CHAP.3.2. v3'Commentarieupon the 572 no Roues at their owne faults firlî,and therefore they are at good leifure to pry intoother mens,and fo become the deuílls gunpowder for want ofbetteT employment. Thrrdlv,Beware in all thy (peaches withmen,offirif ofwords,forfrom t.Tim,6.4, henceeuil (peaches arife,andmany words want nociniquiry.Ifany man prouokc thee by reuilement and reproaches,returnenot euillfor cui!!, but rather blefle,as becotnmeth anheirs.ofblefag. The angel durff not reuile chedeuil himfelfe. ChriRwhen he was curfed,curfed nor,hut committed all tohim that iudgech righteoufly. What theApoales pra6life was is confeired, r.Cor,4.r3.Weareendfpokee of, hutwe pray. Let another de- light in curfing,ít fha!l couer him as a garment and runne intohis owne bowellsas warer,or like a Bone thrown vpward Thal fall upon the head Gems;. ofhimfelfe that call it; for one claufe ofthe cOuenarit is, Iwill earfe them that curfethee:But if thou beef} thechild ofGod,fearc not caufles curies, which (hall not come , norbe mooned thereat to breake thy patience; and euer remember thatof theApoRie,Rom.r2.z4,Bleff themwhichper fecuteyou,blef%e Ifay andcurie not. 4 Fourthly, Inall companies pray to the Lord to fet a witch before thy mouch,and to keep thedoore ofthy lippes , for the tongue can no man of himfelfecame, beeing fuch an rnruy cui!!, as the Apolile Iames tea- ciseth it tobe: yea refoluewithDauid,before thouencreR intoany com- Prat,:9,t. pany, Not to offendwith thy tongue : accuRome thy Celle to loft an fwers whichbreak wrath: fixike two Rones togethcrand firewill fparkleout, but take away the fewell and the fire failerh. Fifthly, beware ofconfenting to this finne in an other, for as thou art bound not to relate, fonot to receive anyeuill fpeaches of thy brother: Salomoncounfelleth not tomeddle with the flanderer,andflatterer :wife chapmen muff bewareoffuch bale pedlars. Ilanother will dedicate his ata;[t (itch as tongue toSachan,thou that wouldR free thy (elfe from this finne,haRo- rcaciu :talcs. Cher bu(iueffe for thinecares. And becaufe many who are loth to give their tonguesliberty to runne upon others , yet concei ue no danger in keeping theircares alwaies open(like the vncleane veffels in the law)to receiue any report again fl an other ; let fuchknow, that the thine clea- ueth fall unto chem,andbecommeth their owne, who arenot nowac- Iceffaries,buc principalls in ir,without whom the finne could not be com- mitted.Foras therewould be no thceues,iftherewere no recciuers;fo if there were no hearersoffalfe reports,therewould be no fpeakers. And what an vnworthy thing is it, for aChrilian to bea folerer , yea a bate feruant to the finneofan other? betides that, is argueth both want of wifedome,and want of loue in fuch a partie : ofwifedom e, in that he re- ceiuech a telimonie,and that fromone witnes;andbeneither called,ex- amined,
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