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A91733	Rules for the government of the tongue: together, with directions in six particular cases. [brace] 1 Confession of our faults to men. 2 Confession of Christ before men. 3 Reprehension of faults in others. 4 Christian communication. [brace] Vrbanity and eloquence. 5 Consolation of the afflicted. 6 Self-commendation, and a disproof of perfection in this life. Added, as a supplement, to the Rules for governing [brace] 1 the thoughts, 2 the affections, in the Precepts for Christian practice, or, The rule of the new creature, new model'd. / By Edward Reyner, minister of the Gospel in Lincolne.	Reyner, Edward, 1600-1668.; Reyner, Edward, 1600-1668. Precepts for Christian practice.	1656 (1656)	Wing R1230; Thomason E1594_2; ESTC R208861	220,132	401

upon Baals Priests in a heat of zeal scoffing at them Job on his friends to check their pride and conceit of their own wildome No doubt yee are the People Job 12.2 and wisdome shall dye with you And Paul upon the Corinthians for their Laodicean conceit and boast of fulnesse Now yee are rich 1 Cor. 4.8 1 Cor. 14.36 37 full c. and for their pride what came the word of the Lord out from you or came it to you only Beza saith this is a sharp objurgation of them least they should think themselves the only wisemen and all fools but they or that they were the first Christians none before them or none beside them God taught the Jews to take up a taunting Proverb in way of derision against the King of Babylon Isa 14.4 his state and City The Preachers speech to the young man was Ironical Rejoyce in thy youth Eccl. 11.9 q. d. seeing thou art wilful go on and take thy course but know that for all these things God will bring thee to judgement Such was Micaiahs answer to King Ahab when hee asked him 1 King 22.15 shall wee go against Ramoth Gilead to battel or not he said go and prosper q. d. thy Prophets have bidden thee go and thou hast a mind to go go thy way no doubt but thou wilt prosper Ahab resented it as a scoff An Irony is a nipping jeast or a speech that hath the honey of pleasantnesse in its mouth and a sting of rebuke in its taile There is a texterity in speaking truth in an Irony or in a pleasant sentence which may bee taken sometimes with lesse offence then a plain downright speech to be so addicted to joycing as to loose a friend rather than a jeast this becommeth Jewish friendship saith one rather then Christian love Mr. Bain● Eighth Rule In speech speak not so much to shew wit or eloquence as efficatious power of speech to perswade others to good and to disswade them from evil Speak not out of affectation of praise or delight to hear our selves speak well but out of desire of doing good or of drawing others to do well Many speak against eloquence as they do against learning out of ignorance because they know not the worth or use of it for Art hath no enemy but an ignorant person but I speak only against the proud and vain use and shew of it Of Eloquence HEre I will shew you first That eloquence may be used and secondly how 1 Eloquence may bee used yea there may be good use of it because 1 Eloquence is the gift of God which hee bestows on some of his servants not on others as on Aaron I know saith God to Moses of him Fxo. 4.14 Vers 16 Vers 10 that hee can speak well and he shall be thy spokes-man to the people and instead of a mouth to thee Not on Moses for hee was not eloquent but slow of speech Paul was eminent in eloquence therefore the people of Lystra Act. 14.12 call'd him Mercurius because he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the chief speaker or Master of speech Apollos was an eloquent man and mighty in the scriptures Act. 18.24 None of Gods servants should open their mouthes to speak against any of God gifts of which eloquence or the faculty of speech is one 2 Eloquence is a flower of speech both for beauty and sweetnesse which sets off speech with greater grace obtains audience with greater delight and insinuates with more efficacy Though the Gospel was preached at first with greatest plainness of speech 1 Cor. 1.17 and 2.4 yet God hath blessed it since to the furtherance of the gospel The sweetning of speech with eloquence hath been a means sometimes of winning others to hear embrace the Gospel Christ in it Doctor Sibs saith Souls Conflict while Augustine out of curiosity delighted to hear the Eloquence of Ambrose hee was taken with the matter it self sweetly sliding together with the words into his heart Peter Veretus sometime preacher at Geneva was so sweetly Eloquent that hee drew many to bee his hearers who were no friends to Religion and chained his hearers ears to his mouth so as they never thought him tedious but always wished his Sermon longer hee converted thousands to the truth and faith in Christ One saith of Gregory Nazianzen that the true beauty of his Soul did shine forth in his eloquence Rhetorick being both his Companion and his servant It is reported of Mr. Rogers and Mr. Bradford Martyrs that it was hard to say whether there was more force of Eloquence and utterance in their preaching or holinesse in their lives and conversations Both historyes and experience declare that God bestowed an excellent faculty of elocution upon many of his servants both ancient and modern divines whose labours hee blessed to the Conversion of many souls and to the edification of the Church 4 God threatens it as a judgement to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah Isay 3.3 the eloquent Orator or the man skilful in speech and powerful to perswade as well as the wise Counsellour or cunning Artificer Ornamentum maximum reipublicae est eloquentia Philosophorum saith Plato Thus it s made to appear that eloquence is lawfull and usefull 2 I must shew how it should be used 1 Eloquence should flow from us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by a nattiral kind of facility as water out of a fountain some command good language as freely as others do speech Though it bee acquired yet it should not be strained or forced as some use it in imitation of others which to judicious cars sounds harsh and ungrateful 2 Whether our eloquence bee naturall or acquired how ever wee come by it wee should use it without affectation and ostentation and not pride our selves in wit words or phrases An humble Christian will forbear or change such expressions as he conceives may seem elegant to others and hee feels or fears his own heart would bee puffed up therewith when Eloquence is affected or boasted then it shews swelling vanity in the minds of the speakers and is not pleasing in the ears of the hearers 3 Wee should strive to bee rather solid then florid in our speeches yet we may use elegance therein so that our end and aim bee more to affect the hearts than tickle the ears of our Auditors Eccl. 12.10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words or words of delight such as are apt not only to sinke into the mind like Davids stone into Goliahs forehead but also to pierce to the heart like a dart of delight Good matter cloathed with good phrase procureth acceptation and suavity of elocution produceth efficacy of perswasion Ninth Rule Speak of good things at home in your own families as yee have occasion to inure your selves unto and to get an habit of fruitfull discourse abroad This was Solomons practice therefore the Queen of Sheba said to