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be_v fling_v in_o our_o face_n the_o worst_a language_n that_o have_v ever_o be_v dip_v in_o the_o forge_n or_o tip_v at_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n shall_v be_v bestow_v upon_o we_o wherein_o they_o resemble_v those_o ancient_a enemy_n of_o the_o gospel_n who_o clad_v the_o martyr_n in_o the_o skin_n of_o wild_a beast_n to_o animate_v the_o dog_n to_o tear_v they_o this_o evil_a world_n hate_v true_a christian_n as_o it_o do_v christ_n without_o a_o cause_n ready_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o most_o innocent_a and_o so_o clothing_n they_o with_o pretend_a cause_n to_o colour_v that_o her_o hatred_n for_o as_o no_o man_n love_v evil_a but_o under_o the_o show_n of_o good_a so_o no_o man_n will_v appear_v to_o hate_v what_o be_v good_a but_o under_o the_o appearance_n of_o evil_a truth_n itself_o be_v arraign_v as_o a_o deceiver_n and_o he_o by_o who_o king_n reign_n represent_v as_o a_o enemy_n to_o caesar_n and_o under_o such_o representation_n to_o the_o people_n he_o be_v 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achitophel_n in_o the_o one_o a_o doeg_n in_o the_o other_o a_o belial_n in_o both_o and_o let_v such_o man_n know_v that_o this_o their_o instigation_n will_v end_v at_o last_o either_o in_o anguish_n or_o confusion_n tear_n or_o torment_n will_v become_v their_o recompense_n sect_n 30._o 5._o it_o be_v the_o manner_n and_o custom_n of_o wicked_a man_n to_o scoff_n at_o the_o righteous_a godly_a as_o ishmael_n scoff_v at_o isaac_n gen._n 21.9_o rabshakeh_n at_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o people_n 2_o king_n 18.27_o and_o the_o philosopher_n at_o paul_n act_v 17.18_o to_o 21._o and_o to_o this_o day_n the_o world_n be_v too_o full_a of_o scoff_a atheist_n and_o mocker_n of_o piety_n michal_n be_v barren_a yet_o she_o have_v too_o many_o child_n that_o scorn_v holy_a exercise_n every_o household_n almost_o have_v some_o in_o it_o
their_o tooth_n beat_v out_o â—lighted_v to_o prevent_v their_o bite_n yea_o and_o their_o chap_n muzzle_v for_o fear_n of_o open_v yet_o most_o of_o they_o be_v toothless_a cur_n which_o though_o they_o bark_v yet_o they_o can_v bite_v and_o cowardly_a cur_n for_o if_o you_o note_v such_o a_o one_o he_o seldom_o unbutton_v his_o tumoured_a breast_n but_o when_o he_o find_v none_o to_o oppose_v the_o bigness_n of_o his_o look_n and_o tongue_n and_o for_o such_o our_o only_a way_n be_v either_o to_o slight_v they_o as_o king_n philip_n do_v nicanor_n in_o the_o like_a case_n who_o be_v tell_v by_o smitichus_fw-la of_o his_o evil_a report_n and_o railing_n answer_v nicanor_n be_v not_o esteem_v by_o the_o worst_a in_o macedonia_n or_o else_o stop_v their_o mouth_n with_o some_o good_a turn_n as_o aeneas_n in_o the_o fiction_n cast_v cerberus_n the_o hellhound_n a_o sweet_a morsel_n that_o he_o may_v not_o bark_v against_o he_o the_o door_n when_o it_o have_v be_v oil_v leave_v creak_v and_o this_o be_v good_a policy_n for_o bark_a cur_n ofttimes_o great_a mastiff_n wake_v but_o as_o if_o the_o term_n of_o dog_n be_v of_o too_o narrow_a extent_n phrase_n the_o scripture_n elsewhere_o call_v they_o devil_n saint_n pauâ—_n 2_o tim._n 3.3_o as_o bishop_n andrews_n observe_v from_o the_o original_a foretell_v that_o in_o the_o latter_a day_n there_o shall_v be_v man_n devil_n foul_a mouth_a man_n evil_a speaker_n and_o 1_o tim._n 3_o 11_o he_o speak_v of_o women-devil_n who_o speech_n be_v calumnious_a and_o wherefore_o be_v the_o devil_n call_v by_o that_o name_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o foul_a mouth_n in_o defame_v yea_o a_o calumny_n say_v one_o of_o the_o father_n be_v the_o devil_n mind_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o man_n lip_n his_o arrow_n shoot_v by_o man_n bow_n he_o dare_v he_o his_o lie_n and_o malice_n and_o borrow_v his_o tongue_n to_o utter_v they_o because_o the_o devil_n want_v a_o tongue_n i_o close_o up_o this_o point_n with_o those_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n either_o convert_v the_o person_n or_o confound_v the_o lie_a lip_n o_o god_n that_o speak_v against_o the_o righteous_a sect_n 33._o 8._o it_o be_v their_o manâ—er_n to_o raise_v slander_n of_o the_o godly_a godly_a as_o those_o wicked_a man_n slander_v naboth_n say_v he_o have_v blaspheme_v god_n and_o the_o king_n confirm_v the_o same_o with_o a_o oath_n 1_o king_n 21._o thus_o the_o wicked_a slander_v david_n psalm_n 57.4_o and_o the_o multitude_n john_n baptist_n say_v he_o have_v a_o devil_n matth._n 11.18_o it_o be_v satan_n policy_n because_o report_v both_o make_v jealousy_n truth_n where_o there_o be_v none_o and_o increase_v those_o that_o be_v to_o abuse_v our_o ear_n in_o hear_v our_o tongue_n in_o speak_v and_o our_o heart_n in_o believe_a lie_n to_o disable_v we_o from_o discern_v the_o truth_n yea_o this_o stratagem_n of_o raise_v slander_n upon_o good_a man_n like_o a_o huge_a and_o mighty_a polyphem_n have_v do_v such_o service_n to_o the_o uncircumcised_a that_o example_n thereof_o in_o scripture_n be_v like_o moat_n in_o the_o sun_n and_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o parallel_v former_a age_n with_o this_o of_o we_o for_o well_o may_v we_o take_v up_o those_o word_n of_o the_o psalmist_n servant_n the_o wicked_a bend_v their_o bow_n and_o make_v ready_a their_o arrow_n upon_o the_o string_n that_o they_o may_v secret_o shoot_v at_o they_o which_o be_v upright_o in_o heart_n psalm_n 11.2_o innocency_n be_v no_o shelter_n against_o evil_a tongue_n malice_n never_o regard_v how_o true_a any_o accusation_n be_v but_o how_o spiteful_a and_o great_a wit_n be_v not_o more_o ready_a they_o with_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o elder_n matth._n 28.12_o 13._o to_o raise_v these_o slander_n than_o the_o common_a sort_n be_v apt_a to_o believe_v the_o same_o as_o we_o see_v by_o our_o saviour_n example_n ver_fw-la 15._o and_o how_o many_o particular_a person_n know_v to_o their_o smart_n that_o a_o slander_n once_o raise_v will_v scarce_o ever_o die_v for_o come_v once_o into_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o vulgar_a true_a or_o false_a like_a wildfire_n it_o can_v never_o be_v quench_v for_o even_o death_n itself_o which_o deliver_v a_o man_n from_o all_o other_o enemy_n dye_n be_v not_o able_a to_o deliver_v he_o from_o this_o of_o the_o tongue_n whereas_o truth_n have_v much_o ado_n to_o be_v believe_v a_o lie_n run_v far_o before_o it_o can_v be_v stay_v however_o behind_o a_o man_n once_o wound_v in_o his_o good_a name_n be_v not_o cure_v without_o scar_n of_o suspicion_n yea_o common_o as_o a_o little_a ball_n roll_v in_o the_o snow_n gather_v itself_o to_o a_o great_a lump_n so_o the_o report_n that_o be_v but_o a_o little_a spark_n at_o first_o prove_v a_o great_a flame_n by_o that_o it_o have_v pass_v through_o many_o mouth_n but_o do_v not_o man_n own_o wickedness_n blind_v they_o be_v they_o not_o absolute_o turn_v fool_n they_o will_v thus_o argue_v not_o he_o that_o be_v accuse_v but_o he_o that_o be_v convict_v be_v guilty_a believe_v as_o lactantius_n have_v it_o in_o the_o chancery_n be_v many_o accusation_n they_o never_o mean_v to_o prove_v neither_o do_v any_o law_n condenme_v a_o man_n till_o he_o come_v to_o his_o answer_n upright_o cato_n be_v fifty_o time_n undeserved_o indict_v and_o accuse_v by_o his_o fellow_n citizen_n yet_o be_v every_o time_n acquit_v and_o find_v innocent_a the_o orator_n tertullus_n when_o he_o will_v plead_v against_o paul_n say_v we_o have_v find_v this_o man_n a_o pestilent_a fellow_n act_v 24.5_o but_o if_o you_o mark_v it_o this_o foolish_a tertulâ—us_n mistake_v the_o antidote_n for_o the_o poison_n the_o remedy_n for_o the_o disease_n indeed_o he_o have_v some_o wit_n in_o his_o anger_n and_o so_o have_v his_o follower_n in_o slander_v such_o as_o excel_v in_o virtue_n for_o whereas_o former_o the_o splendour_n of_o the_o other_o virtue_n have_v obscure_v the_o meanness_n of_o their_o credit_n as_o the_o lesser_a light_n of_o a_o candle_n be_v obscure_v by_o the_o great_a light_n of_o the_o sun_n so_o now_o by_o cloud_v and_o deprave_v he_o and_o all_o his_o fellow_n himself_o shall_v be_v judge_v virtuous_a veâ—y_o cheap_a account_v a_o man_n of_o honesty_n and_o honour_n though_o a_o parricide_n or_o a_o sacrilegious_a person_n and_o be_v it_o not_o good_a policy_n for_o a_o swinish_a drunkard_n we_o or_o a_o beastly_a liver_n to_o fling_v dirt_n in_o a_o holy_a man_n face_n when_o first_o any_o colour_n seem_v the_o fair_a when_o as_o black_a be_v by_o second_o when_o be_v conscious_a of_o their_o own_o defect_n by_o this_o mean_n they_o draw_v away_o man_n thought_n and_o consideration_n of_o the_o beholder_n from_o climb_v up_o into_o their_o fault_n while_o they_o be_v fix_v and_o busy_v upon_o a_o new_a object_n one_o colour_n we_o know_v be_v lay_v upon_o another_o do_v away_o tâ—e_v former_a and_o remain_v itself_o thief_n a_o cutpurse_n in_o a_o throng_n when_o he_o have_v commit_v the_o fact_n will_v cry_v out_o my_o master_n take_v heed_n of_o your_o purse_n and_o he_o that_o be_v pursue_v will_v cry_v stop_v thief_n that_o by_o this_o mean_v he_o may_v escape_v unattach_v sect_n 34._o 9_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o they_o to_o curse_v the_o godly_a godly_a as_o goliath_n curse_v david_n 1_o sam._n 17.43_o and_o also_o shimei_n 2_o sam._n 16.7_o to_o 15._o thus_o the_o heathen_a curse_a israel_n zach._n 8.13_o and_o thus_o wicked_a in_o all_o age_n shall_v be_v so_o drink_v with_o malice_n that_o they_o shall_v spew_v out_o curse_v and_o slander_n against_o the_o godly_a as_o our_o saviour_n have_v foretell_v mat._n 5.44_o and_o experience_n prove_v that_o not_o a_o few_o among_o we_o do_v steep_a their_o word_n in_o hate_n and_o curse_n against_o the_o good_a carry_v this_o deadly_a poison_n these_o arrow_n sword_n knife_n razor_n in_o their_o mouth_n wherewith_o to_o interlace_v their_o discourse_n whether_o in_o revile_v the_o present_a or_o backbiting_a the_o absent_a there_o be_v a_o generation_n pity_n they_o shall_v be_v call_v christian_n all_o who_o prayer_n be_v curse_n and_o all_o their_o relation_n lie_v or_o if_o sometime_o they_o lend_v the_o truth_n their_o voice_n truth_n they_o be_v but_o false_a witness_n in_o speak_v of_o it_o for_o their_o heart_n be_v of_o another_o judgement_n as_o let_v they_o say_v with_o their_o mouth_n i_o believe_v in_o god_n or_o our_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n or_o god_n speak_v these_o word_n etc._n etc._n even_o in_o this_o they_o lie_v for_o in_o their_o heart_n they_o think_v there_o be_v no_o god_n at_o all_o or_o if_o with_o their_o heart_n they_o believe_v and_o with_o their_o tongue_n confess_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n at_o least_o by_o their_o work_n they_o deny_v he_o and_o the_o power_n