te>6 Queftions and Anfwers 9. Command.. among you. For home couereth amultirstdeoffnnet. Paull prcouct :itinlikewords alfo: Lone' f fe ethall thin( es,i tbel eeuetha11th¡ nge. r, it:k ovetha ! ?th:rçes,itandurethallthinges. If therefore we loue ourbrother, there will be a care we plainelyfee , that we utter nothing to the hurting of his gcod name. And if there be but any wilcc'orneinvs (faith Sálamon) we will be careful! of it Pro.'ij iz. olio. For he that drfp: feth his neighbor ¿ deft tune ofwifrdome , but e man ofvnderflandinQ will k! epfi/ ence. ButtofltikevpthematterfullywefeethewordsofourfauiourChrilf lv:,uh.tb.t5. intbcGofpelplaine: lf thy brother trefa eagainf thee doe and tell himhis fault betwixt so fimare l thee alone: ifheheare thee, then haflmonne thy Brother: Tat if hee heare thee not, tabs yet with thee one or two,that by the month of IWO or three xritt tf es emery wordmay be con- 17. f> med. And if he w.! not vouch fa fe to Beare them,tell it veto the Church : and if he reftefe to he;rt.:he6hutch, a /fo, loth: mbeinto thee aean heathen man and apublican. Heere wee nlaincly fee, thatprivate offences are not to be made openly knowne,fo long as there is hope of amend( nient. Put tttnember I fay that we fpeake ofprivate offences, for in Thu. 7.to. 1ublike faults there is quite another courfe, even openly to rebuke them that haue ccenly ß nncd.that others may lee and feate. That then ofthemega ine part ofthieCorrmaundement,ttowIprayyouaddefome thtngalfoof the eft mantle. ¡Irfw Fafilie may we gather one cortrarie hyanother,for who Teeth not, that if all falfl:ood be forbidden in generall; likewife all trueth by the fame wordes is coin, maunded ? As therefore no way we ought to doe the former, 15 by all meanes we Pro.ta.xf. fhould Maintaine the latter. And namely in the deliuerieof any doéîrine ,in place of PIal.ag. iuffice,and aidgement,in contraéls, couenantes, andbargains ,inourfpeeclres,inour aélions;and eucry Where and way is trueth to be maintained and fhowed of vs. For Clc.t.Cfti. man is borne to trueth, and by nature we haue to inquire after it. Man is borne to knowe God,to confider the creatures,to percciuc the difference betwixt honeffy and drfhoneftie, and w hat is this but trueth? Man Is borne to learne'and know firth arses, as G O D had brought into out praélife,and curry art feeketh a trueth. Therefore a fham and'a difcredite vre fhould euerthinke it to beefound vntrue,yeaeuen fo farre wefhosilde thinke wè are degenerated from thenature of man, aewe are ledwith any liking offalfhoode and vntrueth. It is a notable place of Zacharie to Ihewe vs the great liking whiéh "the Lorde bath of trueth , end how bedefirethit in godly men and woiiren ruer. For thde are the thìtiges that ye fhall dot ( faith the Lord ) Speake lee emery man-the truethvntohis neighbour, executeiirdgmen etruelyandvpright/y inyour gates, and let none ofyouimgt neon= //m your inane againfl his neighbour , and loin nofalfe oaths, fer all thofe are the things that Prate ( faith the Lord.) ,Zacharie 8. I6. And if toe tvnlgh with this againe and many fuch other teflimonies that might be brought; the (ententes of the godly Fathers, cum thereby alfo may we gather greatly the ex-. cellencie andprecious account that all good Men fhoulde make of (peaking trueth. AuguR. de Fof if any man be offended for a trueth (faith Attgufí<ine) Vtiliuefcanda/umperm:rei_ dot rì. tur,9uem verist eiínittitur. That offence were better frill to bee, than that to remote it anie cls loffefhoulde be made of the truth. And' inanotherplaceagain , 7o firiueor frghtagainff Aus. epif.48. a b,iowntruth paffeth ineteilleuen idelarrie, not much differing herein from the words of rac.¢.1 f. Syrac. In no wifefpea;f e againfl the word of t rueth,'hut bee afhamed ofthe lies of thine own ignoránce.And mof't excellently Hierómeifyou marke it: 7antut fitinteveritarisamore vt quid dixcris turatum Pates : That is, Carre emrr fueh a lout in thy foule of trueth , that AdCalanr, oi uer thou img what f tha ine thou weare it. And againeinanotfèrplace. If aman for In Etek, ç the teare of death be'not licenced to concede a trueth that is asked of him , howe fhoulde- it not bees greater impietie for thebellie,or vaine hope of worldly ho- noue to doo it ?. Wherfore we plainly fee that if either God or his Children carie any creditewith vs , great fhoulde be our regarde oftttieth, and no leffe heartic aiid vn- fatind.oür hatred -of falfehoode. Academies tie{} what then Might that bee which foiae'Thilo ophert maintained' touching Ptcohnü, or :ll ii,certaittie nallthtngs; and that there w notrueth that can be or rayded ofita or knowne of 2'1? A.afw.
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