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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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Reas. 4 Because by a lie the nature of the Devil himself is in a special manner followed, and as it were put on like a garment, Joh 8. 44. You are of your Father the Devil, and the lusts o• your Father you will do. He was a Murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh his own; for he is a liar, and the Father of it.
Reas. 4 Because by a lie the nature of the Devill himself is in a special manner followed, and as it were put on like a garment, Ioh 8. 44. You are of your Father the Devill, and the lusts o• your Father you will do. He was a Murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a ly, he speaketh his own; for he is a lier, and the Father of it.
The Use is of Admonition, that out of conscience towards God, we keep our selves from all lying, whether it be that of a pernicious lye, or an officious lye, or a merry lye: Whether it be spoken of our selves, as in our vaunting and dissimulations, or of others, as in calumnies, slanders, backbitings, flatteries, soothings, &c But these lies are chiefly to be shunned, as use to be committed in public judgments, and matter of great weight and importance. 1 Because with how much more advisedness a man lies, by so much his sin is the greater. 2. Because by how much the greater the danger is, that another is brought into by the lye, by so much the sin is the heavier. 3 By how much the greater obligations come together, binding us to speak truth: by so much the sin is multiplied.
The Use is of Admonition, that out of conscience towards God, we keep our selves from all lying, whether it be that of a pernicious lye, or an officious lye, or a merry lye: Whether it be spoken of our selves, as in our vaunting and dissimulations, or of others, as in calumnies, slanders, backbitings, flatteries, soothings, &c But these lyes are chiefly to be shunn'd, as use to be committed in publick judgments, and matter of great weight and importance. 1 Because with how much more advisedness a man lyes, by so much his sin is the greater. 2. Because by how much the greater the danger is, that another is brought into by the lye, by so much the sin is the heavier. 3 By how much the greater obligations come together, binding us to speak truth: by so much the sinne is multiplied.