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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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There he notes two kinds of liars that must both go to hell. There be two broods & as it were two litters of these monstrous liars. Some be so shameless and so graceless and so impudent and the devil hath taken so far possession in their hearts, as they delight to be coining lies and busy their heads in inventing and beginning slanders. Others be not so rude and so gross as that they will be the authors of a lye, but if an other man will bring it to them, they will not stand, to entertain it, and approve it, It shall have there good words and liking.
There he notes two kinds of lyars that must both goe to hell. There be two broods & as it were two litters of these mōstrous lyars. Some be so shamlesse and so gracelesse and so impudent and the diuell hath taken so farre possessiō in their hearts, as they delight to be coyning lies and busie their heads in inuenting and beginning slaunders. Others be not so rude and so grosse as that they will be the authors of a lye, but if an other man will bring it to them, they will not stande, to entertaine it, and approue it, It shall haue there good wordes and liking.
So the Pharisees and high priests, would not themselves come before Pilate and forswear themselves and bear false witness against our Saviour, their faces were not so hardened yet they had not so far cast of all fear of men and regard of their own estimation. But if they could meet with on that had so bold a face & so wicked a mind, if they could get him for love or money, by hiring and entreating, or flattering, they were very well content and rejoiced, they had found men so fit for their purpose, that would father a lye in the face of the world, and they be abetters of it to. So Ahab and Jezebel would not so much debase ⟨image 186⟩themselves, as to swear falsely against Naboth; but if they could get any lewd fellows, that would become perjured for the matter, they would not refuse the offer, but took the advantage against Naboth to put him to death. This serves to confute such as have open ears, and will let in any lie that comes from the tale bearers mouth and give it harbour to, and if occasion serve, set it forth again, and rehearse it to others, upon so bare a proof, making no other trial of it.