chapter wasproued,do euidentlyconfirm this point :and there- fore to auoyd prolixity,& vnnecclfary repetitions, we refer the reader to that place. InflruSion,to labour tobevnlike to finfull men in behauiour'fea. as we are deLrous tohauea better conditien.Let vs fet ourfelues as enemies againfl the dominion and kingdome ofiniquiry, as theydo yeeld themfelues tobe fubiec`ïs and Qaues vnto it : let vs feeke to cicanfeour felues from all filthineffe bothof the flefh and fpirit,and be filled with the graces ofthe holyGhot,andthe fruitsofthe fame, as they are full of finnes, and vnrighteouf- neire. Forthe wickednot toconceiue the better oftheir owne cafe, 2 northe godly to like theworfe oftheirs, becaufeexternally all things kern to happen alike toboth fides:for therecannot be fo great a difparity betwecne any earthly things, thoughneuer fo contrary one toanother, as there is bctweene their eflates, not- withflanding that in (hew and appearance theyarealike. Verfe 22.7helying lippes are abaminatron to theLord : but they that deale true, arehù delight. THe fedd: is plaine enough ofit fclfe, ifthe fupply be made of that which is vnderflood in both claufcs. The Lord abhorreth lying lips,that is,thofe perfons that abufe their lippes to lying,whichwill alto be falfe in their deeds :& he is well plea- fed with them that dealefaithfully, which will likewife be true in their words. Euery lyar is a loathfomeperfon, God doth neuer hate any Doti thing that is not hatefull, and that muff needs be odiblewhich heabhorreth, and efpecially when it is abomination, which is in hie degree abominablevnto him. And that hee is fo affed}ed towards lyars, his owne word inother places Both tefli6e. As Pr©tt when he faith in this booke, 7befe (fxe tbi rss loth the Lordhate: ;6I ,- yea his footleabberrethfear:: thebawl eies, anda yiPgtongue,and the bands that (bed innocent blaud, &ç. Yeemay know by their companions among whom they are marshalled, whatac- count lacmakcthofthem. And fo in the Rcuelation ofS.1,hn, z3 he
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