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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 16A TREATISE AGAINST THE SINNE OF LYING. › Chapter 16
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For he is infinitely wise, and knoweth how to uphold us in our simplicity and Truth against all the cunning machinations of crafty Machiavells: He 1is infinitely rich, as being the Lord and Owner of Heaven and Earth, and therefore able abundantly to recompense all losses which we have by speaking Truth and shunning lies, and to give us sufficient riches by honest means, and together with them such inward joy and peace, that we shall experimentally say with the Psalmist, A little that a 2righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked; and with the wise man: Better is a little with 3righteousness, than great revenues without right. Finally, ⟨p. 162⟩by his Power and Providence he ruleth our rulers, and so disposeth of their hearts, that they will as much like us for our truth and simplicity, when we acknowledge our faults, as mislike us for the committing of them; and spare us for our ingenuity, rather than punish our defects and failings: or otherwise if they inflict upon us as much or much more than we have deserved, if we bear it with meekness and patience, we shall have more peace and comfort in our sufferings than we should have had, if we had prevented and escaped them by telling of lies. In which respects let us not only 4stand for the Truth, but be valiant also in defending and preserving of it; seeing all that we can do or suffer, is not comparable unto those benefits which we shall receive by it.
For he is infinitely wise, and knoweth how to uphold us in our simplicity and Truth against all the cunning machinations of crafty Machiavells: He 1is infinitely rich, as being the Lord and Owner of Heaven and Earth, and therefore able abundantly to recompence all losses which wee have by speaking Truth and shunning lyes, and to give us sufficient riches by honest meanes, and together with them such inward joy and peace, that wee shall experimentally say with the Psalmist, A little that a