A01956:1913
The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ…The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ…
The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ hath endowed her considered in some contemplations upon part of the 12. chapter of the Hebrews : together with certain other meditations and discourses upon other portions of Holy Scriptures, the titles whereof immediately precede the book : being the sum of diverse sermons preached in S. Gregory's London / by Thomas Adams ...The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ hath endowed her considered in some contemplations vpon part of the 12. chapter of the Hebrewes : together with certain other meditations and discourses vpon other portions of Holy Scriptures, the titles wherof immediately precede the booke : being the summe of diuerse sermons preached in S. Gregories London / by Thomas Adams ...
London: printed by G.P. for John Grismand, 1619London: printed by G.P. for Iohn Grismand, 1619
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Poison hath thus got from their silent thoughts, to their moving senses; and from thence to their, loud and lewd talking tongues. And this bewrays their venom, as the Serpents Hissing betrays his malice. pThe heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart. Cesar said, he feared not Anthony, whose heart was in his tongue; but Cassius, whose tongue was in his heart. A wicked mans tongue discovers him. A bell may have a crack, though invisible: take the clapper and strike, and you shall soon perceive it. The ungodly may conceal his wickedness by silence: but if the clapper strikes, if his tongue walks, you shall quickly perceive, he is cracked. A poisoned tongue cannot forbear to sputter abroad his venom.
Poyson hath thus got from their silent thoughts, to their mouing senses; and from thence to their, lowd and lewd talking tongues. And this bewrayes their venime, as the Serpents Hissing betrayes his malice. pThe heart of fooles is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart. Cesar said, hee feared not Anthonie, whose heart was in his tongue; but Cassius, whose tongue was in his heart. A wicked mans tongue discouers him. A bell may haue a cracke, though inuisible: take the clapper and strike, and you shall soone perceiue it. The vngodly may conceale his wickednesse by silence: but if the clapper strikes, if his tongue walkes, you shall quickly perceiue, he is crack'd. A poysond tongue cannot forbeare to sputter abroad his venime.
- pEccl. 21. 26.
4. From the Tongue this poison runs to the Hands. Anaxagoras thought Man the wisest of all creatures, because he hath hands: he might have thought him the wickedest of all creatures, because he hath hands. No creature doth so much hurt with his teeth or talons, as the wicked man with his poisoned hands. A man doth greatly express himself by his hands. Paul by beckoning his