B00150:734
A short treatise
A short treatise: containing all the principal grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for householders..A short treatise: containing all the principall grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for housholders..
London: printed for William Welby, 1617
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.
Q. What is the general duty here required?
Q. What is the generall dutie here required?
A. That by all means we seek to maintain our 28 own and our 29 neighbours good name, according to truth and a good conscience.
A. That by all meanes we seeke to maintaine our 28 owne and our 29 neighbours good name, according to truth and a good conscience.
Expos. 28. The special duties of this commandment, are to speak sparingly, Pro. 10. 19. and to speak the truth from the heart, Psal. 15. 2. In respect of our selves, rightly to know and judge of our selves, Gal. 5. 26. 2. Cor. 13. 5. to procure our own good name, Pro. 22. 1. by seeking Gods glory first and principally, Math. 6. 33. Heb. 11. 2. 39. judging and speaking well of others,