alam. f• ... Preu,u, ... •R.om. J-8. tlohS. 44· d1 Cor• Jjo6. ofthe 'Tongue. +43 accufations, defences, teflimonies, l'romifes, A 1 did,wereexcellent works ofmercy,an~ ther. baroaines councels: but efpectally 10 Judges fore to be allewed: and thedoi:rs failed onely :~nd~Magifirates, fittingon iudgementfeate / in mannerofperformingthf:m. 11 '·' 1 :l•· becaufe then they fland in Gods!lead, whois As truth is r<quired io fpeech, fo a!IO't~uetruth it felfe. . 1 rence to God and man. "'" To this place belongeth .Apologi<, which i~, ·Reuercloce to God,is when we fo fpeake of when a Chti!Han called before a Magiflrate, God andvie his titles,that we fhew reu~r<nce and flraighrly examined ofhis religion, con- , our felue~, and moouereueren~e in ot~ers. If -1 felfeth Chrifr boldly, & denieth not the truth. thouwilt no~ l:§epe(faiththe 'Lord,'DeNt.•8 18-) Contrary to this, is lying, cogging, glofing.. Allddi!t flllthe w~rds tifthu lirii>(thAtare writtenin fmoothing, diflembling: as for·examplc, ljethubook!)•ndfe.rethegloriom &f<are{Nllname, ha>:i, afierhee had receiuedmoneyand1prTHE LORD THY GOD,thentheLr!Td ments of 11{••m•n the Syrian againfr eli_[h.u wiN makt thyplagues wondtifu/1. will,hewcnta<Jd flood before his mafler,who Here take hecde ofall mannerof blafphefaidvntohim, Whencecommeflthou,G<h4ining, which is, when menvfefuch(oeeches ~i? who making it nothing re lie for a~an- B ofGod,asdoth either detract anything from tage,fmoothedit ouer finely,and faid,Thyftr: his MaieiHe, or afcribeany thing tohim, n<>t UAntwentnawhither,Tothelike effettandpuro befeeming him: a finne of all other to bee depofe report is made of a rich man that had relied. Reafons. I. Ablafphemerisvilerthcn two chefls: the one whereofhe called•//the the reil ofthe creatures: for they praife God Wllrlt/, the other hisfriem. ln tlie firfrhe pur· iutheir kinde,& lhew forth his power,goodt<th nothing: in the fecond'he putteth all hi.s nelfo, and wifedome : but hee difhonoureth IUbflance. When his neighbour came to corGod in his wretched fpeech. I I. Hee is as row money, he vfedto anfwer, Truely I hau~ the mad \:lbime that flyeth in his mallets face, neuer a pennie in all the world, meaning his who keepfth hirri. arid giueth him bread. Ill. emptie chefl, but I will fec(f.irhhe)what my Cuflo'rrie"ii(olafplieriiies fheweth a .ma.t~ to · friend can doe, looking thereby ferim~refr beethechilde of thediutU ,'andnochilde of by themony outofhis oohercheO:. ' : God as yet. :AFathcrlying on hls deailibed, Th1s vice is very common, audit is a rare called rtle tfiree·children to him which hee thing_ro finde a man thatmak,etl1 aconfcience kept ;aiiq rolde them tha't' one onely of;hem ofa he. · was h1s'oyhJe fonne, &.that'i:he r~fi wereonly Lying is, ~hen •.man fpeaketh other~ife 2 brought" ~p py him: rhef~fore vnto -hi~ h~e then the ttuth 1s, with a purpofe to deceme. gaue all h1s good: bur~H1chofthelj: was ~1$ Here note that there is great difference bel natnrall·fonne hee would not in any wife detween thefetwofpeeches, {t;. ~n1Jntruth,a•id dare. When hee was de:lll, tuery'oi!eofthe -It u A lie. Thdirft may be vfed when a man three children pleadedthathewas the fonQe fpeak<rh falfhoods. But in vJing the fecond, and therefore that the goods were his. Th~ we ~uO: be heedie and fparing: for when ~ matter •beeing brought befere a Iudge could m~n 1s challenged for alie,. three thinss are not been~ed: but the Iu<lge was conO:rained la~d. to h1s charge. I. That he fpeaketh falqy~ to take this courfe: he caufed t_he dead corpes Il. That h•u wdlmg to doe fo. Ill. That he ofthe fadier'to bee fer vp agamU a tree, and hath a defire and purpofe todcceiue. · • comniani:led the three fonnes to.rake bowes f2ueft. Whether maynot a man lie, if-it be & arrbwes,anll tofhooteagainfi their father, for the procuring of fame great good ro"oili and •tdf.:e\vhe could come tieerel! tl\e hearr. neighbour, orto the whole countrey wher~ The firflandfecond did llldatC'at theit'fathe'r, weare. · . · ·'· ·'' &didhitliim; thethirdwk~'!mgry\Vithboth .An[w. No: Reafons are rhefe: I. LyingI~ tho otherthrough naruralra{fccti6dfa"cliilde forbidden,(4).uAn.bomin•tion to the Lwd.H; ' to a f:itb~f,and refufedto lhoote. This'done (h) We4rt notdoe any euill th•t good""'Jc~me D the Iuc:lgc ·gaue fentene<:· that the ·two' firTh thereof. Ill. He whichlycth, in fodoingc<ldwere n<>'(oniles, but rhe'_thiftl Qhely, and'that formeth himfelfe to the diuell,who (c)is~fy~ he lhotildhauerbe!1;dt'<)sP I'he lik~ tryall'lnay er,and the fatber thereof. ·· ·· • · bevfcd to-know wlio~<!ibds children. Such Qbiell. I. .Suc!J.lying isfor our neighbour~ perfonhiril(> w\10m bl~tpli~m'"g ihife, are good,andnot agnnfl chancy. · 1 vory d!UUls_qnClunai'e,-and'the children ofthC AnfNo:for(d)ch•ritiereioyetth inthe tri<l/ii diutll;'WhO:ttiid Gb\l10 peecesi & !hoot him . Obiell.II. Theholy Scriptureshauemtn'J rhroogh w_lt!\ rhdr<hit~;asi;isfaldofrhe twned theliesoftheP.rrhrkes. •· · Bg~ptia~wfil:nhe bla(pheinro, thathe{mort ..Anf We mull nfilt hue by exampk again{\ or p~tt<eilt-hroughGo'd!n•me. Magiflrares ano rules ofGods:word. rulers feli'Cfely punifh·fuch as abufe their ObieEl. HI. R4h•b and the midwiucs of pamd,anlithey doe ir'iu!llylt how tml'ch leffe Egypt in fauing the fpies, and in preferuihg I then lhould blafpheniers ofGods Name cf. thelfraelites lnfanrs, vfed ly.mg,and arecbm~ i cape without great puoilhment? ' mcndedforrheirfacts. ,. ' _.:. ·; 1 ' Again,herewewull:bewarnedtotakeheed .Anf. They are commendedfortheir faitn,' · ofthatc~ffdmablefwearing,andalfoofperiunot for thelt lymg. The workes wh1ch tt:_cy ne. rr~veryllrange finne: for the periurod _ P-p ~ _perfon Lta.~4• "· vaiik.. kobb,
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