There are none in the world that make such advantage of lying as the Antichristian party doth, either to draw a party to themselves or discourage those that are against them, inventing all manner of lies that possibly can be. And because they invent so many themselves, whatsoever is said against them, you presently hear in m•lignants mouths, That's a lye; they think all men are liars because they are conscious unto themselves, that they themselves are continually so. And no marvel that the Antichristian party are so full of lies for the very Doctrine of Popery, take the lump of it. it is altogether called a lye, 2 Thes. 2.7.1 God gave men over that did not entertain the truth in the love of it to believe a lye that they might be damned. Do you ask the question why so many Learned men, Scholars, understanding men turn to the Popish party? Mark the reason here, because they enter••in'd not the truth in love, God gave them over to believe a lye, A lye, what is that? that is the Doctrine of Popery; So the very quintessence of it, it is a lye. That being therefore the great lye in the ⟨p. 46⟩world it must have a company of little lies (as I may say) to underprop it, to uphold that great Lye of Popery, a company of lesser lies, Esa. 28.15. they make lies their refuge. It is a text as notable for our times as any I know, it shows the practice of our times, when they cannot get any thing by any fair way, then they invent lies and make lies their refuge. It is the Maxim of the Jesuits, C•lumniare audacter, aliquid herebit, Calumniate and lie stoutly to purpose and somewhat will stick, for every one that shall hear of the report shall not come to hear of the answer that can be given to it. And that is their policy, to spread abroad lies as much as they can, and especially to invent lies of those that are most eminent and active in public affairs; and that is the reason of those strange inventions that are raised of such as are most active in Parliament, and also in the City and in the Ministry, things so hideous, that if they were true would render men altogether unfit to be entertained in a Common-wealth. But you will say, what can they get by it when it proveth to be false? Yes, because their lye• spread a great way further than the answer to them can spread: And those in Jer. 20.10. do fully set out the condition of these men;
There are none in the world that make such advantage of lying as the Antichristian party doth, either to draw a party to themselves or discourage those that are against them, inventing all manner of lyes that possibly can be. And because they invent so many themselves, wh•tsoever is said against them, you presently hear in m•lignants mouths, That's a lye; they think all men are lyars because they are conscious unto themselves, that they themselves are continually so. And no mervail that the Antichristian party are so full of lyes for the very Doctrine of Popery, take the lump of it. it is altogether call'd a lye, 2 Thes. 2.7.1 God gave men over that did not entertain the truth in the love of it to bele•ve a lye that they might be damned. Do you ask the question why so many Learned men, Schollers, understanding men turn to the Popish party? Mark the reason here, because they enter••in'd not the truth in love, God gave them over to beleeve a lye, A lye, what is that? that is the Doctrine of Popery; So the very quintessence of it, it is a lye. That being therefore the great lye in the ⟨p. 46⟩world it must have a company of little lyes (as I may say) to underprop it, to uphold that great Lye of Popery, a company of lesser lyes, Esa. 28.15. they make lyes their refuge. It is a text as notable for our times as any I know, it shews the practice of our times, when they cannot get any thing by any fair way, then they invent lyes and make lyes their refuge. It is the Maxim of the Jesuites, C•lumniare audacter, aliquid herebit, Calumminate and ly stoutly to purpose and somewat will stick, for every one that shall hear of the report shall not come to hear of the answer that can be given to it. And that is their policie, to spread abroad lyes as much as they can, and especially to invent lyes of those that are most eminent and active in publick affairs; and that is the reason of those strange inventions that are raised of such as are most active in Parliament, and also in the City and in the Ministry, things so hideous, that if they were true would render men altogether unfit to be entertained in a Common-wealth. But you will say, what can they get by it when it proveth to be false? Yes, because their lye• spread a great way further than the answer to them can spread: And those in
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