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Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof
Conscience with the power and cases thereof Divided into V. books. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latin into English, for more public benefit.Conscience with the power and cases thereof Devided into V. bookes. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latine into English, for more publique benefit.
Leiden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639Leyden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Qu. 2. Whether is an idle word a sin?1
- 1Of idle words▪
2. Ans. 1. An idle word properly and strictly is an unfruitful word, or a word of no use, fruit, or profit. Now such a word can hardly ever proceed from deliberate reason: because reason and the will of man doth always propound unto it self some end, and some good either moral or natural: so that of necessity every word proceeding from deliberation must be either good or evil, and so no word properly and rigidly can be said to be idle.
2. Ans. 1. An idle word properly and stricktly is an unfruitfull word, or a word of no use, fruit, or profit. Now such a word can hardly ever proceed from deliberate reason: because reason and the will of man doth alwayes propound unto it selfe some end, and some good either morall or naturall: so that of necessity every word proceeding from deliberation must be either good or evill, and so no word properly and rigidly can be said to be idle.
3. Ans. 2. This notwithstanding, those speeches in Scripture are called idle Mat. 12. 36. Which are little or nothing regarded by the most, and of which they think they shall never give account. Now of th•se words our Saviour saith there's such an account to be given before God, as that even in them there will be found matter enough, and ⟨p. 97⟩