be the ſum of all our prayers; And to the promoting of this I hope that I ſhall alwayes bend all my ſtudies, and therein approve my ſelf to you above all others,
Your moſt affectionate friend and ſervant, Symon Patrick.
To the ſeroius Reader.
IT is not much above three years ſince a Sermon of mine was publiſhed by a good friend now with God, containing many of thoſe things which you will meet with in the firſt part of this Treatiſe which I put into your hands. It was judged uſefull by a very diſcerning perſon, that the Sermon ſhould receive ſome enlargements, and be made more comprehenſive; by whoſe advice and counſel I have been ruled to bring it into the form you now ſee, attended with ſuch additions as might more fully deſcribe the ſeveral kinds of falſe godlineſs that are among us. I am no Prophet, but yet I can foreſee that I muſt not expect any other Readers then you; For they who love rather to talk of the Bible, then to underſtand it, and can content themſelves with ſome ends and ſhreds of it, to make their ſpeech reliſh of Scripture phraſe, will lay theſe things aſide as dry and dull diſcourſes. But I have the confidence to invite thoſe whoſe underſtandings are advanced to any manly thoughts, and have a mind to be acquainted with the Counſels of God, to a peruſal of them; and hope that they will be not only acceptable, but delightfull to their meditation. And if they meet with any thing that is not for their preſent guſt, I deſire them that they would notwithſtanding read on to the concluſion, and by that time I may have converted their pallate to another taſte.
I cannot but wiſh that this Treatiſe may have as many Readers as many books of little ſignificancy and uſe are obſerved to have. With which wiſh I am not inſpired by vain ambition, and deſire of popular applauſe: but by a great ſenſe which I feel my ſelf poſſeſſed withall of the weight and importance of thoſe truths which are here diſcourſed. But it is no more then a wiſh; for I know the hearts of men are full of theſe things that I here ſpeak againſt, and the world hath ſo many things for them to do, that it will not give them time to be ſerious. If any ſhallow and ſuperficial diſcourſe be preſented to them, which ſhall only bid them believe, and then ſhall comfort them with the priviledges of the Saints; it will go down eaſily, and needs but little chewing. But that which ſearches deep, eſpecially ſo low as the heart, and tends to the mortifying of all carnal affections and paſſions that are there, is too laborious, and too unpleaſing alſo for them to meddle withall.
I ſhall not tell you how much I believed that which is now come to paſs in this Kingdom, when I conceived (a great while ago) theſe meditations; becauſe my private thoughts are not ſo conſiderable as that they ſhould be communicated to the world. Nor will I add any thing more by way of preface, but only theſe three ſhort Advertiſements. Firſt, that the reaſon of ſome ſad complaints that you will meet withall in the diſcourſe, is, becauſe it was all written (except the laſt chapter) before the Kings Majeſty was happily reſtored to his hereditary dominions. And Secondly, that I have written moſt againſt that ſort of hypocriſie which was in faſhion, and leaſt againſt that which was worn out of date, which none will judge to be partiality in me, but Chriſtian Charity, which beſtows moſt of its labours where there is moſt need. And Thirdly, that the Sermon annexed was thought fit meerly for kindreds ſake to bear theſe Papers company. But they are not more of kin to each other, then both of them are to your ſouls, and therefore let me ſay to every one as Solomon doth, Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart Say unto Wiſdom Thou art my Siſter, and call Ʋnderſtanding thy kinſwoman. Prov. 7.3, 4.So ſhalt thou find favour and good underſtanding in the ſight of God and man.Prov. 3.4.
Yours in the Lord Jeſus, Symon Patrick. Batterſea May 12. 1660.
ERRATA in the Treatiſe.
PAge 24. marg. r. foreign: p. 54. l. 1. r. ſecurity: p. 76. l. penult. r. repent in: p 101. l. 14. dele ſome; p. 117. l. 27. r. he did ſmell: p. 118. l. 22. r. neck: p. 130. l. 2. r. you muſt: p. 135. l. 10. r. ſtrange impudence: p 144. l. 19. r. foreign & 20. r. Theſe: p. 151. l. 2. r. relieve them: l. 4. r. them: p. 153. l. 23. r. the wicked ones: p. 165. marg. r. E. cap. 2. p. 190. l. 4. r. out of this: & l. 26. foreign: p. 193. l. 19. r. of the ſame: p. 195. l. 8. r. wives; violence: p. 249. l. 1. r. they can be: p. 259. l. 18. r. foreign: p. 280. dele Crete in marg. p. 325. l. 9. r. Some people: & l. 10. r. ſame: p. 332. l. 4. r. of a reproof.
ERRATA in the Sermon.
Page 5. l. 16. r. make them delight: p. 7. l. 10. r. is paſt: p. 20. l. 6. r. of the words: p 64. l. 17. r. mourn: p. 67 l. 2. r. foreign: p 73. l. 2. r. can be defended: p. 112. marg. r. Hierocl. p. 117. marg. r. foreign: p. 125. l. 10. dele no.