354 Chap. 5. ---------_... An Expoft`tion upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 2i. a Maledicenria laid, Prev, 14. 3. That In the mouth of the fooli(h is the rod of efl fa" homi- pride; not thata fooliíh man will fcourge pride, he loves it too lamgcor frr5el well ; but, becaufe the pride ofa fool, fets his tongue a fcourging nset hair east the wifeftt and the belt : Evil words are the fame to the credit of interdum aman, that a fcourge is to his back ; when finders fpeak open- vccidit, binc ly,then their tongue is cot'{ pared to a fword,or an arrow by day; 61" put. when fecretly, then to a trap, or an arrow by night, to a ferpent st:; gr I, Flagellum which comes behind, Gen. 49. and,as here, to be a fcourge which dicitur quod in is prepared for theback, and it is called in. our language back; bi- fcapulatimpin. tiny, or we may call it back beating. The fcourge of the tongue, gitur, dv à is all that ill, which the tongue can fpeak: And the c Latin word tedit ue for a non widens, word,agrees well to this fenfe;being derived(as Criticks ob- -.-Dfetuèntet ferve ) from a word which fignifies a ftripe ; or the word which puma verbera fignifies a fripe, from that which fignifies a word : And we find, iingurc,B®r. that they who defame or over-feverely reproveothers, are called 3 Od..IL ( barely ) d ftrikers. And this(as force of the ancients note ,' accor- Nampatrui ding to the Scripture lan ua e in thofe two A oftolical direnions multoquo; paresàneorrup ( I Tim. 3. 3. and Tit. 5.7. ) where the Apoítle gives the rule tioreseffefo- concerning a Bifhop, that he mull be noftriker ; This may be un- f ntin judican- derftood of ftriking,notwith the hand,(the Apofile could hardly . ds a objur- think. that the quarelfome f iritsand Ions of violence íhould be fo gaadN jrarr;r g P ,fi'iorupecratir. much as admitted to a probation about that office) but ftriking r Yerbera d. with the tongue,by anundue and overhafty,or an 'angry reproofe terbir,aut vet and cenfure. The great infiniment ofa Bifhop or a Minifter,is hi.s b d verberi` : tongue:but he mull ufe his ton ue,rather to heal than to wound; butdiIa funs g g - quadacres vox or ifat any time,he ufeth it to wound,it íhould be in tendencyun- verberer. No. to or in preparation for healing :. Therefore, Let tot a Bifhop be pi us. aJtriker, aJtriker with his. tongue in paffion,much left in fpleen or dui delta- for felfe ends. Ooriit vetbiga. rna malreríus verberánt percuffores appellontur,etiom fupprcfnomine lingue,Pined.Necfermoneinue Bïli confcientiam percutià. infsmorurn,, nec contumeliofuo &garulus,perdat arm quempantie madc(lia,Ç5' ientitate corr.igete.Hier. in Titus. 1.7.' Thus wee fee whatwe are to underftand by the ftroak or a t abeunt de. fcourge of the tongue,But what is it,to behid from that fcourge tra£lorenttua A word of that. Thou(halt be hid. fah, do quihus Not as a One,Thy anions flailbe hid,which mightbe as matter pot,delta- for Hander to work upon ; nor,asb Another, though filch anions di materiame appear, yet flanderers {hall want progfe,or fuflacicnt witnefs than fúDere,enr de. not appear 'a ainit.thee..But Pent de- PP g tï ratlore. firme: fir{{.,
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