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A treatise against lying Wherein is showed what it is, the nature and causes…A treatise against lying Wherein is shevved vvhat it is, the nature and causes…
A treatise against lying Wherein is showed what it is, the nature and causes of this sin, the divers kinds of it; and that all of them are sinful, and unlawful, with the motives and means to preserve us from it, or to cure us of it. By John Downame, B. of D. and preacher of Gods Word.A treatise against lying Wherein is shevved vvhat it is, the nature and causes of this sinne, the divers kindes of it; and that all of them are sinfull, and unlawfull, with the motives and meanes to preserve us from it, or to cure us of it. By John Dovvname, B. of D. and preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Nicolas Bourne, 1636
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A TREATISE AGAINST THE SIN OF LYING. › Chapter 10A TREATISE AGAINST THE SINNE OF LYING. › Chapter 10
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But let us descend to some particulars. And first 1the example of Abraham is objected, who called Sarah his sister to preserve his life from danger. But I have showed before that this was Abraham's infirmity through fear of death, and we must ⟨p. 100⟩follow Abraham's example in his faith, and not in his frailties and failings. Again, the example of Abraham is objected saying to his young men: Abide you here with the Ass, and I and the lad will go yonder 2and worship, and come again to you, whereas it was his resolution to sacrifice his son. To which I answer with Saint Augustine, that Abraham was a Prophet, and might speak this as a Prophetical prediction, not directed with his own reason, but by the instinct and motion of the Spirit, who knew what would be the issue of his action: or he might speak this out of the confidence of his faith, persuading himself that though he sacrificed and killed his son, yet God was able to restore him again to life, and would assuredly do it as being both gracious, and also true in that special promise, that he would give him Isaac, and that in his seed all the Nations of the earth should be blessed. And to this I rather incline, because I have my warrant from the words of the Apostle, who saith, that Abraham 3by faith when he was tried offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promise offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, that in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure.
But let us descend to some particulars. And first 1the example of Abraham is objected, who called Sarah his sister to preserve his life from danger. But I have shewed before that this was Abrahams infirmity through feare of death, and wee must ⟨p. 100⟩follow Abrahams example in his faith, and not in his frailties and failings. Againe, the example of Abraham is objected saying to his yong men: Abide you here with the Asse, and I and the lad will goe yonder