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(2.) As Christians; and so we are all one in Christ Jesus; our Religion doth knit us closer together than all other Ligaments in the World. 1 Cor. 12. 25, 27. The Members should have the same care one for another. Now ye are the Body of Christ and Members in particular: So that in deceiving any of the Members, you affront the Head. In short, unless ye be true Men, ye can be no true Christians; a false Man, and a true Saint, is a Contradiction. Thus you see, that the Scripture is direct for speaking Truth; it doth indeed relate divers Untruths spoken by others, both good men and bad, but it never justifies them. The Narration of such Faults of pious Men is a strong Argument of the Sincerity of the Scripture; and, that it no way excuses them, of its Sanctity. In which case Augustine charitably concludes, that God accepted in Rahab and the Midwives, &c. Fidem mentis, and pardoned ⟨p. 141⟩to them fallaciam mentientis. In a word, we own and worship a true God, we profess a true Religion, we pursue a true Happiness; by all which we are obliged to all manner of Truth, in Heart, in Lip, in Life.

(2.) As Christians; and so we are all one in Christ Jesus; our Religion doth knit us closer together than all other Ligaments in the World. 1 Cor. 12. 25, 27. The Members should have the same care one for another. Now ye are the Body of Christ and Members in particular: So that in deceiving any of the Members, you affront the Head. In short, unless ye be true Men, ye can be no true Christians; a salse Man, and a true Saint, is a Contradiction. Thus you see, that the Scripture is direct for speaking Truth; it doth indeed relate divers Untruths spoken by others, both good men and bad, but it never justifies them. The Narration of such Faults of pious Men is a strong Argument of the Sincerity of the Scripture; and, that it no way excuses them, of its Sanctity. In which case Augustine charitably concludes, that God accepted in Rahab and the Midwives, &c. Fidem mentis, and pardon'd ⟨p. 141⟩to them fallaciam mentientis. In a word, we own and worship a true God, we profess a true Religion, we pursue a true Happiness; by all which we are obliged to all manner of Truth, in Heart, in Lip, in Life.