The Practice of Piety

If thou perceivest that thou hast erred, ¹persevere not in thine error: rejoice to find the truth, and magnify it. Study therefore three things especially, to understand well, to say well, and to do well.

If thou perceiuest that thou hast erred, ¹perseuere not in thine errour: reioyce to finde the truth, and magnifie it. Study therefore three things especially, to vnderstand well, to say well, and to doe well.

1. 1Si verum audias silentio protinùs reverere, illique tanquam divinae rei assurgito.Si verum audias silentio protinùs reuerere, illique tanquam diuinae rei assurgito.

And when thou meetest with Gods Children, be sure to make some holy advantage by them: learn of them all the good that thou canst, and communicate with them all the good things that thou knowest. The more good thou teachest others, the more will God still ^kminister unto thee. For, as the gifts of men by ⟨p. 372⟩much using do perish and decrease: so the gifts of God by much using do the more grow and increase, like the ^lWidows Pitcher of Oil, which, the more it poured to fill other vessels, the more it was still replenished in it self.

And when thou meetest with Gods Children, be sure to make some holy aduantage by them: learne of them all the good that thou canst, and communicate vvith them all the good things that thou knowest. The more good thou teachest others, the more will God still