f 1a isle-;of1 ti emeni `ï .__ 3 when it isin So when a manputscoloursand thews upongvßdaktiorsanstkwa es;t as dale), were folly and indifcretion. and unadvifed, and hypstçai ie, andwaidn(t vshatfoever is ill,. this istomake the ftraightwaycs of Godcrooked ;; to make that ¡. chit God accounts flraight to be crooked, this is a fettingagainf God;; therhfgrei: Peter faith to SimonMagus, pray if it bepágibleahat the thought ofthy Ilear.tstto b2, fnrgiventhee. So you fee Saint-Tau/ ¡peaks to Elymar the forcerer upon,thef fame ground, r.45i: 13. Thou child of the deviland enemy to all righteotofnefi ,,.#44. 4or4.: not ceafe to pervert the right :wayes of Clod ? Nov : I fay, here are the worth,ànd fpeeches that Men fpeak againft the wayes.of God : theirare fpccchcs, tbitArgue l' men in a ftaté,whcreby theyare liableandopen to judgcmcut;and ck'pofedtát wl'eth; i therefore we should take heedof fuch words :;!j i . The ufemay be to condemn theft that make light account ofwords ; they slunk VIe; they may fpeak (it maybe) in raihnefs, and haftincfs, and they may be ekcufcd for' tóoofa nri:n uttering them,. it is there haftinefs, and their paffion, and it was doneutadvifedly, l make fight ac- c. I,_but the Law ofGod is tranfgreffed, the Majcfy ofGod is offended,- the .courts of anger of God is provoked. You know whatold Eli (aid to his Sons ; illy f no, words. ifa man fin againfi a man, man may plead for him, but of he offend againfi God, who fhallpleadfor him ? I fay who ihall take up the matter with Godin fetch a cafe as this,-. when the offence ftrikes againft God, and his ordinances,andhis worship ? Therefore take heed there is much evil, there it lifeanddeath (as Solomon faith) in thepower of the tongue, that is, a man mayutterly dcftroy himfelf by thevery words he (peaks unadvifedly (as he thinks,and willplead for himfelf) or pa(fionatelyand rattily. Againmuch more doth it concerts thole thatproceed to otherkindsofwickednefs in the tongue, we inftanced in (omeparticular inftancesthen, that we cannot now Randon., We cameto dire& men to carrythemfelves in theirfpeech,as 7yavid,tofetä watch before the door of their lips, he prayed to God to do it; And Pfal. gy. I Paid Ka!; 19 that 1 will take heed to my wayes that Ioffend not inmy tongue. And then heprayer to the Lord, Tfal. 131. to keep a watch before the door ofhis mouth. He knew well Pfal:tj t. enough that there will be a time, when the words that we think are flight and vainihall be brought to judgement, idle, unprofitable, frothy talk, muchmore rail- ing and reviling fpeeches, molt ofall the liighef blafphemies and execrations, tlaefe !hall moft certainly be brought to .a greater cenfure at the day ofjudgement. But I will not Rand ors that I then handled. Now there remains three things more. The firft is this, that in thedayof judgement Godwill proceed according to his Law : So (peak and fo do asthofe that (hall bejudged by theLaw. I fay; 7..)oOr. In theday ofjudgement God will proceedwith men according tohis Law. God will pro. seed in judge_ He will proceed according to his word written : therefore labour that your went accord: fpeeches and a&ions may be fuck that they may be agreeableto that, Job. iz. 4s. gro his Theword that I tjieaktoyou (faith Chrilt) Thaljudgeyou at that day There is not Job. ,z..}8. a word that Chrilt fpeaks, but it Thal judge: Ise !peaks not in vain,he is the judge that fpeaks. Now you know Chrift fpeaks two wayes. himfelf, Either Or, by his Minifers. Iis himfelf, and fo either that that he fpake when he was on earth in his own perfon ; then all the words that he fpake at that time are thofe words by which . be will judge men, as far as they concern moral a&ions, by thofe words he will judge menat the great day : for he fpakenothing but what was according to his Law. Or
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