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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42543	A bridle for the tongue, or, A treatise of ten sins of the tongue ... shewing the nature of these sins ... with the causes and aggravations of them, and remedyes against them : together with many considerations, rules, and helps for the right ordering of the tongue ... / by William Gearing ...	Gearing, William.	1663 (1663)	Wing G432; ESTC R8445	179,256	504

but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether Quisquis cupit fraenare linguam assidue Dei praesentiam coguet Tanto quis cautius loquetur quanto sibi altius impresserit hoc unum Audiris Angeli audiunt Deus audit tuorum dictorum rationem poscet suo tempore Drexel de vi●ling medicam When men forget this that God knoweth all they speak whether truth or falshood then no wonder their tongues are unbrideled Whence cometh it to pass that men whet their tongues like a sword and bend their bowes to shoot their Arrowes even bitter words that they may shoot in secret at the perfect and shoot at him privily and fear not and encourage themselves in an evil matter and commune of laying of snares privily Psal 64.3 4. there is the ground of it ver 5. they say Who shall see them they speak it among their close companions and in a sly way that none may charge them with it but though they think that none heareth or taketh notice of it yet God will make them know that he heareth it and will make them to answer for it ver 7. But God shall shoot at them with an Arrow suddenly shall they be wounded they smite his people suddenly with their tongues and God wil smite them suddenly with an Arrow that shall wound them to the heart God layes this to their charge Psal 50.19 20. and though he doth not by and by make them smart for it yet sooner or later he will set their sins in order before their faces ver 21. and Mal. 3.13 we read of some whose words had been stout against God that had said it was vain to serve God and unprofitable to have kept his Ordinances and to have walkt mournfully before the Lord of hosts calling the ●roud happy c. ver 14 15. but God took notice of their words and ●s a Book of remembrance is written of all the gracious words of all his own people so there is a book of remembrance kept of all the evil words that wicked men speak against God and his people There is no swearing cursing lying scorning jeering word but it is set down before the Lord Mat. 12.35 Yea every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of ju●gement yea God will reason the case with such men as he did with Aaron and Miriam about their speaking against Moses Wherefore then were ye not afraid how durst you go on in so many evil and idle words Numb 12.8 as you have done Another help will be to consider Help 4 the example of our Lord Jesus Christ every one would be accounted a Christian and to be in Christ Now h● that saith He abideth in him ought so t● walk even as he walked 1 Joh. 2.6 and St. Peter tells us how he carrye● himself 1 Pet. 2.22 23. He did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth and when he was reviled he reviled no● again when he suffered he threatned not but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously In this example o● Christ these four things will be useful to us 1. There was no guile found in his mouth then what an unseemly thing is it there should so much guile be found in those that would be accounted his members 2. When he was reviled he reviled not again he returned not bitter words to them that gave such to him but either is silent or if he doth reason the case with them it is with meekness as Joh 18.21 23. when the High Priest asked him of his Doctrine he bid him aske them which heard him what he had said unto them and when one of the Officers that stood by struck him for answering the High-Priest so Jesus answered him If I have spoken evil bear witness of the evil but if well why smitest thou me he reasons the case with them without bitter words or the least appearance of evil 3. When he suffered by them he was so far from threatning that he prayed for his persecutors and by vertue of this his prayer those that did belong to the election of grace were afterward converted and some even of the Priests themselves became obedient to the faith 4. He committed his cause to him that judgeth righteously Did we more study his example we should not fall into sin as we do what was it that we meet withal that he suffered not it may be we suffer sometime from those that are beneath us in the world did not the Lord Christ suffer from those that were infinitely below him yet he submitted himself unto them though when they came to take him his breath cast them down to the ground Obj. 1 But some may say We suffer without cause from those we have shewed much love unto and from whose hands we have deserved better Sol. Now in answer to this consider 1. That you a have great cause to bless God that it is so viz. that no just cause is given by thee for others to speak evil of thee 2. Consider Was it not so Rule 1 with our Lord Jesus Christ They hated him without cause yea they hated him for the good he did yet he paid them not in their own coyn again Another is apt to say I see such Obj. 2 foul miscarriages by such and such and hear of such ill words they have spoken against me that it makes my flesh and blood to stirre within me Sol. Oh take heed it do not make your corruption stirre within you could there be a more odious thing then for Jesus Christ to be stript naked and whipt and called Beelzehub a wine-bibber c. Now the servant is not above his Master Though he was pleased to come for the good of sinners and with more meekness then John Baptist yet they reproach him and John also Thus it was with Jesus Christ himself and if we did more frequently consider his example it would prove effectual to preserve us from these sins of the tongue and from many other sins then should we learn to pray for our implacable enemies and to leave them to the judgement of the great day and it would be a means to keep us from sinning with our words so that our words should be alwayes very good for so it was with him Now how much difference is there betwixt his example and our carriage though he gave us this example for our pattern Take heed the●e be no unruly or Help 5 sinful lust harbouring in thy heart for where any such is it will cause an unruly and unbrideled tongue Covetousness being lodg'd in the hearts of the Pharises and they hearing Christ speak against the unrighteous Mammon therefore they deride him Luk. 16.14 they laugh to hear such a poor man as he to speak how hard a matter it is for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God Where the heart is full of enmity against God and Godliness there will be nothing but

for speaking against Moses they speak against him because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married that is the pretence Numb 12.1 but the true reason of their grudge is expressed ver 2 And they said Hath the Lord indeed spoken by Moses only hath he not spoken also by us and the Lord heard it And God doth not only take notice of it but also he reasoneth with them about it how they durst do it Wherefore were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses ver 7 8. and not only so but consider how God punisheth Miriam First she is smitten with leprosie then she is put out of the camp of Israel Men think it nothing to speak against their Minister but God will bring such to account for it Some do it because they will not suffer the word of reproof to come close upon their hearts but put it off with railing and others with Aaron and Miriam cry out Hath not God given us the gifts of the spirit as well as to him cannot we preach as well as he This hath been the language of many men of late years among us but God keeps an account of all the sinful words of such men God by the Prophet Jeremy 1.6 sheweth that he did harken but they did not speak that which they ought to do and that he took notice of it and Malac. 3.17 there is a book of remembrance before the Lord and as he remembreth the words of the wicked to punish them for it so he remembreth the gracious words of his People to reward them for it for they are written before him Consid 4 As God will call them to account for their words so according to their words he will judge them By thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned saith our Saviour Mat. 12.37 God will ●●dge men according as their words ●●ew either Holiness or wickedness ●o Jude sets down what God will do ●●to men for their evil words God ●ll execute judgement up●● all A man is condemned by his words as though nothing did return into the condemnation of a man but his words and indeed a mans worst sins be his words The sin against the Holy-Ghost consisteth in word the Holy-Ghost is more on the tongue then all the members else Capel de tentat part 3. cap. 5. to convince all that ●●e ungodly among them ●f all their ungodly deeds ●hich they have ungodly ●ommitted and of all their ●ard speeches which un●odly sinners have spoken ●gainst him this if well con●●dered would be a strong motive to perswade men to ●ake more heed of sinning ●n this manner Solomon saith A mans ●elly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth and with the encrease of his ●ips shall he be filled Death and Life ●re in the power of rhe tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof Prov. 18.20 21. the scope of the wise man is to shew what influence the words of men have either to their weal or woe to eternity ver 20. the shall eat of the fruit of their tongue whether wholsom or poisonous an● ver 21. Life or death according t● their words He that suffereth h● tongue to run at random withou● bridling it shall have the fruit of i● even everlasting death The tongu● is either the best or worst member i● the body next the heart and saith th● wise man Prov. 13.3 He that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction but he that keepeth his mouth keepet● his life Men are careful of nothin● so much as of their life then woul● you keep your lives keep you tongues it is not without great caus● the spirit of God hath set down the●● things so plainly in Scripture Anacharsis being askt what was worst and best in a man answered the tongue if it be not ruled it is the worst if well ruled the best Th● tongue as one noteth is a Tree o● life to them that use it well a Tree o● death to them that abuse it It is fitl● compared to the Gates of a besiege● City whose safety or destructio● standeth much in their careful or loo●● custody Consider how God dealeth with Consid 5 ●he dearest of his children when they ●ffend with their tongues How did God deal with Moses though an holy ●nd good man and the meekest upon ●he face of all the earth Numb 12.3 ●et when he is provoked by the peo●le he doth not so order his tongue as ●e ought to do Psal 106.32 33. they ●rovoke his spirit and he speaks unadvisedly with his lips so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes the story whereof you have Numb 20.3 the people want water and they chide with Moses saying Would God we had died when our brethren died before the Lord their discontent put that good man into a rash and unadvised speech when God bade him take the rod and speak to the Rock he gathereth the Congregation together and saith unto them Hear now ye Rebels must we fetch water for you out of this Rock ver 9 10. the speech is spoken against the people not against God and ●o not so great a sin as in impatience and unbelief to contest with God for instead of his speaking to th● Rock he falls a chiding with the● and smote the Rock twice with hi● Rod that Rod of God that had bud bed blossomed and bare Almonds One would think that Moses committed a greater sin Numb 11.21 22 distrusting God when he said Th● people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen and thou has● said I will give them flesh that they ma● eat a whole moneth shall the flocks and the herds bo slain to suffice them c. yet all that God saith to it is only this Is the Lord's hand waxed short Thou shalt see now whether my words shall come to pass to thee or not ver 23 what less could have been said Bernard but to the other sin of his at the waters of Meribah he threatens a severe punishment And the Lord spake to Moses and Aaron Because ye believe me not to sanctify me before the children of Israel therefore ye shall not bring the congregation into the Land which I have given them the reason is conceived to be this Jerem. Dyke Tract of the mischief of scandals though the former sin were in its own nature greater yet that is thought to be private between God and Moses and so no scandal in it but the latter was publique before all the people and so a scandal in it God not sanctified but his name dishonoured Now if God express so much severity against this good man for one unadvised speaking with his lips how will he deal with those that live in such sins all their dayes but though God punisheth his sin he saveth his soul when they that give way to this sin continually shall perish for ever God will not bear with sin in