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Gods husbandry
Gods husbandry: the first part. Tending to show the difference betwixt the hypocrite and the true-hearted Christian. As it was delivered in certain sermons, and is now published by William Whately, preacher of the Word of God in Banbury in OxfordshireGods husbandry: the first part. Tending to shew the difference betwixt the hypocrite and the true-hearted Christian. As it was deliuered in certaine sermons, and is now published by William Whately, preacher of the Word of God in Banbury in Oxfordsheire
London: printed by Bernard Alsop and Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1622
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And if any man desire to receive information of the surest notes of truth,1 that are discernible to others, & in others, let him mark these two things well. The more humble any man is, the less forward to put forth himself, and to show himself, and the more he can deny himself, and show himself loving and pitiful towards those, that yet seem far from goodness; the more soundness and truth do lodge in his bosom: but he that is apt to set out himself, and cannot brook another, that goeth not so far as himself: that man do thou suspect, and from him be thou reserved. Humility and meekness in ones carriage, and a patient waiting for them, that are not yet escaped out of Satan's toils, are (me thinketh) the surest and clearest means of discovering the truth of another ⟨p. 103⟩man. For hypocrisy in spite of it self, will show it self proud and censorious, and bitter: but truth, even when it intendeth no such matter, will show it self humble and lowly, and gentle-minded, considering it self how bad once it was, and how much hereafter it may be overtaken.
And if any man desire to receiue information of the surest notes of truth,1 that are discernable to others, & in others, let him marke these two things well. The more humble any man is, the lesse forward to put forth himselfe, and to shew himselfe, and the more he can deny himselfe, and shew himselfe louing and pittifull towards those, that yet seeme farre from goodnesse; the more soundnesse and truth doe lodge in his bosome: but hee that is apt to set out himselfe, and cannot brooke another, that goeth not so farre as himselfe: that man doe thou suspect, and from him be thou reserued. Humilitie and meekenesse in ones carriage, and a patient waiting for them, that are not yet escaped out of Satans toyles, are (mee thinketh) the surest and clearest meanes of discouering the truth of another ⟨p. 103⟩man. For hypocrisie in spight of it selfe, will shew it selfe proud and censorious, and bitter: but truth, euen when it intendeth no such matter, will shew it selfe humble and lowly, and gentle-minded, considering it selfe how bad once it was, and how much heereafter it may be ouertaken.