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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43139	A Sermon disswading obloquie against governours preached on Sunday Decemb. 7, 1662 in a solemne audience, and now, at the request of divers that heard it, made publick / by William Haywood.	Haywood, William, 1599 or 1600-1663.	1663 (1663)	Wing H1238; ESTC R25425	18,140	47

shall doe unto the false witness as he had thought to have done unto his brother Thou shalt not raise a false report nor joyn hands with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness Exod 23.1 A most pernicious evil whereby the fairest Vertue in the world may be blasted at a distance undone in secret and not know who hurteth it If it spread in multitudes it quickly makes up that three-fold Evil the Wise-man so trembled at and prayed against viz. The slander of a City The gathering together of an unruly multitude and a false Accusation All these are worse then death Ecclus. 26.5 The Slanderer differs from the Whisperer in that he is fouler mouth'd and appears more like an enemy and commonly hath the Whisperer for his fore-runner Let the Whisperer aggravate a true matter and blemish it with an odious colour the Slanderer shall blacken it more with lying and augment it with manifold addition Let the Whisperer say to day Moses favours an Aethiopian woman the Slanderer will say to morrow Moses despiseth his own Nation and prefers in his love any before them This for evil speaking from Wrath and from Malice But more abundant are Obloquies from Envy which in general are four-fold also that is Detraction and Murmuring Complaining and Derision whereto some adde Depravation Two of which are more common against all sorts of men viz. Detraction and Derision and two more peculiar against Governours to wit Murmuring and Complaining None of these are so properly the fruits of Envy but that they proceed also many times from Hatred and Malice For Detraction first it is one of the most reigning vices in this last age of the world and most properly condemned in this Text which is read in many Translations Diis non detrabes Thou shalt not detract from the Gods nor revile Rulers Detraction is by Aquinas defined to be Denigratio famae alienae per verba occulta A blackening or bespotting our neighbour's fame by clandestine speeches in his absence called therefore Backbiting And differs from Slander inasmuch as Detraction is alwayes in absence but Slander may be in presence Slander is evermore false but Detraction may report but what is true And five wayes as Aquinas noteth may Detraction go to work 1. By inventing a Slander or false Report As the Pharisees Mat 9.34 when they affirmed our Saviour to cast out Devils by Beelzebub 2. By aggravating a true matter Gen. 31.1 As Laban's sons of Jacob Jacob hath taken away all that was our Father's and from our father hath gotten this glory 3. By revealing an Errour before hidden Gen. 9. ●2 As Cham when he discovered his Father's nakednesse 4. By depraving an action well meant As Doeg when he traduced the High-Priest for relieving David 1 Sam. 22.9 5. By diminishing or concealing the good things in our neighbour and uttering onely what we think bad As Ahab of Micaiah I hate him 1 Kings 22.8 because he never prophesieth good unto me but evil These are the usual wayes of Detraction And by this ye may perceive it comprehends not slanderous and false rumours onely but such as are true likewise if uttered with an intent to hurt our neighbour's fame For as the ninth Commandment is broken by uncharitable witness as well as false witness because Charity is the fulfilling of the Law so the Detractor in spoiling his neighbour's same is not excused though he say true for we are not allowed to hurt any by word any more then deed And is Defamation no hurt think ye What wise man esteems not his Fame more precious then his Wealth And is he a Thief that robs his neighbour's purse and he none that robs him of his good name Plead not truth therefore in defaming our brethren but remember Truth and Peace ought to go together zach 8.19 Love the Truth and Peace saith Zacharie And Peace will never abide detracting from our equals much less our Superiors Charity wil hide such truths 1 Pet. 4.8 for Love covers a multitude of sins After Detraction followeth Murmuring A vice too frequent in the common sort against their Governours As fast as any Calamities befall them their Rulers bear the blame of it presently Let any Scarcity or decay of Trade any Contagion or Plague from God's hand or through their own misdemeanour light upon them all is laid instantly upon the score of their Leaders If the Israelites want flesh or any varieties they long for who but Moses and Aaron hear ill for it straight Numb 20 5. Why have ye brought us into this evil place Here is neither fields nor vineyards and our soul is dried away with this light bread Yea though no evils befall us if others receive as much good it sets a murmuring tongue abarking very often Thus the Labourers in the Vineyard murmure against the good man that hired them Mat. 20.12 These have wrought but one hour and thou hast made them equall to us c. Luke 15.29 And the Prodigal 's elder brother So many years have I served thee and thou never gavest me a kid A servile vice this Murmuring and therefore so frequent in servile and vulgar dispositions It is the property of bad servants to be alwayes murmuring and it is the justice of good Masters to afflict them the more for it So God deals with murmuring people and never fails to scourge that Nation where this sin abounds To Murmuring ye may adde Complaining Jude 16. S. Jude well couples them together These are murmurers complainers walkers after their own lusts c. The difference between both is That the Murmurer takes on in his own behalf because somewhat is wanting to himself but the Complainer he is zealous in behalf of others finds fault That Honours and Offices are not bestowed upon such as deserve them best That able Preachers are undone for Ceremonies while men of worse Gists and Lives are countenanced As if disobedience to Supreme Authority were not so much the greater by how much the smaller the things on slighter reason refused Or as if those that swallowed Oaths of Non-adherence and Covenants of Rebellion without scruple of conscience were to be regarded while they pretend conscience against Uniformity Others complain that old servants are forgotten and they that have suffered most are least regarded 'T is hard pleasing men of this humour Remember Lord saith David how I do hear in my bosom the rebukes of many people where with thine enemies have blasphemed thee and slandered the foot-steps of thine Anointed Let such complainers have the guidance of affairs in their own hands and they would speedily take away all Grievances and mend all that is amiss Yea just like the Reformers in Germany or some others in this Kingdom that took after them who pretending Reformation instead of one abuse rectified quickly brought in an hundred Worse then the Complainer is the Derider or Depraver the fourth and last sort of evil