372 vi Commentary upon the. GofJiel Chap.12.. *ork,r, faith the Authour to the Hebrews, be they. for the matter Bona operanon never fogood,and praiteworthy.. This moved Luther to fay,,that, jaciunr bonos : good works make not men good ; but good wematt be fitl3:, ere, sed b ®mol e good can be done by us. This moved Aufin to fay, that Omnis. vane fiamur vita infidelitempeceatum eft, the whole life ofan unbeleever is fin, bona. Luth, though Spira the Popishy'ofiiller cenfure. that faying for acruell trudetii e¡ itla fentence. (ententia, e.4n evilman out oftheevil treaÇre,ß&e.] Carnall hearts are flewsof unclean thoughts, fhamblesofcruell andbloody thoughts, exchanges and (hops of vain thoughts,.. a very forge and mintof falfe, politick, undermining thoughts, yea oft a little hell of confu, fed and black imaginations,asonewell defcribeth them. Verfe 36. That every idleWord,&c.] Idle andwalte words ire to be accounted for, : what then evil and wicked ? Therefore let thine own Wordsgrieve thee, as David fomewhere hath it, thy fri- voleus and fruitlef(e fpeeches :. for among a thoufand talents of callioel in cap, common communication ( faith Caffrodore) a . man can fcarce z, niatb. finde an hundred pence of fpitituall fpeeches, imò nec decem qui- dem obolos, nay nottenhalfpence truly. It may be obferved faith another,that when men get into idle company(which perhaps they like not) the very complement of difccutfing, extra&ieth idle,ifnot evil ¡peaking, to fill up the time. Plato and Xenophon, thought it fit and profitable, that mensfpeeches at meals, and loch likemeet- ings fhould be written.And if Chriftians.fheuld fodoe,whatkindc of books would theybe Verfe 37. For by thy Words thou fbaltbejuflifled ] Our Sa- viour infifts upon this fubject, becaufe by words they had tinned. againft the holyGhoft. Amans molt and worst fins be his words .. St Paul making the anaromp of a natural' man, Elands more on the organ of Ipeech, then all the other members. Rom.3. St 7ames faith, that the tongue is not a city or ccuntrey, but a World ofins., quity, jam.3.6. lc can run all the worldover, andbite at every zoo. t. PaB. body,wben the devil fires it efpecially. Peraldus reckons up four s.E4. and twenty fevtrall finsof the tongue : he might have made them more.Godhath fet a double hedge atore it,ofteeth and lips,tokeep it up : he' hath alto placed it between the headandheart, that it might take counfelofboth. Childrenhewill not fuffer to fpeak,till they have node rftanding and wit :. and chofe that are deaf, arealfa dumb, becaufe they cannot hear initruftion,nor learn wifdom, that they may fpeak advifedly.
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