Hpiflle.fS. Paulto Titus. tech andaduifeth withanother:how fuch a man may be recouered out f fuch an euill,or els admonilheth thepartie himfelfe; both which are fo far from intending his hurt,that they tend tohis amendment. i For the preuentionof filchhurt as may arife to fomeother by a fcandalous and wicked perfon: inwhichcafe, a father to hischild , a ma(ier to his fer- uant, a friend to his friend, andone Chriff ian to another, may forewarn and inhibite fuch a mans companie and conuerfe,and adde his reafon,he is knowne thus and thus to be vicious; out ofwhichgrounds, all the (peaking of the euilis ofothers,thoughneuer fo true,may got vnder the title ofcull! (peaking. Now all cull! (peaking, may be referred to twoheads : for it is, nei- ther the vttering offalle andcull! things : or a. oftrue things falfly and euilly. The former, t. When men1peakevponnoground, as when menpre= lent or abfent,areaccufed of the euiils which they neuer did. Thus Zi- ba accufedc.Mephibofah,tbat hewent not out tomeeteKingDauid, but ftaied at home,expeCting to be made Kingover Ifrael,whichwas a sneer flaunderous inuentionofhis owne. a. Whenmen fpeake Come euill of othcrs,vponweake and infufficient ground:as when any either publike- lyor privately, chargethComeother manbeforehis face , or behinde his backe, withwill vpon fufpitions. Thus the Princes of Ammon charged Dowd/ feruants withdeceit, and caufed Homo n to vfe them mofi villa- noufly, onely vpon fu(pition,thac they were fpies:which what mifcheife and bloodthed it wrought,the text declareth. Yet here in more hainous offences, if the fufpitions bemore vehement, a faétmaybee charged by theMagillrate vpon the partiehimfelfe;that fo he may either clear him- fetfe, or lie guiltie tinder hisoffence; but elfe to relateculll vpon.fufpiti- on, is altogether vnlawfull. 3. When men caft rayling, curfing,or reui. ling (peaches vponan other prefent or abfent, openly or fecrecly,& co- nerdy by infnuation: as eAbfolox , when he told thepeople, that there was no man tobears their matters: all thereare direêlly euill fpcaches in falle and cull! things. The latter kind of euili fpeaking is in true things as, r, when aman fpeakethof fomeching done or fpoken, but des royeth the fence. Thus the Lewes witneffed againti Chriß, that bee laid, he would de(+roy the Temple, andbuild it vp againe in three dayes; the which falfe witnes coli himhis life, a. Invtteringnothingbut truth, butwith wiked inli- nuations, andcolleétionsofeuill. ThusDoeg fpakc the truth ro Saul, but poifoned his fpeachwith infinuating,that Dauidand thePriefiscó- fpired again(! him. 3. In (peaking of good things,buceither leffening them, ordeprauing them, as doneofbad intent, for bad ends, in hypo- i N n 3 critie. C.HAP.3.2. . 567 4 Euitl [peaking reducedto two heads. I r a.Sant.tó.r. a a.Sam.to.). 3 a.Sama /4. II r Mattb .6.61. wich rob.ad/.
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