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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 13A TREATISE AGAINST THE SINNE OF LYING. › Chapter 13
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and of Ananias and Sapphira, Whose hearts 1Satan filled with deceit, to lye unto the holy Ghost, as Saint Peter speaketh. Wherein he showeth himself a right Serpent indeed, seeing he carrieth his poison in his mouth, whereby he killeth both himself and others. And as the Devil is the Father of Liars, so are they his children, in nothing more resembling him than in loving and making lies. For in this particular respect our Saviour chiefly speaketh; Ye are of your Father the Devil, and the lusts of your Father ye will do. Yea in this also they 2show themselves to be of this serpentine generation, ⟨p. 128⟩in that Their poison is like the poison of a Serpent, 3sharpening their tongues like him, and having Adders poison under their lips. Yea herein they go beyond their Father the Devil, in that he believeth the trueth and trembleth, whereas they not only love and make lies, but also believe them more than truth, yea rather any thing more than it, according to the saying of our Saviour, Because I tell you the 4trueth, therefore ye believe me not. Now what can be more pernicious unto man, than to have Gods Image defaced in him, to become the child of the Devil, and to resemble him in sinful Lying, seeing they that are like him in his sin, shall hereafter be made like him in his punishments?
and of Ananias and Saphira, Whose hearts 1Sathan filled with deceit, to lye unto the holy Ghost, as Saint Peter speaketh. Wherein he sheweth himselfe a right Serpent indeed, seeing he carrieth his poison in his mouth, whereby he killeth both himselfe and others. And as the Devill is the Father of Lyars, so are they his children, in nothing more resembling him than in loving and making lyes. For in this particular respect our Saviour chiefly speaketh; Yee are of your Father the Devill, and the lusts of your Father yee will doe. Yea in this also they 2