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London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…
London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our (once renowned) city into a ruinous heap also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the consuming flames / by Thomas Brooks.
London: printed for John Hancock and Nathaniel Ponder, 1670
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Seventhly, A trade of lying is inconsistent with the Relation of Children, Isa. 63. 8. Surely they are my people, children §7that will not lye, so he was their Saviour. God makes this the 1ear-mark of his people, that they are children that will not lye. When the Heathen Philosopher was asked, in what things men were most like unto God, he answered, In their speaking of truth. Not lying is one of the choice Characters by ⟨p. 127⟩which the Lord doth difference and distinguish his own peculiar people from other men, Zepha. 3. 13. The remnant of Israel shall do no iniquity, nor speak lies: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. In the primitive times this was a common Saying: Christianus est, non mentietur, He is a Christian, he will not lye. Rev. 14. 5. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the Throne of God. Now upon this account also, I dare not charge the trade of lying upon those gracious Souls that feared the Lord within or without the Walls of London, before it was turned into a ruinous heap. But,
Seventhly, A trade of lying is inconsistent with the Relation of Children, Isa. 63. 8. Surely they are my people, children §7that will not lye, so he was their Saviour. God makes this the 1ear-mark of his people, that they are children that will not lye. When the Heathen Philosopher was askt, in what things men were most like unto God, he answered, In their speaking of truth. Not lying is one of the choice Characters by ⟨p. 127⟩which the Lord doth difference and distinguish his own peculiar people from other men, Zepha. 3. 13. The remnant of Israel shall do no iniquity, nor speak lyes: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. In the primitive times this was a common Saying: Christianus est, non mentietur, He is a Christian, he will not lye.