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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Now follows for receiving; which is a fault no less heinous before God then the former, for he is not only in fault that invents lies of his own head but he also that receives them and gives credit to them, and is bold to ground his report to an other upon them. And that both concerning others and also concerning himself. To give ear to a false report concerning an other is forbidden, as bewraying of a great want of love, and good affection to the name of ones brother, and an ill disposition also in himself, for Proverbs. 17. 4. The wicked giveth heed to false lips and a liar hearkens to the naughty tongue. Here the holy Ghost noteth a tale-receiver with two woeful brands, he calls him a wicked person and a liar to, that is glad to here false tales of other men, he is a naughty person himself, and he himself hath a false and a lying heart, for if he had not, he would ⟨p. 90⟩never entertain and approve and hearken unto lies; and in the Psalm. 15. The holy Ghost sets down this as a difference betwixt an hypocrite that is hollow-hearted, and a true and sound saint of God; that an upright man will not receive a false report of his neighbour. Many bad men that have no goodness in them will not for their own credit sake, and to save their honesty as we say, invent slanders and be the first makers and broachers of lies. But if some vile and impudent person will but come & buzz in their ears some odd tale against professors, they will straight embrace it, it goes for a warrant, tell it as confidently as if nothing could be more sure, and are as glad of it, as if it were some very gainful and profitable thing unto them; this man now though he will carry the name of honest man, is a wicked person, and if the holy Ghost speaks true a liar. So in Revel. 22. he saith, that without are all those that make and loves lies.
Now followes for receiuing; which is a fault no lesse haynous before God then the former, for he is not only in fault that inuents lyes of his owne head but he also that receiues them and giues credit to them, and is bold to ground his report to an other vpon them. And that both concerning others and also concerning himsefe. To giue eare to a false report concerning an other is forbidden, as bewraying of a great want of loue, and good affection to the name of ones brother, and an ill disposition also in himselfe, for