Ding deceiuers (ashee bath already dealt with diucrsa'quiuocant fcìphi ilers) to fhame and contempt. Verfe 7heir is thatfpeaketbwords Of the prickingofafword but the tongue o f vifemen zs health. T Hereis,abroodand companyof Cinhallboles, which fpeake wards like thepricking:efa(word, that is, dangerous and per- nicious, which piercedeeper to the hurt ofmess names & (laces theñthe edge and point ofa fword doth to ones body. But the tongueofthe wile is health, their (speeches are wholefome and helpfull both to themfelues and others. 1,10 weapon is morehurtfull then a wicked tongue. Amon all the complaints which the godly, and Gods owne Ipirit make Deï`i. againR the wicked in the Scriptures, theyfeldome complaine of any thing more thenof their virulent and pefliferous mouthes. !cis laid of flatterers, that their words aremoregentle thenode, and yet theyare (words : Pral, 55.2 I. It is Caid offalle accusers, fuck as Doegwas, that theirtongues are/harpe rafors that cut deceitrully, Psalm. 5 2.2. It is raid ofFalk witneire bearers, that they are like hammers, andfroords, and ¡karpearrorver.Prou. 25.18. It is faid of all forts, and of euerie oneofthem, that their throat is an open Se- pulchre : theybane vfedtheir tongues todeceit, the p®fenofafeesû vnder their leppes. Rom. 3.z 3. Pita, they caufe fwords to be drawn,andblond to be fned,and Reafan.t, men to beElaine, and much mifchiefe to be wrought. Abimelech andhis brethren thePriefls, were killed by the tongue. Naboth and his formes were killed with the tongue. Our Saviour thrift himfelfe was killed by the tongue, as Peter chargeth vpon them that procuredhis death : Himhaue Tee takenby thehandsof the svieked, and haue crucifiedandpine : youde(ireda murderer to bed giuenyou, and lolled the Lordoflife. Aecs 2.23. & 3.15. Secondly, the (word, or any other weapon can onely hurt them that areprefent, and in place neere to it : but the ftrokeof the tonguewill light vpon them moil daungerou(lie that are ab- fent and larre off: no placeor di(Iance can helpe againii it ; and oneman may doe mifchiele thereby to a greet multitude.- Doeg Y z with
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