9. Command. v pon the Conirlaandcmencs. rap Theninth Commaundement. Thos /bal; not beare falfewrttteffeagr,infl the ndtghbocr. Acommandement teach,' air vs our dueties towardes the good name and eredtte of our Bcethren, in fpeatsir..o newcr an'; thiag of them which is vntrreei:ts the former have towardos their hues andg oóds: 7u igiort; other . s. 1 nen by thü it frei eeh flcùlde h.0 e,ene befrrt the o ther life orgoods. . ells(. It is true , to fame it is fo but not to all, . and rather Both the Lord refjtrEi the multitude than .P m 6.$ O.ó.ß' .: 'a few and the common nature oldie vu!gar fort rs- r_ y4 therthan.the difpofition of the better but far Wet tort.And firfi & foremeff could the wife Orator fay; ,O.n.n. .e. a by nature is it glut-n to euerie kinde of creature to maintain himfelf, his life,& body,& to avoid what- foeuer may be any way hurtful to the fame. Noting ° ' + " N e in effct the other to follow,but in a fccond degree: : Qteff. What right is there to cf abl/h this Lame? _Anfw. Euen a threefoulde right as you haue heard and feene in the fórmer. For firfl the Lorde himfelfe is true and trueth it fclfe,hating euer lit abhorring falfehòode, and thereforeverle meete that hee fhouldfecke the eilabhfhing of the fame,amongft hisChildren and the careful auoyding ofthe contrary; Secondly;the very light of nature hath euer taught it to men;that lying is to be loathed anti hath made them cries Socrates is my friend, and Plato is my friend, but Trueth before and aboue them both. Wherefore verle meet it was and right that this law of nature fhould be ffrentghned md maintayned by the Lord. Laflly without trueththereisnofafetie inmenstout} íelles, bargaíncs,meetinges,conferences,andfut-h like, and therefore moli fit and ne- 'ccffarie that for the flak oftrileth amongfi vs,and the avoyding ofthe contrarie, the Lord fhould make one laweat the lea li. The equitic of it then you fe is gr2t. And now to the particiilar branches duo's they lie in your boolce. Where the firff natired hurt and annoyance of myB'rothers t-rediteasfalle witnesbearing when in open place of iuiice and iudgement or any where elfe any man (hall of euill will and malice or tot-lucre , or fauteur of others teftifie or depofe that which is vnti a againli his Neighbour. Which thing how horrible iris may firti appeare by due ceinfidering the t Rcaföa. price of an hone( man,and good report in the worlde amongll our Bretheren. Which (as the wifeman fayeth)rsrobe chofin aboue grearricbet , and !ouiee fauoìtraboilegolde Pro.s2.1. and (litter. And in another place, A good name io better than dgoodoyntrisent :Becaufe Efef that thereby we fine]. as it were tweedy unto many to the edifyng of them,andwor- ' ;' king many thinges in them by our perfwafions, which others couldè nöt,ofwhòme they haue or doo not ehinkaud ¡scare fo well. The Apoflle Paul alto in that excellent fpeccheof his ro the Philippians, which I often veriewülint;lie remember Vnto you, noretheffeelually how deerevntoaChriflian any thingfhou It be that belongeth to l'In!,4.8, a good name, and the working ofa-good report amonghhinrn ofvs. Forwhatfòerter thinges my brethren ( faith be) are true, *hatfoeuerthinges are hone( , whatfoeuer things are tufi,whar foeuer 'hinges are pure, what foeuer things are worthy lone, whatfoeuer thinges are of good reporr,tfthere be any verrue,or if there bee any praife, think! of thefe thinges, &c. A gaine, S. Peter in his Epi iii e, / be (tech you dearely belotted 44'7'1/grimes 6-ffrangert ab- Elainefromflefhly luf}'s which fght again. fl the Soule,t hawyour ccnuer f ition honett among I Ptt.2s22, the Gentiles, that they which fpeak`e ofyou au ofeuill clatters; may b} yourgoodworless, which they fhall fee,glorifie God i4 the day of vii :sat:on. K 3 What
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