A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Lastly, you shall find it in the hands too, and there it exceeds it self: in the heart it is but corruption, in the hands it is eruption. Ex ungue leonem; you may know a covetous Wolfe by his paws. A troubled fountain sends forth unpure streams: an evil heart hath a most evil hand. If the hand grope for a bribe, as Felix did of Paul; there is a most unjust heart. If the hand scramble for wealth,¹ there is a covetous heart. If the hand be still striking and stabbing, there is a bloody heart. The actions of the hands are so many characters, whereby we may spell the meaning of the heart. Manus loquuntur, the hands speak a man. What a man does, I am sure he thinks, not evermore what he says. Sauls tongue could say, Prastiti mandatum, 1 Sam. 15. Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have performed the commandment of the Lord. But Samuel heard the language of his hands; What means then the bleating of the Sheep, and lowing of the Oxen in mine errs? Verse 14. Corruptio, quae reponitur cordibus, exponitur manibus. The corruption that is secreted in the heart, is declared by the hand. The deaf man would think the air quiet, but he that hears it thunder, knows it is troubled. Many look fair and sky-coloured in their profession; but Fulminant operibus, they thunder in their works.^x They imagine mischief, and practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. They have breath as sweet as Sirens, but their deeds leave a stink behind them.

Lastly, you shall finde it in the hands too, and there it exceeds it selfe: in the heart it is but corruption, in the hands it is eruption. Ex ungue leonem; you may know a covetous Wolfe by his pawes. A troubled fountaine sends forth unpure streames: an evill heart hath a most evill hand. If the hand grope for a bribe, as Felix did of Paul; there is a most unjust heart. If the hand scramble for wealth,¹ there is a covetous heart. If the hand be still striking and stabbing, there is a bloudy heart. The actions of the hands are so many characters, whereby we may spell the meaning of the heart. Manus loquuntur, the hands speake a man. What a man does, I am sure he thinkes, not evermore what he saies. Sauls tongue could say, Prastiti mandatum,