A Caution to prevent Scandal

A FALSE Report against thy Brother, thou Shalt not take up, much less thy self allow Him to defame, in Thought, in Deed, or Tongue: GOD is a just Revenger of such Wrong. And will again them pay in their own Coin, Who thus their Brothers Credit do purloin; And will on such his Righteous Sentence pass, Which shall make them cry out, Woe and Alas! That ever I my Brothers Name should tear, Whom I in Love upon my Heart should bear! As CHRIST my Saviour hath commanded me, Whereby thou mayst know He hath Loved thee. If thou dost not Love Him whom thou dost see, How canst thou say in Heart thou Lovest me? Which Love, O LORD, in me increase, that I, Whilst I do Live, may longing be to Dye.