520 Chap. za. An Expofition upon the Rook f J o B. Vert to.. himfelfe (Prot/. g. ra.) That is, though he onely intended the Glory of God, and the good of others, wholly denying and leaving out himfelfe, yet himfelfe (hail be the chiefe gainer by it in the end ; fo he that is foolifh ( that is, wicked and unrigh- t-ous ) [hall be foolifh tohimfelfe, Though heonely intended the hurt ofothers, yet he (hall be the chiefe, poffibly,the onely hurt - receiver' in the end, as it followes in the latter part or croffe part of the fame Proverbes ifthoufcornet,thou alone /htli heart it. Thegreateft hurt which any man can doe his brother by anywrong done tohim, is fo little comparatively to what he cloth to himfelfe, that the Scripture cafts the whole upon himfelfe ; Healone /hall beare it. While he gives his brother a bitter potion to drinke, himfelfe drinkes the poyfon of Alps Whilehe wounds his brother with handor tongue, the Vipers . tongue fhallflay him. Per linguam Further, By the Vipers tongue, we may underftand any oppo- vipertart or s fe fin f- fer , who rifeth up againft and accufech this fraudulent or vio pali ï:npiuK conga- lent oppreffour. An accufeìng tongue, efpecially a falfely and ,ia loquenz. maliciouíty accufing tongue may well becalled d Vipers tongue. Pined. In which fence, principally, the Scribes and Pharifees are cah Vipers lingua led aGeneration of Vipers. Detra:tion wounds deeply, and a mbolum elf tmguæderrafla- wound in the reputation ishardly healed.When the fgyprians sra, woulddefcribe a man fenitten with a detraâing tongue, they were wont to paint a Bafiliske, whokills fuch as come neere to him with his breath. And the Vipers tongue bath atfo been ( among the Ancients) an Emblem of the fame figniftcati- on. Hence note ; pppreffours¡hall not want aeCufers, end they wloo have [mitten others in their elates, /hall be [mitten in their names. Such get riches to themfelves a name, and they (ambitiouf- ly as the Pfalmift bath it) call their Lands after their owne Dom quibufdä name, hoping thereby to immortalize their memories. But their ro etet fayles them, and as they never deferved nor bad a carñf ciCur ujuz P ! Y Y elf ad fumehdas good name, fo they (ball not long have a Greet one. Ifgood men de alijo mole doenot cry themdowne, fomeor other as bad as themfelves peenar. tlu . -Ilan. The Vipers ttingáte Adflay them. de [era. Num. vindieta. Verf. r 7,
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