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ourselves_o and_o other_o 1_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n that_o our_o tongue_n may_v obey_v he_o god_n require_v that_o service_n of_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v set_v apart_o for_o he_o that_o holiness_n to_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v write_v upon_o our_o tongue_n as_o well_o as_o upon_o our_o heart_n for_o god_n make_v with_o excellent_a skill_n and_o christ_n redeem_v with_o great_a price_n our_o tongue_n for_o himself_o peculiar_o and_o this_o word_n come_v out_o of_o god_n mouth_n in_o righteousness_n bind_v with_o a_o solemn_a oath_n that_o unto_o i_o every_o knee_n shall_v bow_v every_o tongue_n shall_v swear_v say_v isaiah_n 45.23_o 1â—_n rom._n 14_o 1â—_n every_o tongue_n shall_v confess_v to_o god_n say_v paul_n or_o that_o every_o tongue_n shall_v confess_v that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v lord_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o 1â—_n the_o phil._n 2_o 1â—_n father_n god_n our_o father_n require_v all_o his_o child_n shall_v give_v he_o their_o tongue_n as_o well_o as_o 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calamy_n simeon_n ashe_n william_n taylor_n london_n june_n 28._o 1656._o to_o the_o reader_n the_o tongue_n of_o man_n be_v the_o heart_n interpreter_n 12.34_o quotidiana_fw-la fornax_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la humana_fw-la lingua_fw-la aug._n lib._n 10_o confess_v mat._n 12.34_o the_o inward_a motion_n of_o the_o mind_n have_v vent_v at_o the_o mouth_n as_o spark_n from_o a_o furnace_n and_o the_o soul_n conception_n be_v bring_v forth_o by_o its_o busy_a midwifery_n the_o tongue_n be_v the_o key_n that_o unlock_v the_o heart_n treasury_n out_o of_o who_o abundance_n it_o speak_v our_o discourse_n be_v discovery_n of_o what_o be_v within_o as_o when_o the_o pump_n go_v we_o may_v know_v what_o water_n be_v in_o the_o fountain_n whether_o clear_a or_o muddy_a or_o when_o the_o clapper_n strike_v we_o may_v guess_v what_o metal_n be_v in_o the_o bell_n the_o corruption_n of_o man_n mind_n not_o much_o unlike_o the_o inflammation_n of_o a_o fever_n ordinary_o break_v forth_o and_o 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that_o man_n take_v special_a care_n for_o a_o regular_a order_n of_o this_o unruly_a member_n the_o apostle_n james_n compare_v it_o to_o fire_n and_o that_o have_v need_n be_v watch_v and_o well_o tend_v for_o it_o be_v a_o good_a servant_n 1.26_o jam._n 3.6_o jam._n 1.26_o but_o a_o bad_a master_n and_o he_o lay_v a_o mighty_a stress_n upon_o it_o if_o any_o man_n seem_v to_o be_v religious_a and_o bridle_v not_o his_o tongue_n this_o man_n religion_n be_v vain_a than_o not_o bridle_v of_o the_o tongue_n stain_n and_o sully_n the_o most_o gay_a and_o fair_a profession_n and_o without_o this_o all_o be_v but_o seem_v and_o vain_a religion_n 13.3_o prov._n 13.3_o he_o that_o keep_v his_o mouth_n say_v solomon_n keep_v his_o life_n the_o double_a guard_n of_o lip_n and_o tooth_n be_v not_o enough_o there_o must_v be_v thy_o own_o watchfulness_n where_o be_v that_o man_n that_o love_v not_o life_n that_o desire_v not_o many_o day_n that_o he_o may_v see_v good_a for_o the_o attainment_n 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that_o open_v wide_a his_o lip_n shall_v have_v 13.3_o have_v pro._n 13.3_o destruction_n adonijah_n petition_n he_o ask_v of_o bathsheba_n and_o by_o she_o of_o solomon_n to_o have_v abishag_fw-mi to_o wife_n cost_v he_o his_o life_n 1_o king_n 2.16_o 17_o 23_o 24_o 25._o mens_fw-la tongue_n be_v the_o engine_n of_o their_o own_o ruin_n therefore_o be_v they_o say_v to_o make_v their_o own_o tongue_n to_o fall_v upon_o themselves_o 64.8_o themselves_o psa_fw-la 64.8_o that_o be_v the_o mischief_n their_o tongue_n have_v utter_v against_o other_o shall_v be_v execute_v upon_o themselves_o god_n will_v do_v to_o they_o what_o they_o have_v speak_v against_o other_o man_n have_v better_a a_o mountain_n shall_v fall_v upon_o they_o than_o the_o weight_n of_o their_o own_o offend_a tongue_n what_o shall_v be_v give_v or_o do_v unto_o thou_o thou_o false_a tongue_n say_v the_o 4._o the_o psal_n 102.3_o 4._o psalmist_n sharp_a arrow_n of_o the_o mighty_a with_o coal_n of_o juniper_n that_o 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