10 + . vletlions and Anfweres 9.Command. I thi:,ke it altogether needlrffe rogoe about to defend Abrahams lie, for he was a span , and through to much frarehe might effend, And fol fay ofall the ref/ , they were faultes in them and blem íhes,and offended God. And concerning the midwiues lie Auqufirne plainely faith,that their fcarc of Cod and tender care mercifully to !pare the infantes p]eafed G o D , but not their he. If this doe not content vs,then remember the fame Arisouflrues iudgement before in generalitiethat it is not lawfull to lie,though it could bee to the praile ofGod,furely then not for any mans helpe.Rememberthe wordes of lob. r kb,who -checked in his friends a falfe fpeech although it tended to defend the Lorde. ?oan.6, And remember the wordes or Chilli himfelfe hew he makcth the diuel the father and author of all lycs whatfocuer without di(iinffion. Ifwe (care to bewray the man or 'matter , which we Mould not,then.hide thetrueth ( faith S.A.uflrn ) but in no cafe fpeake antrntrueth. For the ha fort of lies'nothing is fail of any ro excufe it,for curry confcience crieth it is a finne.And thetefore now I conchrde,one kinde of lie is worfè thananother,but all naught ,and ofa Chritlian man and woman suer to. he forborne Veneasnon to thic powers. The hyperbolical fpreches in the fcripture are suer trueths in rci fed rationis matter and meanin though not in wordes and forme,as I may fay. For modefly fake neithermay w elie,in any c afe., But asArflorleprctilyfaith : Decline:veritiesnonnihil addcfflum, cum defequieloquitur. That is asIinterprete it, Whrnamanfpeaketh of himfelfe,let him ! sal'e fparingly, but not fa /(sly. weft. what foots offlwerr and d fnulationthenextthi + gesinthisboobe? Anfw. I fay I haue touched thembetore fulhcieutly,and therefore nowe I adde no more but this,the.y are both breaches of this cammanderncnt,Inoughtoterrific a fee- hng heart , and aclead foule what can moue ? From thefe then I followe your booke, Telling falle fettingdow' ne next the vnlawfulnefleof telling falfe tales hearing them, and belee- tales. niug them ofothers. And Eft to fpeake of the firft,doewe not fee the dire&!awe of 1.cui.r9.26 God in thefe wordcs, Thouflalt not wake abnsnwith tales awe ngfl thy brethren ? Doc Ezeck.22.9. we not heare the Lorde by his Prophete cry out againfi Ierufolem , for that in her .2.Cor.za.2o. were men that caried tales vp and donne tofhedbfonde ? Doth not the Apoftle fay , Hee fearerb heelball fnde amongl them backbiting,tehifpering,and fueh lilee? Is it not the per - lam 44 T. fwaíon of lames thatwe fpcake, no euill one ofanother ? Is it not expreffelie named as oneofthe thinges , that may not be in man orwoman eleaed to dwell in theLords Pfalrn,TS 3 tabernacle, tofal fe report &ßattderany man behiedekisback ?Than the which things what may be more laid in deteftation offo foule a vice? certainly what God fo plain- ly difcoucrcth to vs to offend him , it willas plainely be puniflied when God (hail thinke it good in any graceleffe wretch whatfoeuer that will not be warned. To be a taleteller and falle witneffe,why it is a hammer,a fworde,and a Gtarpe arrow, ( faith Pro 25.'2. ,Salomon (Et quid inrerefl vtrum drum ncges,an infames. (faith Seneca ) what d,r fercnce ùtherebetreittdenyingof GOD, and falfe reporting thy brethren f Nothing, but a mars may euen afwell docthe one as the other thought het. And in trueth it is a notable laying ofHieram. Vi /iumeflhon,inum, cl:osviles fecere e/jquifie° merits;placerenon poffunt placers vclle aliorum compararione.It is the properly oft vile nature to feel' by tales Note, to make! others vi/ e, orbyacomparifon with others( w home they perfile with their prattles) come to be accounted of, when 6mphNand truelythere is nothing in themfelues worthy of commendation. Filthy therefore and fouleit is to be a Rife reporter : and what better is it to be a willing hearer of all detraélions brought vnto me of others ? Doth not Burn the fame God & law condemne this alto afwell as the other? Thoselhalt not Exod. 23. rcceiuea f elfe tale (faith the !awe) no not recciue it I fay;, and marke it well. budge Ivlath,7,1. not ( faith Chtilli) andye lima not be'iudged', for with whauudgementyeiudge,yee fhall bee fudged , and with what meafure yee meate , it 'ball bee meafured to you a- gaine. Hee that bath itching cares to heart of others , !hall reaps for reward himfelfe aspriuie (perches to his owne difcredite. Take heede therefore (faith a Micron. ad godly father ) that thou neither deptaue thy Idle anyman , neyther yet willingly Nepotian. beare others doe it. But fly to beam as thou wouldefl fly to fpeake what tendeth vnto [launder. For as he thatfpeaketh euill hath the diuell mina tongue, fo hce that heareth cull' path himin his care. It is the poyfon offriendfhip,& the very cut throte of all
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