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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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Fourthly, this vice of lying maketh us odious 1both to God and men. First God abhorreth liars, and hateth lies, because they are contrary to his Nature, and to his Law, and not only very sinful in themselves, but also the causes of much wickedness. And therefore Solomon numbereth it amongst those seven abominations which God abhorreth; A proud look, a lying tongue and hands that shed innocent 2blood. And again, lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are his delight. And wisdom, even that eternal Word and Wisdom of the Father, his only dear Son ⟨p. 135⟩professeth that his mouth should speak truth, and that 3wickedness (that is the iniquity of lying, as the antithesis showeth) is an abomination to his lips: now how odious ought this vice to be unto us, that maketh us odious unto God? and how ought we to love and embrace Truth, which God so much loveth, according to that of Jeremiah: O Lord, are not 4thine eyes upon the Truth? namely to approve, love and reward it; for he loveth Truth, and desireth it above all things in the inward parts, as the Psalmist 5speaketh. And who would not love that which God loveth? and embrace and delight in that, in which God delighteth and will reward? Secondly, it maketh liars odious unto men; as being a dishonest and dishonourable vice, reprehended and condemned of all as unworthy an ingenuous civill man, and much more a Christian, who professeth himself a servant and child of the God of Truth. But especially, it is hurtful to those that fear God and love his truth, and maketh those that make and love lies odious in their eyes, according to that of the wise Solomon: A righteous man hateth lying, but 6a wicked man, that is a wicked liar, is loathsome and cometh to shame. An example whereof we have in David; I have (saith he) hated them that regard