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E
R.
25.
Epbeflanr,
Chap.
4..
they both
differ
from truth
*like,
though the
one
hath acute charity
then the other,
t
ioh.
2.
at.
No
lye
u
of
the
truth.
2.
That
which
is
in
the nature
evil!,
cannot
be
bettered
by the end:
now
a
lye
is
in
the
nature evil!, againft
truth,
perverting the natural!
ufeof
words; ftealth
is
a
thing bad
ih
nature,
becaufé against juftice;
now
if
one
would
build
a
Church
with that
he
ftealeth,
his
stealth can-
not hence be juftified.
3.
The
Scripture indefinitelyreproveth and condemneth lying; ex-
cepting no kinde.
4.
If
one might
lye
for
any
thing, then for Gods
caufe
:
but
lob
doth
Phew
plainly
that
one may
not
fpeak deceitfully for
Gods advantage,
lob
r
3.7,
,9.
Will
yefpeake wickedly
for
Gods
defence,and
talke
deceitfully
for
Gods
(wife
?
will
ye accept
hie
perfone or
will
ye
contend
for
God:
Is
it
web'
that
he
fhould
feeke
of
you
will
you make a
lye
for
him
as
one
lyeth
f
or
a man ?
S.
Laftly,
if
the
Scripture maketh
every
idle word condemnable,
much more every lying
word,
chat.
12.
36.
This
therefore doth reprove many among
us
with
whom
thisvice
is
pp..:.
frequent;
In
publique, how
many doe profecute lying
fuites
a
How
many for advantage deny this or
that
which their
confcicnce know-
eth
in
private
e
How
many doe counfell
lyes;
fly
I
am
not within,
when I would not be
fpoken
with;
fay loch a
one
fens
you
:
In
con.
traits,
covenants, the buyerand
feller,
throne
difpraifing,
the other
over
-
reaching: In
covenants, promifing
without
any care
of
perfor-
mance, which
is
a
double
breach, both
of
truth
and fidelity:
In com-
mon difeourfe, men telling this
or that,
often drop
in
fomcthing they
know morethen the
matter:
men will deny
that
which they have for
feare
or
fhame,like Sarah who denyed
fhe
did
laugh
:
men
affirme
falfe-
hoods
in
their
talkeofothers,
in
praife,difpraife;
of
themfelves many
bragging
of
things they
have
not;
many complaining
as
if
they
were
not
able
to beare the
charges on
them, when they
goe
us
neere
the
wind
as
their neighbours; diffembling their eftate;
as
many rich
men,
deale with
them for
any
thing to good
ufe, and
they
are
thus
poore,
have had fuch loffes,areat fuch charges, &c.
thus
this
vice
aboundeth.
But we
mutt take heede
of
it, it
is
of
the
devill;the
heathen have deteft-
ed
a
lyer, holding
him
as
hateful! as hell
gates, that would
affirme
one thing and thinke
another.
But you will fay,
How may
we overcome this
a
R./44'X
Firít,
fince out
the
caufe, and take
that away,
for fome
lyes are
erief
grounded
in
pride,
as
the boafters
lye
:
force
in
covetoufneffe,
as
the
MeanestÓ cure
lye
in
bargaining,
in
diffembling ones eftate
:
force
in
feare,
as
that
of
a lying difpo-
Tuon.
denying
:
tome
in
the vanity
of
our natures,
as
that
in
telling
a
thing
otherwife then
I
know
ir,
without
any purpofe any way.
We
mutt la-
bour
againft
the
caufe, and
the difeale
will
Toone
ceafe,
when
the
ground
is
removed.
Secondly,
we
mutt accuftomeour
felves
to
few
words,
Prov.Wbere
there are
many words
there will
be
iniquity; and it
is
juft
with God that
idle
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