ter .Ii. PROVERBS. 16 1 falfehood in pretence ofrnany : that they hate all lying among the meanell,and thereby auoide it wrong the greats{}. 2. To iudges,and magi1Irates, and all minillcrs ofiuflice, that they bevery circumfpeE,fo farrC as in them is, what manner of perfons they admit forIurors,and t ell-rnen to &liner vp ver-. diets :or tobe accufers,or witnef esfor$iuing in ofevidence : & well to Gft the tellimonyofthé that arewont tofails offidelity, IA as they vfe to fill mens saxes withvntruths,fo theyallodefile the placeofiudgenientwithpenury, and vniuflice. How many righteous men may few fuch deceiuers turne out ofthe right way?what wrongmay they offer,what hurt may they doe, what nnifchiefcmay theyworkboth inoppreling them that arc innow cent and clearingof the wicked? Willfhev righteenpieffe,vfeth deceit, &c. The (peaking oftrue Doi .t; words is nonoteofa faithful( man, vnletre it be in due manners. and plainenneaning. Falle witneifes donot alwaies vtter fiat lies,and palpablevn- trueths :for then theywould be fooneefpied, andquickly con- uinced,andea6lycornfuted:theywouldbe cenfuredofeuery tri, andcreditedof noman : but their fraude is couered with a faire Thewofverity,as flips ofcopperappeare to be good coine,whert they are gildedouer.The promile ofeuerla[Iing life is not giuen to all that (peak the truth,but onely to them thatfpeal e the truth in their heart, that is, in fincerity and vprightneffe. Thediucli Pfa1.14A himfelfe did fpeake that whichwas truc, and even the words of holy truth to Iefus Chrill, when he Paid that God had giucn a charge to his Angels to hold his people in their hands, Mat°446! that they fhould not dafh their foote againft a (lone : but it was guilefully deliuercd, a material! part being fuppreffed, and the reli peruerted to drawhim to finfull prefumption. It waJ a true ,information that wasgium to Saulby Doeg,that Abimelech the r,Sam.zz,r Pric(l had tminií}red both foole andweapon to David, andby the & 2.3,1'9. Zi phims that Did bidhimfelfe in the goodby them, It was a true information that was giué to 11Jebuehadnezzar by the Chaldeans thatShadracb,Me(hach, and Abednago poeuld not [truehis Gods, Dab, t 'tor wor(hip the image that he hadfet vp, & it was a true infer ma- 3, Lion that wasgiucu to Dariusby his princes,that Daaielregarded Y net
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