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AGain, as one ought not to lye, so ought he not to conceale the truth, either publickly or privately; as when one suffereth his neighbour to be overcome in judgement, where he by his testimony might deliver him.
To which purpose may be applyed the saying of the Wise-man, Prov. 24. 11. Deliver those that are drawne to death, and wilt tho•• not preserve those that are led to be slaine? And of this kinde
is that usuall negligence and over-sight of men, that privately doe not tell one another of their sins, which duty is reproved by the Law, Levit. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but thou shalt plainly rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sin; he then which suffereth his brother to sin, in drunken∣nesse, prophanesse, swearing, or whatsoever else, and holdeth his peace therein, offendeth against the rule of charity, and is found before God to be an hater of his brother. Upon which text one useth this Simile, for the further clearing of the point;
"If (saith he) thou shouldest see a man walking in the dark without taking heed, where thou knowest there is a pit, and holdest thy peace, what manner of one shouldest thou shew thy self?The like is also when a man casteth himself headlong into vice, and vani∣e••h himself in thy hearing of his evill doings, and yet thou praisest him, and smilest to thy self.