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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46240	A cure for the tongue-evill, or, A receipt against vain oaths being a plain and profitable poem, shewing the hainousness of common swearing, with reasons against it, and remedies for it / by T.I., an hearty well-wisher to his king, church, and country.	Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?	1662 (1662)	Wing J1024; ESTC R10705	7,712	18

A CURE FOR THE Tongue-Evill OR A Receipt against VAIN OATHS Being a plain and profitable Poem SHEWING The Hainousness of COMMON SWEARING with Reasons against it and Remedies for it By T. I. an hearty Well-wisher to his King Church and Country LONDON Printed for Christopher Ecclestone in St. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet 1662. A CURE FOR THE Tongue-Evill REader take well what I thee here present To Cure thy Tongue that wild-fire instrument As it by Common Oaths doth give offence To all that fear God in a filial sence Now what means swearing customarily Is 't not a strain of hellish poesy But stay who ever heard hells Jailor use With horrid oath Gods dreadfull name t' abuse Cert's 't is a truth to give devills their due They will not swear as doth their cursed crue The devils roaring herd both swear and lye But this alone is his grand property Hells fiend rants not in wine or ale or beer As if with oaths he heaven and earth would tear His subtile wit variety affords Without all nonsense-sauring-swearing-words Yet as for oaths as commonly they 're us'd The causes vile by which they are produc't Are hells provoking pow'rs Satan and sin Sinne unrepented causing rage within Want of Gods fear and love the great neglect Of daily prayers want of due respect To Gods all-seeing eye his vast essence That heaven and earth doth fill with his presence Neglect of reading Gods most Holy Law Which God hath ma●e to keep us in his awe The damn'● abuse of mea● to great excesse Of Wine and other drinks to drunkennesse A vayn and light heart a distemper'd brain And fellowsh●p with those whom Oathes do stain A 〈◊〉 and hee●less minde base idlenesse Anger and gami●g and covetousnesse For were it not for these infectious ills No speech would bee that conversation spills Swearing's a bodge in wilde mens poetry Who minde not words of ingenuity It is a rash fooles bolt that is soon shot Did men consider use it they would not It is the rant of debauch'd Ruffians That stare and roar o're pots and cups and cans It is a mad uncivill Bedlam course Which gracelesse people use in their discourse It is the silth defiles Gods Attributes A Folly which with reason never suites The Cognizance 't is of Gods Enemy The damned mens note in Hellish misery It is from Hell a vapour rising so That down to Hell again it bends to goe It is a badge of Satans followers Gives blackness worse than that of Colliers It binds the Soul to Satan Death and Hell It is the signe at which Satan doth dwell It is the Common and filthy drivell Of a foul in-mate in men the Devill It is the poyson of the lips which makes The soul to stink worse than the filthiest ●akes It is the thunder from Hell that is sent For it men quake if for it they repent It is a banefull hearb thht grows apace It chokes the seed of the good word of grace It is the Common Filth whereby's defil'd Both Man and Woman and the tender Child One onely day the Sabbath men do break But every day and hour sweare when they speak Oaths are so common they fly up and down In every Country County City Town At Cards and Dice at table bed and boord Men use this plaguy soul-polluting word Both Master and Servants in every place Gods Holy Name do commonly disgrace The rich and poor in this are all alike At Gods great name with ugly Oaths they strike There 's scarce an house in which there 's not one dead Through wicked oaths which wound the heart and head For other sins there seemeth some pretence That profit or pleasure doth flow from thence Such is the way of Drunkards theevish wights And those that violate the Nuptiall Rites But swearing is so base a foolery It brings no pleasure nor utility It wounds more hearts together at one blow Then any weapon of the deadly'st foe A Common oath is like a fatal dart Which being shot doth wound the shooters heart An house full of plagues and a tongue of Oaths Are joyn'd together as Body and Cloaths For this the flying roll of cursed woe That cuts off many o're the earth doth go As man doth not delight to blesse but swear And curse so shall be wofull curses wear This brings the plague on mens houses of clay Upon their goods and Chattels in a way Of crosses losses and many curses It breeds a vacuum in mens purses Nothing holds well with those who do'nt refrain Their tongues from belching in this bloody strain The swearer needs no executioner But his vile tongue himself to rent and tear He needs not any poison spear or sword To kill himself but his own tongue and word A good name is precious in ev'ry kinde But this is worthless in a swearers minde It is a truth 'gainst which there 's no dispute He lyar-like is crackt in his repute By oaths Saints hearts are wounded through their ears They 'r words for which the Christian sheddeth tears They grieve Gods Spirit in saints and they make In little worlds a great and sad earth-quake Swearing is like the plague it spreads and kills With great infection it many fills The swearers plagues company Still multiply their base society Except the Scottish Covenant-sharer I dare pronounce the rash common swearer The worst of the worst of Subjects yea more The millions of common oathes men swore Occasion'd this damned Covenant As being the product of the swearers rant God suffer'd this for these for cause best known Unto his dreadfull Majesty alone To gather rebells 'gainst our Sovereign Our Church and State to our great woe and pain Swearing's a fire that many places burns It is an engine houses over-turns It smites the aire into tempests thunder The ground Gods-footstool it tears asunder It makes the Land to put on sable weeds And in great Kingdoms dismal changes breeds This bloody agent both in Church and State Doth ruin all things in most dreadfull fate It is a Kingdom-weakning wasting Sin It is a State-confounding cursed gin This leading generall sin in notions Doth bring upon them desolations This sin which is of a deep stain and die On all the world brings grievous misery T is sad to think how many Millions Do damn their souls by their foul swearing tongues T is sad to think how many plagues and woes Are usher'd in by Oathes mens mortal foes Swearing's high treason 'gainst the King of Kings On swearers heads who justly Vengeance brings Gods attributes stand all engag'd 'gainst all That commonly to witnesse God doth call A swearer is Gods daring Opposite And is abhominable in his sight As much as in man lies he wounds Gods soul As if vain dust would live without controul No man Gods honour makes to suffer worse

Wouldst thou not Cov'nant with thy lips tongue To use Gods Name with circumspection I dare presume thou wouldst yet wilt thou not Fear God who threatens swearers with the lot Of endlesse easelesse torments in Hell-fire Which none but he can do in his fierce ire Methinks thou shouldst consider well in mind That God's thy Maker and Preserver kind That God is Lord and Judge of all for hence Thou mightest learn Gods Name to reverence And alwayes stand in greater awe of God Than man who can scourge all men with his Rod. Consider that the Hosts Caelestiall The Sun and Moon and Stars obey Gods call Consider that the Heavens the Clouds the Aire Fire Earth and Sea and all things therein are Bespeak us all by their obedience Gods Holy Name to have in reverence Consider that all things both deaf and dumb Do call on us Gods Servants to become And b'ing endow'd with reasons light and grace To praise Gods sacred Name in ev'ry place Consider this that God for all he gives Asks only prayse while mortall mankind lives That hon'ring God in this sad vale of tears They may him praise in Heav'n free from all fears Keep silence or refrain thy lips some dayes From Oaths yea words to free thy mouth alwayes From uselesse fruitlesse speech for then thou shalt So keep thy tongue that it shall never halt Resolve for each rash Oath this penalty To put upon thy self in equity Give certain silver peeces to the Poor As two or three or four or six or more For by their prayers great in Gods esteeme Thou may'st thy mouth from all vain Oaths redeem Mind praysing God as they in Heav'n that dwell Angells and Saints for in it they excell And if with them thou thinkest a part to bear Thou must on Earth betimes defist to swear Gods Saints below foresee Gods love above And this their hearts tongues doth strongly move To praise his holy name while they do live That God to them eternall life may give They are not like proud wordlings who like Swine Tread under feet the gifts that are divine Through all the gifts they do receive they see And do acknowledg God most thankfully They wait for life in Heav'n free from all shame And therefore here they praise Gods holy name Mind if thy name men used commonly As thou dost use Gods dreadfull Majesty Thou would'st it take in great and just disdain As if thy name they filthily did stain And do not thou to others what thou wouldest hate Others should do to thee in name or state That thou mayest not thy soul in danger bring Through Oaths pull out thy raging passions sting Let not the worlds great make-bate anger make Thee madman-like Gods holy name to take Look how unruly dogs their chains that slip To do great Mischiefs up and down will skip So wrathfull men for want of reasons pow'r Gods honour seek most wildly to devour Now that thou may'st shun wrath where Oaths do ●ow Indang'ring soules as Wisemen clearly know Praise God if once his blessed hand of grace Restrain'd thy tongue from speaking in disgrace Of his great Majesty that thou may'st still Find grace to speak according to his will Behold Christ Jesus his sad agony And bloody sweat enduring quietly Behold him suff'ring most cruell scoffings Spittings whippings and wofull buffetings And last of all a death of pain and shame For thee that wrath may never the inflame Mind this vile worm that thus Christ suffered That thou by wrath may'st never be misled Keep anger in by silence that it may Soon spend it self and vanish quite away With Heathenish Cato learn to pardon all Except thy self for failings great and small To keep thy tongue from oaths those words of death Take heed of drunkennesse whilst thou dost breath That heart-bewitching brain-besotting sin Marring speech without spoyling heart within Hence oaths men use when drunk stick in their teeth When sober grown and this the Wise man seeth If thou dost love thy soul next God most dear Of Wrathfull men as common swearers are Avoyd the banning company for why It bindes betrays and blindes destructively Forbear their presence or do not forbear To give them due rebukes when they do swear And that with friendly loving gentlenesse That they their Oaths with loathing may confesse That this Goliah-monstrous sin may have Its wound to death I do thee humbly crave That thou wouldst prudent warning take This sin of sins most timely to forsake By dreadfull Judgements on Blasphemers sent That for and from vain Oaths thou may'st repent See stories stuft with Swearers smitten dumb So struck that mad blind dead they did become And those examples were that men might fear God and themselves by Oaths to rent and tear Let Kings therefore be wise and Magistrates So ord'ring all that live within their Gates That none do swear by Gods most sacred Name Least they themselves do suffer for the same Shame and dishonour for Gods word is true Dishonour me and I 'le dishonour you Let all be wise and utter not a word That may become their soul-destroying sword Let all with all their might advance Gods Name That God may keep them from eternal shame Let all our tongues speak well of God most high That God may bless us all Eternally Let us all pray and do accordingly With hearts and tongues that we may sanctifie Gods holy dreadfull just and mighty Name That all our speeches may be free from blame So shall we use our tongues with sapience And shall be blessed when we go from hence Let us not say our words are winde for why This is a truth which wise men can't deny Rash Oaths are such a winde that hurry men Into the Devils black and noysome Den. Let us not call our Oaths to speech a grace For that by them Gods Name we do deface Lastly if we will bear most worthily The name of Children dear to God on high If we do love our God in Heaven our King Our Goods our Soul as a most precious thing Our Kin our Country-men and Nation Angels and Saints and our Salvation Let us not curse or swear as Atheists do That ban themselves to Hell the lake of woe Let us be still or let our speech bring forth Something to some that may be something worth Let our words be few wise and circumspect And alwayes to Gods glory have respect That speaking here like Angels as we ought Hereafter we to Angels may be brought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS The Causes of vain swearing St. Matth. ● 27 Esay 57.20 A mad Sin Hellish St Matth. 5.27 ●am 5.12 Devillish Psal. 10.7 Filthy Terrible Banefull Common Vnprofitable Injurious To a mans self Psal. 109.19 Zach. 5.3 Psal. 109.17 18 19. His body and Goods To his Soul Psal. 64.8 To his good name To Saints To others To the King To Kingdoms Ier. 23.10 Hosea 4.3 To God Psal. 129.20 Gods honour Law Ier. 5.7 Person Psal. 73.9 Iustice. Christs Church Person Name Bloud Body A Sin most sin●ull Psal. 59.12 Zac 8.17 Psal. 10.7 A complicated Evil. Hos. 4.2 Psal. 69.22 Ob. Sol. 〈◊〉 Remedies against rash swearing 〈…〉 Psal. ●5 2● Eccles. 23.10 11. and an Oath Jer. 4.2 Col. 3.8 Psalm 37.8 Hos. 4.11 Remedys against Wrath. Psal. 39. ● Remedies against swearing Hos. 4.11 Prov. 2● 24 1 Sam. 2.30 1 Pet. 3.15 Matth. 6. Ob. Sol. Ob. Sol. Psal. 145.2