: . . • . 345: But fome will anfwe-rc; Ifpake as I thought, I ,tooke rhe · caufeto begood,l_ mu(1 flandfor myclie-nt. B-t~t howconJ.es .. . it to pafTe, chat you, who are.fo wittie ·to muent fucb cun, · uing remedies to heale an ill caufe, i11ould bee fo hlihde . and ·ignorant, ·that you cannot bee brnught to .fee the . . foundnefle of a good caufc:?W·hat is the re~fon why firu .. ple men ofmeane.capacitie .and leiTe learning, that fland · by, c~n fo01ier difcerne the tructh. an.d· equitie of the mat... . . ter, then you t~at haue mofi Hudied it? Is it not becaufe . the gifc blindcs the eyes of the wife, and takes away the vnder!landing ofthe prudent? That which. wanted in the . goodnefle. . of_the ~ caufe, is. fupplied in the grea.tndfc ofthe ..· fee,and th~t is.the re;1fon.you cannot .fee. · t · · ' • • " ..But.fuppofe this were true, an.d. grant that you were (as .yot.t fay) 1gnorant of the matter: yet: is it not agreat fault t0 ~ be f,> venturous to fpeake fo much in a .matter, and that in _theface of the world, before you k~ow whether it bee . goop otbad, right or wrong? Jl}b would not-dor. fo: but .Job 29.x6• . thofe cauf~s thac. hee .krae.w not; 'hee would e~quire . and {earch <)Ut.diligently, and not open his mouth~ tQ . <fpeake, b~f.ore he,e w~.s well inHru8e-d in the caufe, and had found Pre.18.~3 ~ . , . gr~und for his owne confc1cnce. This thenwill not ferue r the tu roe; when onehath abufed his place, his hearers,and. himfdfe by maintaining vnrighceoufnefle :. to f~y, Alas, I knew·it not. I~ is aflume and follie thus tohazardhis foule apdqedic; and then beare hirnfelfe in hand., rhat this will . J~lu~ ,all,.becau(e hee knevv.ic..not. As· ifignorance were a ..fufficient piaiHe.r to:heale_the :wounds bee haih made in his . owne.confcicnce, and to repaire &ll the ruine.s rha·t h~ hath wrotJghr : in his neighbours _dlate. But why had·hee.not . . knownc it was a Gnn,e to -be.e ignorant? Wife rnen fbould l'rO.IJ. Sr€,o: . work~by knowledge.Jc is not onely' a ·fauk,willingly and _w!c~i .ngly to fhnd ~~n ~Jefeuce ofan euill caufe,but eu.e·p-rafhlyand vnaduifedly to fl ip into it• .· ·· \ , · FunheralC0_,falfe-wimcfies d~.e publikely ·offe-tid againfl: . this Commandernent, when they come before the Judges, · ! and giue a falfe and lying tdlimonie. This is ofccn fpoken · · a~ai~1(l inPro~c~b$1 0 fa!fo witne!fo ford/ r;ot.eftapt• Thefe _Prpu:t.!!·.~ be: ·j •
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