A hypocrite is the devil's servant, in God's livery, and therefore out of favor both in heaven and earth; for man seeth his livery, and therefore hateth him; and God sees his heart, and therefore will not own him: men see his outward sanctity, and therefore deride him; and God sees his inward hypocrisy, and therefore abhors him. So that he travels in the wilderness, and yet he shall never rest in Canaan. When he comes to cast up the sum of all his labors, this he shall find to be the sum of them, instead of that blessed sentence of approbation, "Well done, good and faithful servant," he shall have that direful sentence of detestation, Who hath required this at your hands? He that so cunningly deceived others, doth at last as foolishly beguile himself. In a word, he is a man that seals his own destruction; so that the openly profane, and cunningly hypocritical, meet both in the same place at last. Lord! therefore whilst the hypocrite clothes himself with formality, clothe me with sincerity. It may be men will hate me; but I care not, so God love me: my duties may be full of imperfections; but yet they shall never want a gracious acceptance: my way may be in trouble, yet my rest shall be in glory.