13. HYPOCRISY SOONER OR LATER DETECTED. Mt 10, 26 Nothing is covered that attire of the body, and the shall not be revealed, nor hid laughter of the teeth, and the that shall not be known. gait of the man show what he is.

Pv 26, 26

Jb 20, 15

Pv 10, 9

Eci 19,2627

Pv 11, 20

Lu 6, 46

W 1, 5

Jb 13, 16
Jb 36, 13

Lu 16, 15

1 Pt 2, 1

He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open to the public assembly.

The riches which he hath swallowed he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

He that walketh sincerely walketh confidently; but he that perverteth his ways shall be manifest.

A man is known by his look; and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance. The

14.-HYPOCRITES HATED BY GOD.

A perverse heart is abomin- is an able to the Lord, and His God. Will is in them that walk sincerely.

Why call you Me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

abomination before

Mt 2, 8

Jn 12, 5

Mt 27, 24 Mt 26, 65

Ac 5, 1 Ac 8, 9 Ex 8, 28

Nu 23, 10

1 K 15, 13

2 K 15, 5

4 K 8, 12

4K 10, 31

Je 42, 20

God is a Spirit, and they Jn 4, 24 that adore Him must adore Him in Spirit and in Truth.

14

Forasmuch as this people Is 29, 13-
draw near Me with their
The Holy Spirit of dis-mouth, and with their lips
cipline will fly from the de- glorify Me, but their heart is
ceitful.
far from Me, and they have
No hypocrite shall come feared Me with the com-
before His Presence.
mandment and doctrines of
Dissemblers and crafty men :-Therefore, behold, I
men prove the wrath of God; will proceed to cause an ad-
neither shall they cry out miration in this people by a
when they are bound.
great and wonderful miracle;
You are they who justify for Wisdom shall depart from
yourselves before men, but their wise men, and the un-
God knoweth your hearts; derstanding of their prudent
for that which is high to men men shall be hid.

15.-HYPOCRISY FORBIDDEN, PURITY AND SINCERITY
OF HEART COMMENDED.

Laying away all malice, detractions, as new-born babes
and all guile, and dissimula- desire the rational milk with-
tions, and envies, and all out guile.

Ja 4, 8

Eci 1, 36

Eci 1, 37

Eci 1, 3840

W1,1

Js 24, 14

Ps 31, 2

Pv 9, 12

Jb 35,6

35,7

Jb 35, 8-9

Cleanse your hands, ye He that walketh sincerely Po 10,9 sinners; and purify your walketh confidently. hearts, ye double-minded.

A perverse heart is abomin- Pv 11, 20

Be not incredulous to the able to the Lord: and His
fear of the Lord; and come will is in them that walk
not to Him with a double sincerely.
heart.

Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumbling-block to them

Let us feast, not with the 1C5,8 old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the Unleavened Bread of Sincerity and

Watch over them, lest thou Truth. fall and bring dishonour Our glory is this, the 2C 1, 12 upon thy soul, And God testimony of our conscience, discover thy secrets, and that in simplicity of heart cast thee down in the midst and sincerity of God, and of the congregation. -Be- not in carnal wisdom, but in cause thou camest to the the grace of God, we have Lord wickedly, and thy heart conversed in this world. is full of guite and deceit.

Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek Him in simplicity of heart.

From a sincere heart love 1 Pt 1, 22 one another earnestly.

That you may be blame- Ph 2, 15 less, and sincere children of Fear the Lord, and serve God, without reproof, in the Him with a perfect and most midst of a crooked and persincere heart. verse generation: among Blessed is the man in whom you shine as lights in whose spirit there is no guile. the world.

16.-HUMAN ACTIONS, WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL,

DO NOT INTRINSICALLY AFFECT GOD.

If thou be wise, thou shalt wail for the violence of the
be so to thyself; and if a arm of tyrants.
scorner, thou alone shalt bear
the evil.

What is man, and what is Eci 18, 7
his grace? and what is his
If thou sin, what shalt good, or what is his evil?
thou hurt Him? and if thy What doth it profit God if
iniquities be multiplied, thou be just? or what dost
what shalt thou do against thou give Him if thy way be
Him?
unspotted?

Jb 22, 3

If thou do justly, what When you shall have done Lu 17, 10 shalt thou give Him, or what all these things which are shall He receive at thy hand? commanded you, say: We Thy wickedness may hurt are unprofitable servants; we a man that is like thee; have done that which we and thy justice may help the ought to do.

son of man.-By reason of Who hath first given to Ro 11, 35 the multitude of oppressors Him, and recompense shall

they shall cry out, and shall be made him?

Jb 26, 2-3

Mt 3,9

Os 1, 10

Os 1, 11

Whose helper art thou? thou given counsel? perhaps
Is it of him that is weak? to him that hath no wisdom,
and dost thou hold up the and thou hast shown thy
arm of him that has no very great prudence.
strength? To whom hast

17. GOD CAN MAKE USE OF ONE MAN INSTEAD OF
ANOTHER.

Think not to say within One Head, and shall come
yourselves: We have Abra- up out of the land; for great
ham for our father. For I is the day of Jezrahel.
tell you that God is able of
these stones to raise up chil-
dren to Abraham.

The Kingdom

of God Mt 21, 43 shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation

The number of the chil-yielding the fruits thereof. dren of Israel shall be as He saith to His servants: Mt 22, 8-9 the sand of the sea, that is The marriage indeed is ready, without number, and shall but they that were invited not be numbered. And it were not worthy. - Go ye shall be in the place where therefore into the highways. it shall be said to them and as many as you shall You are not my people; it find, call to the marriage. shall be said to them: Ye Hold fast that which thou Ap 3, 11 are the sons of the Living hast, that no man take thy

God.

Crown.

The children of Juda and He shall break in pieces 76 34, 24 the children of Israel shall many and innumerable, and be gathered together; and shall make others to stand they shall appoint themselves in their stead.

PART III.

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LAW.

MAN, as has been seen, attains to his End by freely exerting himself in the pursuit of good and the avoidance of evil. But evil often appears in the guise of good, and good is often represented as evil. How then shall man distinguish between them? Evidently he needs some rule or standard by which he can test actions

whether they be good or evil.

God has not been want-
ing to man in his necessity, but has supplied him with the
needed rule or standard; and it is twofold:

I. The Natural Law, or the Light of Conscience.
II. The Divine-Positive Law of the Old and New
Testaments.

A human action is in every way good provided that
it is in perfect conformity to these laws, but it is evil
if it be out of harmony with them.

We will add to our texts on Law a few Sacred Texts on the passions, which S. Paul often calls by the name of law, that so we may set forth more forcibly the necessity of grace.

Ex 31, 18

28

of God.

1.-GOD THE SUPREME LAWGIVER.

cepts.

The Lord gave to Moses] Thou camest down to 2 E 9, 13 two stone Tables of Testi- Mount Sinai, and did speak mony, written with the finger with them from Heaven; and Thou gavest them right judgEr 34, 27- The Lord said to Moses: ments, and the law of Truth, Write thee these words, by ceremonies and good prewhich I have made a Covenant both with thee and with The Lord is our Judge, the Is 33, 22 Israel. And he was there Lord is our Lawgiver,the Lord with the Lord forty days and is our King: He will save us. forty nights: he neither ate The Lord shall give unto Lu 1, 32 bread nor drank water; and Him [Christ our Saviour] the he wrote upon the Tables Throne of David His Father, the ten words of the Coven- and He shall reign in the ant. House of Jacob for ever.

Dt 9, 10

Os 8, 12

The Lord gave me two Let every soul be subject o 13, 1
Tables of stone, written with to higher powers: for there
the finger of God, and con- is no power but from God;
taining all the words that He and those that are, are or-
spoke to you in the Mount dained of God.
from the midst of the fire, Therefore he that resisteth Ro 13, 2
when the people were as- the power resisteth the or-
sembled together.
dinance of God. And they

I shall write to them My that resist purchase to them-
manifold Laws.
selves damnation.

Ro 13, 3

Ro 13, 5

Ez 20, 11

Mt 7, 12

Ro 13, 10

Ga 5, 14

Ga 6, 2

1 Ti 1, 5

For Princes are not a terror man do, he shall live in

to the good work, but to the them.

evil. Wilt thou not be afraid Remember the Law of Ma 4, 4
of the power? Do that which Moses My servant, which I

is good, and thou shalt have commanded him in Horeb
praise from the same.
for all Israel, the precepts

Wherefore be subject of and judgments.
necessity, not only for wrath,
but also for conscience'
sake.

He set up a Testimony in Ps 87, 5
Jacob, and made a Law in
Israel. How great things He

I have given to them My commanded our fathers, that
Statutes, and I showed them they should make the same
My judgments, which if a known to their children!

2.-COMPENDIUM AND END OF THE LAW.

All things whatsoever you ment is charity from a pure
would that men should do to heart, and a good conscience,
you, do you also to them. and an unfeigned faith.
For this is the Law and the
Prophets.

The love of our neighbour worketh no evil. Love, therefore, is the fulfilling of the Law.

All the Law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

The law of the wise is a Pv 13, 14 fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.

If thou wilt enter into Life, Mt 19, 17 keep the commandments.

By this shall all men know Jn 13, 35 that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.

Let us all hear together the Ecl 12, 13 conclusion of the discourse:

Bear ye one another's bur-
dens, and so you shall fulfil Fear God and keep His
the Law of Christ.
commandments: for this is

3.

The end of the command-all man.

THE LAW OF GOD IS SWEET AND EASY, IN-
STRUCTING THE HEARER, PERFECTING THE
DOER OF THE SAME.

Mt 11, 30 My yoke is sweet and My
burden light.

1J5, 3

Eci 34, 8

Pv 6, 23

This is the charity of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not heavy.

The declaration of Thy Ps 118,130
Words giveth light: and
giveth understanding to little
ones.

He that keepeth the law is
a wise son.
The word of the Law shall You shall observe and fulfil
be fulfilled without a lie, and them in practice. For this is
wisdom shall be made plain your wisdom and understand-
in the mouth of the faithful. ing in the sight of nations,
The commandment is a that hearing all these pre-
lamp, and the law a light, cepts, they may say: Behold a
and reproofs of instruction wise and understanding peo-
are the way of Life.
ple, a great nation.

Pv 28, 7

Dt 4, 6