. : Thininth · • 347 . to fpeake ofcen ofother mens faplcs. For 1 hee that giues his toague libertie to be bulied abo·ut this fubieet,it cannot bee .auoidcd but he fhall flip in~o fuch fpeeches, as will .make a greater breach into his brothers name,then he can eafily re... paire againe. Hee that will fpeake too often ofothers infir– pthies, cannot keep.e himfelfe fron1 doi,ng them .many iniu:.. ries. Therefore the bell way is to be fparing in this kinde of talke. Thcnalfo when one hath a good calhng,and iull caufe to fpeake, let him fpeake difcreetly, in due ri.me, and due. place, and with good affeetion; that fome good may come . by his .words,- that either the partie may bee·brought to the . fight anii amendment: qfhisfault, or el.fe o~her~m'ly be edi... · ficd,and.helped againfl the like euils. Euermore,if o.ne will difcourfe of anothers fau1cs,let him bee a~le to fay, I fpeake· itto this g_~od cnd,and this good vfe lhope will enfue ofn1y fpe.C~h.Or ifhe can fee no profit tha& will cpmeby his vtte~ ring it, let him keepe it in till anether time, let him lay hi~ haa·dvpdnhis mouth, and fay, ·hee hath gone· farre enough alrea~ie. For, if there can benogoodvfe fee ne in reueaHng of it,they doe finfulJy d~at doe not conteale it. And for railing ofan ill and falfe repo.rt againfl on~s neigbour, it appearcs what a fault it is;in that Godhath appointed ·and de.- crccd in his law, that thofe which doe·flanderanother, fhall tbemfdues.vndergoe the punHhment, whi€h fi1ch a fault Deut.r.9·'' ~addeferued, and fuch a perfon lhould hauc fuffered, ifthe thing had been true. .. . · . · ... AsJhe that wrongfully accufeth another ofcheft,himfelfe {hould be dealt withall as' a theefe. And he that reports that a~otl:iet hath CQlllmitted ad'ul~erie, ifit bee prooucd falfe, himfdfmuAfeele the fmart that is due to an adulterer. This theTtghteous ; Godb~th o.~daine.d. Far what can bee more iuG, then that he..th:lt di.gsiapit for his neighbour w.hhout a caufe,fhouldhimfelf~ 'faH iotQ the pit? and he that feekes to t.ake·away h.is neighbours .fame and life by. a lie, fi1ould lofe ·his .owne credit ~nd life for his lie? and. though the Magi– llratc,wouldrnegte& his ~d'utie hetcin, :yet·God will not paffe ·by thefimie :bu~ as he made the Iaw,fo it Aandswitbtbis iu– fUce:toput i~;in ex·ecution~vnldfe one fidtpWilifh. himfelfe ... . z ... by \. .
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