Sccondly,the fame fpiritthat worketh a loue &eonfcience of the truth,wherby men are made tobe true,dothneuer ceafe to be the fatale:therefore as it fealoneth theheart,& guided theheart at the 6rtt, fo it will itablifh the heart, and dire& the lips to theende For fincerity,andvprightnes is ofall things molt durable,& leaf} fubieh toalteration and change. And that S. Patalaffgneth fora caufe of his vnuariable cont}ancy, that bee minded not thole thingswhich hedid mind according to the flefh, whereby there thouldbe withhim,yea,yea,and nayrnay, 2 .Cor. r. t 7. Now liars doe want all thefe helpes : they had neede to hauegood memo. ry, to remember what they laidbefore, lealt they tell a contrarie tale:for the thing related cannot put them inmindof it. Fcr they vfenot to frame their words to the veritie or the matterwhich they fpeakeof, but to the feruingof their owne tunics, and ef- feaingofrheir purpofes, as heefpeaketh ofthe vnconfcionable u Zo,rq chapman : It is naught, itis nam;ht, faith the6asicr : but when hee is goue apart heboafletb. Anotable exampleof a wandring, unre- generate, andvnf#able tongue (-peakingcontrarieties almoft with the fame breath, is to bee feene in that blafphernous railing Rah_ fhakeh whom the King of: lbur Pent againft Jerufalem in the time of Hezekiah. In the entrance ofhis fpeech hee feemed tobee all for theLord : hee taxethH'ez.ekiahfor taking downe his hie pla- ces and altars, hee pretendeth obedience vnto him, as though he camethither by his commandement, laying ; 7'he Lard faide, Coevpagainfl this land, anddeffroi.eit. But before he had made an 7'3A 7.j0- end,the LordGod of ifrael,and the Idols of the Gentiles were all one withhim. And thereforehee matcheth him with the con- queredGodsof Harnath, andof.Arpad, and of Seph.rssaim) &c. that feting they could not deliver their countries out of his hands, the Lordwas notable to deliver Ierufalem from him. The l i 2,.4. lyingmifcreants in the Pralines are braggingof the líbertkeand freedome of their tongues, becing altogether flaues and drud- ges toSathan, !lift, and lewdneffe. Though it bee neuer fomuch aainU their knowledge, though it lieneuer foheauie vpon their con(cience, though it turn: to their perpxtuall lharne and dif. grace,yetifche diuell,and the corruption ofrheirharts, will haue them to fpeake, theymua affiirme it,if to denie, they n. uit gaine- lay
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