33 _ · · The ninthCo!f~mandement. · : knowledge, tharthe things fp·oken bee falfe and ii1iurious: andyet eitherin flattery,or fcate ofdifpleafing,lets al alone and doth not iuAifie his Innocent neighbour. Such a on; comes within the cornpaffeofbeariog falfe witneff"e, and by fuence makes himfelfe guilty oft he Oaunder. For, he fuffers ·- . his neighbours innocencie to be fupprcffed, and his name defamed~when it lay h1 his-power to defend him. And euen the lawofnature will oucnhrow fuch a man, thar hee iball haue nothing to fay for hitnfclfe. For, clothnot nature teach vs tha-t this is equalJ, To do as we would be done by? . · ·Andwhicho~vs is there, that ifone Chould bee in place, whereh~ were charged with falfe accufations,.and that his neighbour prefent knew well enough, but yei: would not o.. penhis mouth to deare him,or fhew the truthofthe matter? Jjuery one would think that this fil.ence were a betraying of ·his neighbour, and a great wrong again Cl him; as indeed it were. Then~ ifwe thinke otherfho'uld: not" bee filent, when . our name is traduced, let vs then giue fuch meafure, as wee would in like fort -receiue; and be as ready to !land for the– good name of our brother,as·we are defirous-that'he Jliould perfo!metp~ like d~tie for ~s. This ~f~(!do~ we Chall.kcepe fnis ·Col'nmandem~nt1n fotne.meafure ~ 'and·God·wilttlihe vp·or hers to r~quit.e :~s in ·fpe'aking boldly, todeareout in~ nocency, when we are vniufHy depraued. And fo ·rhisComstaun~er., mandement _is broken with'!ut fpeech~ By fpeech it is brC?._~ ~;~ett~r- ken~- eithc-~ by giuin-gor receiui~g~ By giui11g?Utfpeeth ~i'· troth. tber true cjr f'alfe~ :;Forone~aybe as gr·ieuous .atr~n~gfdfo~ oftbis~ommandemenr; in fp~aking nothing but the crurl}, -.. . in·fon1e.cafes, asifhee had ·raifed an vrtiMll and ·falfe-report a_gainA another. An~ this kind oftruth, if it beeput inb11e t'ndofthe haUance o(9ods iudgcment, will weigh~s hea:. ili8 as fatllroroa~:t1.ttl,eother. Ifone fpeake the t-ruthwkh<>f;!t 'difdetiorl vrtfeafonablyj out oftime an<:f:place; ifh;s ·W<>rcl~ -\;;C:~true, but>his endeuiHand wicked, he is as crue1l and m~:- . · lidousan enemy to·the name and credit of his neighbour·, :·· .:·) ! 1. ~ 2f:ld .as·v~Ie a ·fiau~d~red,h the fight ofGod.,asifhe fpake tba~ , , ;,.. :' whicti was·P.lJ(e;.lThisw~s tllef~u1tofDl!eg;that curf~d ene~ ~:.Sa~~ · iriieofD1HJ!'l ~ .. Who; whcnh ..~pcrceiucdby-s"*''Jbehaui:... .;:.;, _ ----. ~ ... -·- ·i , r ur ;,,J·,.:' ._.,_ ; " ' 0 . '
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