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S.ERM.
TRUTH, SINÇERITY,
&C.
363
upon truth,
even
in
relating matters
of fact:
and,
as_Dr.
Tillotson
well
expresses
it,
that
the zealots
of
all
parties
have got a
scurvy
trick of
lying for
the
truth
;
though
he
confesses he has
never observed any
that
would
be
so
very fond
of a
false
report,
or
hug
and
caress a lie as
the
papists
have
done. And
I
wish
no
protestant had
ever
followed
their example.
I
should
proceed now to lay down
rules
how
persons
may best preserve
their
faithfulness to
vows
or
engage-
ments
of
any kind.
But
this
must
be
reserved to the
next
discourse.
HYMN FOR
SERMONS
XX.
AND
XXL
CHRISTIAN MORALITY,
viz.
TRUTH, SINCERITY,
&c.
COMMON
LET those who
bear the
christian name
Their holy
vows fulfil
:
The
saints,
the
followers of
the
Lamb,
Are
men of honour still.
True
to the solemn oaths
they take,
Though
to
their hurt they
swear
;
Constant and
just
to all
they speak,
For
God
and
angels
hear.
Still
with
their
lips
their hearts agree,
Nor flattering
words
devise
;
They
know
the
God
of truth
can
see
Through every
false
disguise.
METRE.
They hate
th'
appearance of
a
lie,
In
all the shapes it
wears;
Firm to
the truth
;
and
when
they
dit,
Eternal
life
is
theirs.
Lo
!
from
afar the Lord descends,
And
brings
the
judgment down;
He
bids
his
saints, his faithful
friends,
Rise and
possess
their
crown.
While Satan trembles
at
the
sight,
And devils
wish
to die,
Where
will
the
faithless
hypocrite,
And guilty
liar
fiy
?
SERMON
XXII.
CHRISTIAN MORALITY,
viz.
TRUTH, SINCERITY,
&c,
PRIMP.
iv. 8.
Whatsoever things are true,
---
-think
on these
things.
WHEN
we
are ever
so
well
informed
in the
nature
of
our
duty,
we
still
want arguments
to
make
our
consci
ences
feel
the obligation. Flesh and blood are frail
and
sinful;
grace
is
feeble
and.imperfect
in
the present state
;
temptations
surround
us
in this lower world,
and are