Chap. 3 i. An Expofihion upon the Book of j to s. Vert. 3 ®. 6z7 rail and humane a& flowing from tke light and life of reafon, there is no labour, no Rudy for it ; words are at hand prefently, and eafie tobe had, and thereforewe fay, Bond or kinde words are goodcheape,Good words are worth much,but,as words,they cote us title. We doe that readily which we doe naturally. Gracious goodwords are not naturall to us, but to fpeake even them is a worke of nature. Thirdly, corrupt fpeaking is very pleating to our corrupt nature ; evil! words are as mufick to an evil! mind, 'r is a griefe to the Spirit of God toheare bad words come out of a good mans mouth (E'ph. 4.2g, 30.) but bad words are belt (I meane delightfully` bell) to the fpirit of a bad man. Rotten words favour fweetly to a rotten heart. Fourthly, Evill (peaking is very advantageous,and gainefull to many(as they count gaine) ''i is not only pleafant but profitable.Many a mans tongue brings him in a prefent revenue ; Some trade in lyes as much as in wares, or they trade off their wares with lyes. Solomon (Pro. 2e. 6. ) calls thegetting of treafure by a lying tongue, a vanity trf fed to and fro, of them th+t feeke death. Wherehe fhewes, Fill, that there's much gaining by lying ; when aman is buying and felling, when he is driving a bargaine, how apt is he to make an ill ufe of his tongue ? Secondly, that, what is got by lying, profits little, yea hurts much ; for Thirdly, they who fpeake lyes feekedeath. But doe any one feekedeath ? no man feekes death in it felfe, or di- rely, but many feeke death confequentially ; they feeke death, when they thinke they only feeke a livelyhood ; the way of ly- ing is the way todeath, even to eternall death. Thus :begetting oftreafure by a lying tongue, isa vanity tcied to andfro, of them, that feeke death; that is, the wealth and treafure which they get by bandying words upon a lying tongue, is not like to flay long in their hands , nor to prove durable fubftance, eyth,r to them- felves or their heires. In this fence silo that of the Apoftle (lam: 3.6.) is a truth The tongue is a ßre (it 1ers that on fire which is got by finfuil words) and the tongue is a worldofiniquitie(that is, there is a world of iniquity in it) fo u the tongue acnongfi oar members,that it defileth the rnbole body, and fetteth on ,fire thewhole courfe of nature, and ( wouldyou know whence the tongue takes fire ? The next words tell us) it isfee on fire ofbell ; that is,by the devil, who is the father of lyes and Handers. As an evil! tongue lets on fire the whole courfeofnature, that is, all the powers and L 1 1 1 2 faculties
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