.The (t1re of Lying. fr:ntly fiudy a l)'C to hide it with: which is to go to the Devil to intrcat him to defend or eO¥er hisow workS\ ·But wife and obedi:::m and c;ardi1l and diligent and confcionable Children and Ser,vants hav: need of no fi1ch mifcrable fbifts. - ' DirrC1. 3 • SS· 30· Direct. 3· Ft:JrGodmore tbanma~tt, if you would not be LyarJ. The exceffive /tar of man llle veriuti~_ is a common cau.IC_of Lying : This maketh Children f~ apt to lye, ro c_fcape the rod : and moll per~ De_fenror_ell! fans that :1re obnoxiOUS to much hurt from_others, ar~ m dangc:r of Lymg to avoid their difpieafure. ~~r)qm_cum But why fear you not God more whofe d1fpleafurt IS unfpeakably more terrible? Your PJrents or }~4ui~~~~1;1e- ~aOer will_be a!'gry, and threat~n to correct you: B!1t God threatneth to darr:lli you; ·and his wnth .tuir,.ncc eru· ~s a confumzng hre: ~omans d1fpleafure can teach your fouls, and extend to ctc.rniry : will you run bcfnt iAmbr. Into Hdl toefcape pumfhmcnt on Enth. Remember whenever you are"tdtlpted to efcape any danger Ly:m:u.e fiall· by a lye, that you run into a thoufand fold greater danger, and that no hurt that you eCcape by it G~~g~:ow~ can po~bly be half fo great asthc hurt ~t bringerh. It's as foc;li'!h acourfe ·as to cure the tooth~ach ~rds ~gainfl: by curtmg o.tfthe head.; • . , . , m~n Mm- §, 3 J. Dtr(ct. 4· Gtt doJl!n ) ?ttr PrJde and overmuch regard of tht thoughlt of mt'n, if yo~t mJu/J not tal.~n. F..f!. he /ya'l'.l. Pride makes men fo defirous of reputation? at1d fo impatient o~ the h3r'd opinion-of others~ Dlrcl1. 4· thac all the honeH endeavours of the Proud are too httle to procure the reputation they ddire, and therefore Lyinr. mull rmke up the refi1 Sb:smr is fo intolerable a fufferi~g to them, that they make lyes the familiar cover of their nakednefs. He that huh not Richu, harh Pride, and would be thought fome body, and therefore will fer out his efiareby a lye: He that harh not eminency of Parentage and Birth, if he have Pride will make himfelf a Gentleman by a lye. He that is a contem... ptible perfon at home, if he be Proud, will make himfelf hon•urable among firangirs by a lye. He that wanteth Learning, Degtccs, or a~Y thing that he would be proud of, will endeavour by a. lye to fupply his wants: Even as wanton Women by the actual fyc of Painting would make them– felves Beautiful, through a proud defire to be efieemcd. Erpecially he that committeth • llume– ful crime, if he bf: Proud Will rather venture on a lye than on the fhamt. Bur if your Pride be cured, your temptation to lying will be as nothing: You will be fo indifferent in matrers of honour Avoid both or reputation, as not to venture your fouls on Godsdi'fpleafure for it: .Not that any lhould be im~ thc.o.tre~ms, pudcnt,or utterly regardlefs of thdr reputation: But none fhould over-value it, nor prefer it before which Pe·. their fouls, nor feek ic by unlawful means. Avoidfhame by weU~d,ing and fparc not: (Only fee Ihat ~·~:1 ;11 m;n~1m you have a higher end, ) Stn;c" faith, There_ are _more that abjfain f;o"! fin ~hro~gh .Jbamt, tba 11 llt muluqui rbroi1gb virtue or a good will: h s wd_l when Vtrtue IS fo much mcredit? and VICe tn d1fcredit, that fe bonos, f1c thofc that have not the virwe would fa m have the namr! 1 and thofe that Will not leave thevice would :tliqui tlm fe fcape the jhame : And it's well that there are h;tmane motives to re!lrain them that care not for ;;~;o~u~;gc- DiviJtt ones.. But as hun:~ne motiver ~aufe r10 {..tv!ng virii'CI ; fo devi.Uijb and 1'ick,_e~ meant are fat repm 1 ; quod from preventing any pcrmcsoUf hurt, bemg the certalll means to procure H. vel huma~:i • favori~ pe{blentem :IUr~m ; vel invif:~:m bonorum tempor~llimn fJ:rcinam declinerent. Quod de Am!Jro,'iD Ie8um ea. QUliQ iimilJs amJCitiz adU101tio? non imiutur tamum ii am. fed vincit: eo ip(ogratio(os facit quo b:d1t. Snuc. Dirtl1. 5· ~· 32· DireCt. 5· Av1id Ambitio1t and bum11ne u:nxeceff~Jry dependjnct if yore wosdJ;~ 11vuid lying. For the: ambitious give up themfelves to mm; and therefore jl.Jtttring mun: be their trade : And how much of lying is nccdfary to the compoficion of fi:l.ttery I need not tell you. Trurh is feldom taken for che fittefl: intlrument of fi.mery. It's contrarily rhe common road to hatred: Libert & fine .ad~tlatione veritateni pr~dic.:nres, & gefta prav.e vite arguentu, gratiam non babent apud hominu, Hin'f. i~ faith A~~nbroj: Tbty that Prct~ch 1rmh [rtely and without jltJttcry, and reprovt tht deeds of a wicl([d Gal. 4· life, find not favour wit~ men. Veritatem femper inimiciti.e perfcqttHntHr. Hatred is the fhtdow of Truth, as mvy is of Happinefs. When Ari(lipfUI was asked whyDiunyjiu1 fpake fo much againll him he anfwerc:d, for the fome reafon th..tt aU other mtn do : lnnrnatmg that it was 110 wonder if the Tyrant was impatient of Truth and plain dealing, when it is CO wirh alrnofi all m1nkind : Cujus aur~s _They are fo culp.1ble, that all but fllttercrs feem to hJndle them too hard, and hurt thek fores. f~:~;~;~~tau And herein lyeth ~uch of ~~e mifery of Grtat ~e~, that ftw _or none deal t:\t.ly with th~':', but ;ami<o vetum they are flattered mto perdmon : S.11th Smeca, ~~~Jtes cum omma h;Jbent 1 1mum diu dujl ; fczlu:et qui ~uJire. n~(.ue· verum dicat : fi enim in clicmelam falicis bommu potcntum9; prrvener!t, aut verit~ AUt amiciti~ ar, huJll> ;d1 ~s perdend 3 eft: One thing Rich men want whtn they havt all tbmgs, that ts, a man to /peak._ theJruth: ~k~~~~~-~J.,: For if thou become tbe dcptnd~nt er_ client _Bf pro{perous or grt.Jt men, thau fl!u}i caft away (or Jofi) Nemo pa~afi· either the Trmh or their frundfhtp. Hurome thought that therefore Chnfi had not ~ . bo'!fe !o rum canum put his head in becaufe he would flatter no budy, and therefore nB body 'R'ould. enter1am bzm tn am~r. Materi': tbt City. And the worft of all is, that where flattery rcigncth it is taken for a duty, and che ~;~~~;~e:~~~ neglect of it for a vice: As Hitron. _(ad Ce_l. ) ~aith, .£i?:!n~q; gravifJim~tm tft, I{Hia bum_ilitatiJ ac fcnefcit. benevolwti.e loc9 ducitur, it~ fit rttquz adulrJn. ~~fczt IIHt _t~zvzizu ~ut fopcrbut reputetstr, 1. c. And, Ath~n~lis. wbicbjJ 1n(lft grievoui, llecau[e it gou for bum!l:ty a~d k:Jndntji, U come1 to p4Ji. that ht tbat cannot M~lum h&- . fl!~tttr is tak.fn to be tnvivHI or proud. But the nme will come that the flatterer w1ll be hated even. by mmem blandt· him that his faUaeioHs prRi[tJ pleaftd. Deceit and lytt do pleafc the flattered p"crfon but a ~h1le; ~:~f;~e~~um even till he find the bittcrnefs of the effects, and the fruit have to~d him that it w.as but a fugcred bqueum df,. kind of enmity : And therefore he will not be long pleafed with the fl:tter<r 111mfelf. F~attc~y Habet fuam ·ever appeareth at lall:, to be but ptrnicio[.J dulctd(J as Aujlin calls 1t. SaHh the fame Aujh~ ( zn ;;;;~~~Orl- Pf•l· Sll•) 'Ihtrt m ,,., forti of perJicHiorJ; the oppoflr (or difpraifer) and the flmmr: but tk~ ~- ~
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