4o Of the kinds of vnitaft anger. r Sullen or fr- ing and bringing foorth the fruits of anger. For the Eft, lent anger. force in their anger are fitllcnlic Client from day to day, and moncth to moneth, not vouchfafing to fpeake a word to thole with whom they are difpleafèd, though they daily conuerfe with thcm;as thoughwith their loue and charitic they had loft their tongues alto. But fuch men forget the end whyGodgaue them a tongue , that is , that it might be not onclie anholy organe to ling our Creators praife, but allo that we might be enabled thereby to conuerfemore familiarly and louinglie one with another ; as alto that thereby we might preferue this louebegunby takingaway all offence;foras the Lord hath giuen a tongue to enquire out an iniurie, as alto to reprooueand reprehend theoffen- der,fo hehath Olen the fame tongue to make a iufl cxcufe for the working ofreconciliation. It may be if thou woul- deft come to expoflulate the matter with thy neighbour, he would either iuftly excufe his fault, or humblie confeffe it, and pardon , whereas now thoumakefl him thine enemie bydenying him all meanes and hope ofreconcilia- tion : for what hope can he conceiue ofpeace, Peeing thou wilt nor fo much as come to a treatie ? §.Self. S . Secondly,profef fed anger is Chewed by the rnanifefl fruits 2. Aflger:s ma thereof and they are of two fortes,euill fpeaking and euill ,t p tud n coil doi ;pe,r¢iitg or b ng p caE;, By euill f kin as when men doe manifcffl their eru/ldoing. anger in fpightfitll railing words which are fàrrevnbefee- r. Erull ming not only a Chriflian,but altoan honcil Infidell.This is ÍPeaking. condemned in the one and thirtieverfe of this Chapter:Let allbitternefe,angerandwrath,crying,(that is,clamorous rai- ling¡andeuillfreakingbe put away; r&+snyou.And that we may the rather be mooned to abilaine from this odious vice, let vs confider that God made the tongue to bee an inflrument of his praife,and not to diflhonour him by curled (peaking. And therefore he will not hold himgailticfíe, which makes this heaueniyorgane ofhis fpirit created to (hew foorth the Creators praile,a curled intlrurnentofSatan in reuiling and flandring our neighbour. And this our Sauiour Chrifl tea- cheth vs:whofoeuer(faith he)fliallfay unto his brother Raca; (that is,the leaf} word ofreproch)(hall be wortbie to bepuni- "hed
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