A05817:457
The Practice of Piety
The practise of piety directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God.The practise of pietie directing a Christian how to walke that he may please God.
London: printed for John Hodgets, 1613London: printed for Iohn Hodgets, 1613
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, do nothing in the sight of a civill friend, for which thou canst not be safe unless it be concealed:1 nor any thing for which (if just cause be offered) thou needest fear him, if he proves ⟨p. 374⟩thine unjust enemy. If thou hast done any thing amiss,2 ask God forgiveness, and persuade thy self rather then thy friend to keep thine own counsel. For be assured that what friendship soever is grounded upon any other cause then true Religion;3 if ever that cause fail, the friendship falleth off: And the rather; because that as GOD breeds among men, Truth, Peace, and Amity, that we should live to do one another good: so the Devil daily soweth falsehood, discord, and enmity, to cause (if he can) the deerest friends to devour one another.
Secondly, doe nothing in the sight of a ciuill friend, for which thou canst not be safe vnlesse it be concealed:1 nor any thing for which (if iust cause be offered) thou needest feare him, if hee proues ⟨p. 374⟩thine vniust enemie. If thou hast done any thing amisse,2 aske God forgiuenesse, and perswade thy selfe rather then thy friend to keepe thine own counsell. For bee assured that what friendship soeuer is grounded vpon any other cause then true Religion;3 if euer that cause faile, the friendship falleth off: And the rather; because that as GOD breedes among men, Truth, Peace, and Amity, that we should liue to doe one another good: so the Diuell daily soweth falshood, discord, and enmity, to cause (if hee can) the deerest friendes to deuour one another.
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