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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 ...
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Gearing, William.
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1663
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Wing G432; ESTC R8445
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sufâ—â—â—â—ngs they tax him for an hypocrite 〈◊〉 because they asserted that evil â—â—n suffered evil things and withall â—â—â—erved Job's impatience under his â—â—â—ferings therefore saith Bildad Shall 〈◊〉 earth be forsaken for thee Mercer ad Job 18.4 that 〈◊〉 thinkest thou that God will change 〈◊〉 course and method in governing â—â—e world shall the wisdom of God 〈◊〉 brought to thee for thy direction â—â—ou mayst as well hope that the â—â—arth shall be forsaken and the Rock 〈◊〉 moved out of his place when thou â—â—est God change the course of his â—rovidence then mayst thou expect 〈◊〉 and not before he that murmuâ—eth would teach God knowledge 6. Murmuring controuleth the juâ—tice of God as if Gods wayes were â—ery unequal Qui in poenis murmurat ferientis justiam accusat Ediscaâ— non murmurare qui mala patitur etiamsi ignoret cur mala patitur per hoc enim quisquis se juste pati arbitraâ—e potest quia ab illo judicatur cujus judicia nunquam sunt injuria Isidor He that mâ—â—mureth at Gods punishments 〈◊〉 any just punishment accuseth the â—â—stice of him that punisheth Wheâ—â— he that suffereth affliction should lâ—â—â— not to murmure although he knowâ—â—â— the cause of his suffering because evâ—â—â— man should think he suffereth justâ—â—â— seeing he is judged of him whose judgâ—ments are never unjust and if thâ—â— shouldest object at any time that thâ—â— art punished without a cause yâ—â— know that thou hast deserved as muâ—â— in other causes which thou thinkeâ—â— not of Yet suppose that thou wert aâ—â— together blameless in that respeâ—â— well may he once afflict thee for 〈◊〉 cause that hath freed thee from many deserved punishments SECT 3 â—â—ve aggravatinns of the sin of murmuring â—â—ve Now come to consider the many aggravations of this sin of murâ—â—ring 1. It is a high piece of vanity and â—â—â—ly to murmure at any of Gods disâ—â—nsations and God at one time or oâ—â—er will shew such men their folly â—hose that murmure against Gods â—â—ovidences are like the Eremite that â—olcot speaks of that alwayes desired â—hat weather he thought best for the â—erbs in his Garden and still he had 〈◊〉 in that excess that nothing prospeâ—ed that he sowed therein and lamentâ—â—g his ill success to his friend 〈◊〉 in lib. 〈…〉 9 he anâ—wered him thus Putabas te sapientiâ—rem deo ipse ostendit tibi fatuitaâ—em tuam thou thoughtest thy self wiâ—er then God and he hath shewed thee â—hy folly Ordinarily men extoll the â—heapness of former times their great hospitality their kind neiâ—bourhood their honest deal their skilful workmanship their liâ—â—rall almsdeeds their devout piâ—â— their deep wisdom Cotton exposit in Eccles 7. their valiant 〈◊〉 The Papists think it was a betâ—â—â— world under their Religion then oâ—â— Heathens thought the Empire floâ—rished more under the worship of Jâ—piter then under Christian Religioâ— Multitudes of people now adayes aâ—â— apt to say Such times and such dayâ—â— were better then these and this is 〈◊〉 want of judgement to discern of thâ—â— times but God seeth these times 〈◊〉 be fittest for us Say not thou saitâ— Solomon What is the cause that the former duyes were better then these fâ—â— thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this Eccles 7.10 Were it not foâ— mens wickedness the times would not be so bad as they are Murmurers are like boyes that turn round about till their senses being turned they imagine all things to turn round with them 2. Consider what good ye can do â—ur selves by your murmuring â—hrist saith concerning carking cares â—hich of you by taking thought can add â—â—e cubit to your stature Mat. 6.27 〈◊〉 I say what advantage is it to you 〈◊〉 murmure against Gods dealings 〈◊〉 who can make that straight which 〈◊〉 hath made crooked saith the wise â—an Eccles 713 It is a vain thing â—â—erefore to quarrel at Gods proviâ—ence Isai 8.21 or to imagine we â—â—n redress any evils by our own wisâ—om no it is God alone who can â—ake straight that which is crooked â—oth in the hearts estates and wayes â—f men who then shall say unto the Lord What dost thou 3. By murmuring men lose the â—omfort and sweetness of all their â—njoyments all that they have doth â—hem no good at all they are so discontented for some one thing that they want Ahab prizeth not a kingdom while he wanteth Naboths poor vineyard and Haman that under King Ahasuerus governed 127 Provinces too no content in the glory of his richeâ— nor in the multitude of his childreâ— nor in all the things wherein the Kinâ— had promoted him nor in all his advancement above the Princes and seâ—vants of the King all this The whole duty of man paâ—tit 7. saith he availeth me nothing so long as I seâ— Mordecai the Jew sitting at the Kingâ— gate E st 5.11 12 13. If as the Psalmist saith it be a joyful and pleasant thing to be thankful Bur Jewel of contenâ— then on the contrary it is a sad and unpleasant thing to be murmuring One observeth concerning Manna when the people were contented with Gods allowance then it was very good but when they would not be content therewith but would gather more then he would have them then worms grew in it so when we are content with our condition there is a blessing in it then it is sweet to us but if we must needs have more and will keep it longer then God would have us enjoy it then some worm or other will corrupt it that it will do us no good at all 4. See how God esteemeth of this sin of murmuring It is call'd in Scripture by the name of Rebellion We read Numb 16.41 that on the morrow after the death of Corah and his companions all the Congregation murmured against Moses and Aaron saying Ye have killed the people of the Lord they all murmured now in the next Chapter ver 10. the Lord said unto Moses Bring Aarons rod again before the testimony to be kept for a token against the Rebels So that to be a murmurer is to be a Rebel against God to have a murmuring heart is to have a heart rising against the Lord a general discontent and murmuring â—n a Nation is usually the fore-runner of rebellion and murmuring is the root of rebellion against God and so the Lord accounted it Gregory saith Murmurantes dicuntur intrare in judicium cum Deo Gregor in Psal 7. that murmurers do enter into judgement with God he is a very bad Souldier that followes his General grudging â—nd murmuring saith Seneca Malus est miles qui Imperatorem sequitur gemens Seneca and he is as bad a Christian that that cannot look at Gods dispensations without murmuring at them 5. By murmuring men lose the benefit that they might reap by every passage of D vine providence that they meet withal God brought Israel into many straits in the wilderness to humble them and to prove them to know what was in