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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. XII. The punishment of perjury.
CHAP. XII. The punishment of periurie.
And so much for those reasons which are taken from the greatness of this sin. The second sort may be drawn from the grievousness of their punishment; the which the Lord inflicteth either mediately by the ministry of men, or immediately by himself.
ANd so much for those reasons which are taken from the greatnesse of this sinne. The second sort may be drawne from the grieuousnesse of their punishment; the which the Lord inflicteth either mediatly by the ministerie of men, or immediatly by himselfe.
Amongst men as it hath in all ages,1 and in all places been accounted an heinous sin and capital crime; so hath it been punished with no light or small punishments. For first, whereas a good name is better then either silver, gold, or great riches,2 and as highly valued amongst virtuous men as life it self; this sin of perjury-hath ever so stained the perjured person with such a deep ingrained die of infamy and reproach, that the blemish could never be taken away unto the end of life. And howsoever the offender having washed and bathed his cheeks with tears of unfeigned repentance, and his soul with the blood of Christ, applied by a lively faith, hath the polluted stains of this defiling sin washed away out of Gods sight; yet seldom is he so purged and cleansed in the judgement of men, but that some blots and blemishes do still remain even to the end of life. To this purpose Cicero saith,