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SERM.
XXí.3
TRUTH, SINCERITY,
&C.
361
sense.
Besides,
if
one would indulge the most
superla
lative
expressions
and boldest
figures
that
human
lan-
guage can
furnish one with,
tosetout-
the'honours of
any
person
on
earth,
there
can
be no
suéh
proper
or deserv-
ing subject
as
Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Ill.
The third rule to preserve veracity
is
this,
prac
tise nothing
which you
are ashamed
of.
Do
nothing
that
'need
be
afraid
of
the
ear of
the
world
:
Walk
care=
fully
iii
the
ways
of
virtue and duty
Tulfil
your
obliga-
tions
to
God and
man
to the
utmost
Of
your
pó1,ser:
Venture upon
no practice
that
needs
a cover,
a
disguise,
or an
excuse: and
then you
will
not
be
so
often
under
the
temptation
of
lying,
Let
children remeMber
this,
and
have
a care
of
diso-
beying God,
or
their parents,
even when they
are
alone:
lest
they
be
tempted
to
excuse
their
faults
by
lying,
which indeed
does
but
inlarge and double them,
rather
than
diminish
and
excuse them.
Let
servants take notice
of
this,
and pay
all
'due
honour and
faithful obedience
to
their piasters and governors; or
else
the
devil,
and
their
own
corrupt
hearts,
will
frequently
join together
and
help them to
a
lie
for the cover
of
their
guilt.
Let
every one
that
hears this discourse
watch over all
their
actions, and confine them within the rules
of
religion
;
otherwise
their
practice,
which
will
not bear
the light,
will
put
them
under a temptation
to hide
it
behind
a
re-
fuge
of lies.
And
under
this
head
I
Might
particularly
give
this
ad-
vice.
Do not
affect
a
cunning
way
of
life.
Do
not
aim
at
the
character of
a
subtle and crafty man.
13e
not fond
of
being
let
into secrets,
nor
Of
engaging
in
intrigues
of
any
sort.
There are
some
tempers
of
mankind
'that
are na-
turally addicted
to
craft,
and are ever seeking
to
outwit
their neighbours:
they seldom
live
upon the square, or
Walk
onward
in
an open path
;
but are
still
doubling,
and
turning,
and traversing their
course.
They take
a
special
pleasure
in
managing
all
their
affairs with
art
and
subtlety;
and
call
it
necessary.
prudence.
But
if
-you
would shew yourselves
tender of
the truth, and preserve
it,
let your course
of
life be bold,
and
free,
and
open.
There
is
much
prudence
to
be
used
in
our
daily
conduct,
without
this
crafty humour.
The
integrity
of
a man will
preserve
him;
And
keep
his
tongue from falsehood
;