Veil.13. IROVER$S. 131 alts theaffedions. O generationsofvipers, faith the Lord , Mal.1z.34.3f, how canyee f eakegood things rohenyee are mill? Forout ofthe abundanceoftheheart themouthffeaketh . e,icodman out of the goodtreafure o fhis heart bringeth forthgood things, andan euillman out oftheeuill treafure of his heart bringeth forth euii1 things. Secondly, in the godly, the mouth, ofall the members, 2, tofl fighteth againll Sathan, and Sathan abufeth the mouth ofthe wicked for the moli part, more than any other mem- ber : hee vfeth it for a Fowlingpcece to kill the foules of men, and for hisartillery , and great ordnance todiCcharge it againtf the truth andglory of God : it is trucly Paid by S. lames, that the tonguefetteth onfire thecourte of nature , andit lags 3.6. is"et onfire ofhell. fnflrudion how to fudge of our felues , and others, e- vfe i. uen by the fanaitie, or prophanenetrcof the fpecch : whe- ther that forcible member the Tongue, which God made for the chicle , andvniuerfall inllrumént of his glory , and thewelfare ofhis people,be gracious or vicious,wholefome or harmefull , fruitfull or idle . They that are good , by it will doe moll good, and they that arc lewd, thereby in fpc- ciall manner doe venttheir lewdneffe. Sec Chap. T 0.14. Verfe /3. emendfrom, them, that lease thepaths of riih- teoufneffc, to walkein thepaths ofda4teffe. THe fecond cffec} ofwicked men,is their behaviour and deeds, (formill (peaking is euer accompanied with cuill doing) and tholeare fet forth by an oppofition, or compa- rifon ofcontraries,whereby their courfc oflife is made more odious, and therefore it is laid that they forfake the paths of righteoufne(fe , which arc alto the pathsoflight ; to walke in the pathsofdarkeneffe, which are the wayes of ignorance, and iniquity , as if hee fhould haue laid ; They turne from the right way ofknowledge, and obedience which leadethto Saluation,and trauell in the by-wayes offinne toward defiru- Sion; and their fault heerein is fo much the fowler, in that 0 3 they
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