.Reafous nt todiPvaiefroroperiury. 67 quire. For better it isthat a privateman Ihould perifh,thcn Fiat iuffitia hat thepublike adminitirationof law and tuftice fhould be & rrot cdum ¡hied and hindred : neuerthelcffc,the Magitirateought in this cafe to forbeare the impotitionof an oth , ifthe truth may byanyother poflib le meanesbe cleared and iufticeex- ecuted; and ifnot, yet bec isgrauely and religioufly to ad- monifh the partyofthe waightineffeofan oth , the hainonl nelreofthe firme ofperiury, and fcarefulnctre of thepunifh-, ment whichdoth attend it : and fohauing done his bell to prcuent it,hc is to !taut theparty to himfclfc , and the euent toGod. CHAP. X Y. .Reitfons to diffwadefrom thefirneofperiury, Nd fo much concerning the former part of this trcatifc,wherein I haue (hewed what per- iury is,&thekinds thereof , andwithal haue cleared dinersqueflions,wherby we may the better difcern the natureof this Cm, &when it is committed . Now in the fecond part,I wil briefly 1ct downe Come reafons to dítfwadcall men from this Crtiwhichis Co difhonorablc to God, and fo pernicious vnto mankind;allwhich I will reduce to chefetwo heads;the firil whereofis thehainoufneffe ofthe fin; the fecond is the grieuoufneiíe ofthepunifhment,whichdothaccompany it. The hainoufneffcwill appeare both in it owne nature,and S. Sea.t; alto in the euill eOehs and fruitsthereof That in it owne na- r,Eecaufc per. ture it is a grieuous finne,may herebybe mademanifcll;firf},:riryio-oclàous becauCeit is odious andabominable,both in the fightofGod vrs° cod. and men. That the Lord abhorreth this Crone of penury , it plainly appearcth,Z ach.8.17. Let none ofyota imagineeuilin Zach.8.t? your hearts again/ihis neigh6our,and louenofalfeoth :forall thefeare the things that I hate, faith the Lord, Andhence it is,that the Lord in his law bath fòfiraitlyforbidden this fin. Leuit. /9.1 a.Tefhalnotfivear by myname f dfly;ne:thenfhalt r thou defile thenameofthy god. For the tranfgre lli ó ofwhich Lent 1 9. K 2 law
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