The works of George Swinnock, M.A

Secondly, He sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. His hand will make good his lawful promises, how much soever they shall be to his prejudice. There is a Symmetry between his hand and his tongue; he is slow to promise, not hasty to enter into bonds, but being once engaged, he will be sure to perform. He dares not falsify his word, knowing that his God was an earwitness.

Secondly, He sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. His hand will make good his lawful promises, how much soever they shall be to his prejudice. There is a Symmetry between his hand and his tongue; he is slow to promise, not hasty to enter into bonds, but being once engaged, he will be sure to perform. He dares not falsifie his word, knowing that his God was an earwitness.

It was the saying of Lysander, That if the Lyons skin would not serve (to cozen with) the foxes must be sowed to it, and that Children were to be deceived with toys, and men with Oaths; but this Fox himself was at last taken in a trap, and slain at the foot of the Theban Walks. The Justice of God will some time or other seize upon such unjust men; False conceptions are as dangerous to the souls of men, as to the bodies of women.

It was the saying of Lysander, That if the Lyons skin would not serve (to cozen with) the foxes must be sowed to it, and that Children were to be deceived with toyes, and men with Oaths; but this Fox himself was at last taken in a trap, and slain at the foot of the Theban Walkes. The Justice of God will some time or other seize upon such unjust men; False conceptions are as dangerous to the souls of men, as to the bodies of women.

The Romans built a Temple to the Goddess Fidelity, and offered sacrifice to her image, so highly did they esteem of faithfulness. Attilius Regulus, their General against the Carthaginians, being taken Prisoner and sent to Rome with conditions of peace, upon his word to return, if the Terms