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A56828 Judgement & mercy for afflicted soules, or, Meditations, soliloquies, and prayers by Fra. Quarles.; Boanerges and Barnabas Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. 1646 (1646) Wing Q101; ESTC R20980 53,966 136

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salve_n for_o many_o desperate_a sore_n but_o hark_v my_o soul_n there_o be_v something_o round_v my_o ear_n and_o call_v my_o language_n to_o a_o recantation_n the_o lord_n have_v speak_v it_o liar_n shall_v have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o lake_n which_o burn_v with_o ●ire_n and_o brimstone_n revel._n 2_o 1._o 8._o exod._n 20._o thou_o shall_v not_o raise_v a_o false_a report_n levit._n 19_o 11._o ●e_z shall_v not_o deal_v false_o neither_o lie_v one_o to_o another_o prov._n 12._o 22._o lie_v lip_n be_v abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n but_o they_o that_o deal_v true_o be_v his_o delight_n prov._n 19_o 5._o he_o that_o speak_v lie_n shall_v not_o escape_v ephes._n 4._o 25._o put_v away_o lie_v and_o every_o one_o speak_v truth_n with_o his_o neighbour_n for_o we_o be_v member_n one_o of_o another_o revel._n there_o shall_v in_o no_o wise_a enter_v into_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n any_o thing_n that_o work_v abomination_n or_o that_o make_v a_o lie_n st._n august_n whosoever_o think_v there_o be_v any_o kind_n of_o lie_n that_o be_v not_o a_o sin_n shameful_o deceive_v himself_o mistake_v a_o lie_v or_o c●usening_a knave_n for_o a_o square_a or_o honest_a man_n gregor._n eschew_v and_o avoid_v all_o falsehood_n though_o sometime_o certain_a kind_n of_o untruth_n be_v less_o sinful_a as_o to_o tell_v a_o lie_n to_o save_v a_o man_n life_n yet_o because_o the_o scripture_n say_v the_o liar_n slay_v his_o own_o soul_n and_o god_n will_v destroy_v they_o that_o tell_v a_o lie_n therefore_o religious_a and_o honest_a man_n shall_v always_o avoid_v even_o the_o best_a sort_n of_o lie_n neither_o ought_v another_o man_n life_n be_v secure_v by_o our_o falsehood_n or_o lie_v lest_o we_o destroy_v our_o own_o soul_n in_o labour_v to_o secure_v another_o man_n life_n what_o a_o child_n o_o my_o soul_n have_v thy_o false_a bosom_n harbour_v and_o what_o reward_n can_v thy_o indulgence_n expect_v from_o such_o a_o father_n what_o blessing_n can_v thou_o hope_v from_o heaven_n 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