iTruth frwelcome cares amen thandateeriesand lycs. UponPaffìonSonday: Ser.32: yet for all this faire warning, would not takebettèr heede,but meltingwith two drops, two poore tearer that trickleddowne her cheekes, ftickt not to reueale vnto her the fecret ofhis ftrength, andwhere it lay. And Dadila complaining, Thou haft thrice beguiledms, and toldme lyes, yet thisgood honcft.manneuer fit- tedher in the teethwitn herlightnes, andher treafon. It is a ftrange kindof blindness That thyflefh fhould commitfomany treafons, andpoppe thee in the mouth with fo manylies, and yet thou fhouldeft 1tí11 beleeue. her. But the Moores beleeue (-Mehemet who lyes vntothem ; The Gentiles, thofe Idols that deceiuc them ; andonelyChrift comes to be thedefcreydi, aman ofno credit a- mongVs, andtowhomwe willnot giue beleefe. S. Bernard talking inhis name with aChriftian, askes him the queftion, Why doeft thou more afïcétmy ene, mie, and thine, thanme I did create thee, I did redeeme thee withmyblood; I didbeare thee vp in the,palmesofmy hands; Sure it is,becaufe thyfoule is full ofeuill humours. Afoole receivesnot thewords ofWifeedame, vnle(e thon tel him that which is in hiserneheart. Ir isSalondons, As isan houfthat is drjtroyed, fo Wwife- dome ` vnto afettle. There is nothingmore ;leafingand peaceable thana well built houfe,and nothing Morevnpleafing and vnpeaceable, thanan old ruinous houfe that isreadyto fall . And fo.is wifcdome toá foole: lflfay the truth, òc. One Of the molt lamentable miferies of this age is Tnat truth doth not carrythat credit and eftimation as a lyedoth. As the true foresof apoorewretched creaturedothnot moouemans heart to that pittie, as yourfalfe ones doe : fo truthdoe not generally goe fo farce as dotha lye. Fora lye is no foonerfowne , bqtit prefentlygrowes vp, and fpreads it felfe amain; ô,good God,howeafily is it beleeued, how willingly entertained ! Our Sauiour Chrift being rifen, the High Priefts, andother thePrelates of thofe times, per- fuaded the fouldiers, that were fet togard the graue,. that they fhould giucir. out;that his Difcipleshad ftolnehim away. Buthow myMailers (replyde the fouldiers) canwe doethis without dangerro our felues, orbe able to anfwerthe matter e Forit the Prefident fhould call vs toaccount, andexamine vs about it, eyther we muff anfwer thatwe wereafleepe, and teftigos dormidos (you know) ne hazenfe, Sleepingwitneffes willnot beadmitted for proofe, nor ftand good in Law : Or that his Difciplesdid let vponvs, and tooke him thence by force, which likewife will hardlybe beleeued, and will notfound halfe handfomely. Firft, thatfilly fifh rmen should fet vpon fouldiers ; Secondly, the ftonenotbe- ing taken away, we cannot wellauouch thatthey (tole him away ; yen notwith ftanding the Clergie were inflantvponthem, and told them, doe you but fayas webid you, and it is enough : for, ¡fit come to the Prefidentsrare, wewill wakewith himreelenough. Whereuponhauing withal! well greafed their fifts,theypubli- fhed the theft. And theglorious Euangelift Saint Matthewtellsvs, Thisfayint is neyfed among/, the ¡ewes vat. this day. The like paffeth in point of Heretic : What bath ruinedfomany Kingdomes, deftroyed fomanyChurches,and tor. mentedfo many Saints, but the lyesofyour Arch-Heretikes, whowill notpar-. don God h imfelfe e Ina word, Godwas tocome intothe world, for togiue te- ftimonyofthe truth: Whereas for the receiuingofa lye, one wicked mans af- feueration is fufficient. ofeefaith,That there is notruth in the earth, no mercy, noknowledge ofGod, but that all is lies, thefts, murders,and adulteries.Menda- cium,furtum;homicidium inundauerunt. Where the word inandairerunt is worthy your weighing. A riuer-whileit runnesbetweene two bankes, and keepes it felfewithin it's bounds, thewayesare free and opento all ; But when it leapes, out.ofhisbed, and ouerflowes the fields,and the highwayes youknownòt in Yy the 529 Pa,rc.18. keel.as. Mat :E. What mil- chiefes haue proceeded from lying,
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