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A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man…A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man…
A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man / by Richard Steele ...A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man / by Richard Steele ...
London: printed for E. Calvert, 1672
A Plain Discourse UPON UPRIGHTNESS. › Chapter 1 › Section 13
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The Romans themselves would not so much as hear those Ambassadors that were ⟨p. 63⟩painted, saying, how shall we believe them whose very face and looks do lie? An upright man if he do not speak all his heart, yet will speak according to his heart. He loves not to walk with a dark lantern, much less to deal with false lights but plain genuine are his expressions without, and fair and candid is his heart within.
The Romans themselves would not so much as hear those Embassadors that were ⟨p. 63⟩painted, saying, how shall we believe them whose very face and looks do lie? An upright man if he do not speak all his heart, yet will speak according to his heart. He loves not to walk with a dark lanthorn, much less to deal with false lights but plain genuine are his expressions without, and fair and candid is his heart within.
4. An upright man greatly hates promise breaking, whether it be to God or men. A great note of integrity in Jephthah, Judg. 11. 35. I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot go back It was a rash vow, but conscience of the obligation brake all other considerations, which in his case might have been many, and he chose rather to have his very heart broken, than his word. It is enough for a subtle Politician, to have Distinctions and Evasions ready to help himself out of the straightest bonds, the upright man delights not after vows to make inquiry.
4. An upright man greatly hates promise breaking, whether it be to God or men. A great note of integrity in Jephthah, Judg. 11. 35. I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot go back It was a rash vow, but conscience of the obligation brake all other considerations, which in his case might have been many, and he chose rather to have his very heart broken, than his word. It is enough for a subtile Polititian, to have Distinctions and Evasions ready to help himself out of the straightest bonds, the upright man delights not after vows to make inquiry.