euel.zr.S, 3 e A. '4I he declareth his dcteIlation of them by reckoningvp their fel- lov+es, arid defcribic g their gricuouspunifhment. Thefearefull 4wi vnbele:JJing,at,d tte abominable,and szurtheer.r; whorernet,- sers,atrdforccrers,vnd idolaters, andalllycrs!hallhaue theirpart £n the II.ke,rhish.btsrnctb with fire and brimflone, wbiçh rr tbefecorrd ole4th. Firft,nothing is more contrary to thenature ofGad,whe is in- finitely true,and truth it fc1fe,thenguile and falTood i$.And coo- thingmakethmen more like to radian, and workers ofhis will, then lying. So our Sauiour told thewicked vnbeletuing Iewcs Tee care ofyenrfatherthe drtiell, and the liesofjourfatherjeyeti dee. Heeabode not in the truth, becaufe there is no trueth inhim. When he fpeaketh a lie,then hefpeaketh efh:s owne :for he is a leer, And thefather thereof.It is his mother tongue,& natuue language to lie-when hevttereth any rruefcntence iris but borrovve Land that alCo he cannottruely deliuer,without grove deceit and dif- fmulation. Sccondly,lying is a work atticold man,and that which mis- b.econ meth.±lie children:ofGod, and lyars fuck asgitie theñz feluesvnto it,are vnregencratc,andasyet the childrenofwrath, andCubic& to damnation. Thirdly they are itiuriousto themwhom theymif infornae, mákinz them tobeleeue error.s,and many titnes,manyeuill con- fequents infuevpYn 9t. And thereforetheApoffle exhorteth al that arccfiechitally re. generate,ta cafi of lying, and toJpe* erser1 man truethunto his ncihbetar,becaufe we are members one ofanother. Inflrutlon,toworkvponour owne hearts fo,as that weco:m ming alfoto hate lying,God maylope vs for truth,and not haue vs in dctefration for falihood. If we caufe him to abhorreour lippes for our :vntruths to men,he will abhorre our praiers and .thankfgiuing, and whatföcucr ha11 proceede out ofour líppes to him.And it is not enough toleauc lying in refpeaofhcreaf- t r,but to.loath the finnc ofit bath been committed bv`vs heretofore. When Iob..knew that his wordswere difple fit g to the Lord, though theywere few, and onely raf i and vnaduiled, and he hiinícifby error was deceiued:in them,heabhorredhim feifc
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