The Practice of Piety

2 Let thy heart and tongue ever go together in honesty and truth: hate ^ddissembling and lying in another, detest it in thy self, or GOD will detest thee for it: for he hateth the liar, ²and his father the Devil alike. And if once thou be discovered to make no conscience of lying, no man will believe thee when thou speakest a truth, but if thou lovest truth, more credit will ⟨p. 370⟩be given to thy word, then to a liars oath. Great is the possession which Satan hath in those, who are so accustomed to lying, that they will lie, though they get nothing by it themselves, nor are not compelled unto it by others. Let not thine anger remain, when thou seest the cause removed:³ and ever distinguish twixt him that offendeth of ^finfirmity, or against his will, and him who offendeth ^gmaliciously, and of set purpose: let the one have pity, the other justice.

2 Let thy heart and tongue euer goe together in honestie and truth: hate ^ddissembling and lying in another, detest it in thy selfe, or GOD will detest thee for it: for he hateth the lyar, ²and his father the Diuell alike. And if once thou be discouered to make no conscience of lying, no man will beleeue thee when thou speakest a truth, but if thou louest truth, more credit will ⟨p. 370⟩be giuen to thy word, then to a liars oath. Great is the possession which Sathan hath in those, who are so accustomed to lying, that they will lie, though they get nothing by it themselues, nor are not compelled vnto it by others. Let not thine anger remaine, when thou seest the cause remoued: