To pra' e God, is to puznigh the Deuil. Sunday inLent. Ser.i8. 289 repaired. And Toflatus fticketh not toaffirme, That ifhehad forthwithaecufed himfelfe,he had freedall his fucceílion : For albeit he afterwards repented him of what hehad done and that God had forgiuenhimhis finne (Eduxitillamá ddiEtafile, For he brought himout ofhis ofence,as we read inthe firft ofWifdome) yet did heeneither reftore vntohim his originali innocencie, nor that Paradice whereinhe had placed him. Your SchooleDiuines bring many ftrong Argu- ments against this opinion ;but the authoritieof fuchgraueand holy fathers as we haue here aledged,may ferue tomake it probable. vfndthat was dumbe . God gaue Man a tongue that therewith hee might praifehis Creator ; Lingua meamcditaturjufliciam tota die,laudemtudm,My tongue doth medtate on thy righteoufneffeandpraife all theday long. Now the Deuill heeis fo great an enemie tothofe praifcs & thankefgiuings which weeoffer vnto God, that he !Indies to makethat tonguedumbe which therein fhall imploy itfelfe. Dauidtouching but hisHarpe,forced that Deuill to take hisheeles,that tormen- tedSaul. And albeit Cafetan faith , That thiseuill Spirit was butan exceffe of melancholie, and that Dauids muficke diddiminifhit forthe time,andgaue him cafe ; yet experience teachethvs, that the fweetneffe ofmufickedothas well in- creafè forrow,as ftirre vp joy. And there fore weemay take this fora molt cer- taineand vndoubted truth, That Dauids Harpedid ferueas an Inftrumentwher- with topraife God,by fingingHymnesand Pfalmesvnto him ; Corftebor tibi in cythera Deus,' willpraife theeupon theHarpe, bLord. This HarpeofDauids is to the Deuillasvnpleafing to his eare,asChrifts Croflë is tohis eye; hecannot in- dure the fonndof the one, northe fight oftheother. And that ways dumbe. Mans Tongue is not onlybound to praife God , but likewifeto benefit our Neighbour ; one while by preaching inpublique ; ano- therwhile byaduifing in fecret. In this kind of finneyour Confeffors arefaul- tie,who (as ofee faithofthem) eat vp the limesof my people, and lift vp their minds in their iniquitie : makinggood thofe words that immediately follow; Like People,like Prieft. So likewife areyour Preacherswholow Cufimionsvn- der Princeselbowes,and for feare ofoffending, refufe to reprehend finne : And thefe4;1 calls Dumbe Dogs. The Dogbarkesat fome,bites at otherfome,and heales others withhis tongue, being in it felfe verse medicinable. Diogenes re- prooucd all his Citifens, layingbefore them their particular faults ; hee repre- hended the Poets, for that they railed in theirVerfesagainst other mens it man- ners,andyet neuer amended their ownemifdemeanors : Mufitions, that beeing able totune fo well their Inftruments, theycould neuer as yet tune their Soules aright : Iudiciarie Aftrologers,that diuiningofother mens misfortunes, they could neuer diuine oftheir owne: Lewd liuers, that hauing fo manygood words intheir mouthes,they fhould doe fuchbad deeds : Couetous Mifers,that blafpheming money in publique,theyadored it in private : Gluttons, that defi- ring healthof God, they did dayly ouerthrow their bodiesby ouer-eating and ouerdrinking themfelues till they fell a vomitingas they fate at boord : Ofthofe that canbe content to fare well themfelues, andnot bring good tydings to their brethren: The leaprous men in the fourthoftheKings couldfind fault therwith, whentheyfaidone to another, Weedoe not well ;this day is adayofgood ty- dings,and we holdour peace. Andthat was Jambe. It is ftrange,That the Deuil getting fomuch ashe dayly doth by mans fpeech, fhould labour tomake himdumbe; more harme grow- ing tomanby the former than the latter. Firft, It is tobee prooued , That ofahundred that werepofï'efTed with De- Bb wills, Gen. 39. Will so. i. Dumb mini- ftersthe De. ui lisbelt agents. Ofe. 4. 8. 4. King+ 7.9.
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