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Epheflans,

Chap.q..

V

E R.31.

D.

We

muff

take

heed

of

evill

fpeakirig;and

curfed

fpea-

king,

Pfal,

iog, ry.

Some fpeeches

which are

re-

vilings

in

one

are

but

re-

proofes in a-

nothet.

Luke 24,z5.

b1ar.16.2.3.

Doli.

Malicioufneffe

istofhunncd.

What

malicli,

oufneßè is.

Itappeareth

;.

wayes,

Prov,z6,z6.

of

Petting

up

the

throat,

fo

that

the houle

we

are in

will

fcarce hold

us.

The

next

thing

is

evil! fßeaking.

Obferve, That

we

muff take heed

of

miforderly

/jeech,

but

much more

of

curfed fpeech

:

This

evil! fpeaking

may

be againff

God,

Efay

8.21.

Blajphemy

is

the

daughter

of

anger of-

ten, againft our neighbour,our felves,

fuch

as

imprecation

,

revilings,

&c.

For this to

ufe curfed

language

is

dangerous

to

us

;

He loved cur

-

ffng,and

it

(hall

light

on

him: Such

as

caft up

(tones

in

the

aire may crack

their

ownecrownes.

Againc,

men fhould

not,

dealing with the

devil!,

ufe

curled fpeaking.

The

godly

blelle fuch

as

curie them, for

the

tongue

of

Canaan

is

their fpeech,

and this

doth

taffy

them

to

be the

Lords children:

But

fuch on

the contrary

as

ufe curfed

fpeaking

,

a

man may

fay

to them

as

the

men

faid

to

Peter,

Thou

art

one

of

them,

for

even thy

/Beech

bewrayetb thee;

thou art

one

of

the

hellifh

brood,for thy

language

is

devilifh: An Englifh man

is

known

by

fpeaking Englifh.

Yet

we muff know

that the

fame

words which

arc revilings

in

fome,

are

but juft reproofcs

in

other forre

:

For

if

one from love

of

a

Party

and hatred of

his vice

doe (to

make him afhamed)

call

him foole,

it

is

not to

be counted curfed fpeaking;

Chrift

called

the

¿ifciples

foolifh,

Peter

Satan,

Paul called

the

Galatians roughly:

The

fame action,

as

the

bereaving

of

life,

is

in

a

magiftrate

Juftice,in

another

is

murder:

So

the

fame fpeech

comruing from

divers grounds to diversends, may

be

lawful!

in

one,unlawfull

in

another.

With all

Malicioufne

fe.]

Obferve,

another

root

of

bitternefe

which

we mu]!

root Out,v:L ssalicioufnefe5 it

is

well

filed

on the

fame

firing

with thcfe former,for

ufually

it

is

engendred of wrath:for

as

wine tut.

ned

doth

make

vinegar, fo wrath

feticd and encreafed

in

us

becom-

meth hatred.

Of

this

two

things..

r.

What

it

is.

a. How

it

doth

manifeft

it felfe.

It

is

a finfull affection

which

doth

feparate and make us

evil! difpo-

fed

toward

our neighbours: and

though fometime

it

is

profefíed,

yet

for the molt part it

is

fmothered.

Now

it

doth

appeare 3. wayes:

I.

It

fpeaketh

evil!

and pra

5lifeth

openly

or

underhand againfi the

party maliced,

as in

defephs

brethrcn,they

could

not

fpeak pea-

ceably,and

mark

their practice,

Gen.

39. Therefore

the

wife

man

faith,Malice Thai

be

di(covered in

theech.

a.

It

envieth at

the good of our

neighbour,

whether

fpirituall

or

temporal!, thus Cain,

Laban,Satil,

the Princes ofDariue.

3.

It

doth

make one

rejoyce when

evill

is

befallen himone mali-

ceth,

as

the Philiftines made

a

Play

and folaced

themfelves

in

the

fight

of

Satrgins

mifery

:

the Drunkards

made

fongs of

David.

Now

then we

that

are

Chriftians

muff

away with

this,

we

are by

nature

hatifull,

and haters

one

of

another

:

and it

is

exceeding

natu-

rail