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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1650
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 4 › Verse 2
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This sin of Lying is the breaking of all society, there can be no converse between man and man where this i•. Augustine writing to his friend that sent to him to have his Judgement concerning an Officious lye (that is, a lie that tends not to the hurt of any but of him that tells it) he writes back his answer, That a man must n•t tell a lye to save the whole world, If it were (says he) to save thy father or thy mother out of Hell, if possibly it could •e, thou must n•t tell a lye; if it were to s•ve Kingdoms from destruction, th•u must not tell a lye. That is his opinion: And certainly there is a truth in it, for God will never be beholden to the Devil to do good through his means. Surely then thou must not tell a lye to gain a groat, or to gain a shilling, ⟨p. 45⟩or to gain a good bargain, or to prevent the displeasure of thy Master or Mistress, but rather willingly open the truth than to think to cover the fault by a lye. The ground of that is Atheism that servants and children when they have done amiss seek to cover it by a lye. God is exceedingly displeased with this sin, and hath a controversy against a Nation, and against a family, and against a particular person for this sin of lying, and therefore Prov. 6.17. and so on, you shall find if you read divers verses together, that the Lord saith, That six things he hateth, yea seven is an abomination unto him; now amongst those seven things you shall observe that he repeats lying twice, though under several terms;1 And that place i• famous that we have in Revel. 21.8. that liars shall have their portion in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; Take that home with you, you servants, and children, and tradesmen that will tell lies for gain; God doth rank and chain up liars together with notorious sinners that shall all have their portion in the lake of fire and brimstone which is the second death.