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Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common…Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common…
Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common sins; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, and bribery. Wherein the greatness and odiousness of these vices is discovered; and the means and remedies, which may either preserve, or wean men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By John Downame Bachelor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods word.Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common sinnes; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkennesse, whoredome, and briberie. Wherein the greatnes and odiousnesse of these vices is discouered; and the meanes and remedies, which may either preserue, or weane men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By Iohn Dovvname Batcheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 1609
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.
CHAP. XI. Reasons to dissuade from the sin of perjury.
CHAP. XI. Reasons to disswade from the sinne of periurie.
And so much concerning the former part of this treatise, wherein I have showed what perjury is, and the kinds thereof, and withal have cleared divers questions, whereby we may the better discern the nature of this sin, and when it is committed. Now in the second part, I will briefly set down some reasons to dissuade all men from this sin, which is so dishonourable to God, and so pernicious unto mankind; all which I will reduce to these two heads; the first whereof is the heinousness of the sin; the second is the grievousness of the punishment, which doth accompany it.
ANd so much concerning the former part of this treatise, wherein I haue shewed what periurie is, and the kinds therof, and withall haue cleared diuers questions, whereby we may the better discerne the nature of this sinne, and when it is committed. Now in the second part, I will briefly set downe some reasons to disswade all men from this sin, which is so dishonorable to God, and so pernicious vnto mankind; all which I will reduce to these two heads; the first whereof is the hainousnes of the sinne; the second is the grieuousnes of the punishment, which doth accompanie it.
The heinousness will appear both in it own nature,