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It is observable, that which way soever a wicked man useth his tongue, he cannot use it well. Mordet detrahendo, lingit adulando. He bites by detraction, licks by flattery; and either of these touches rankle: he doth no less hurt by licking, then by biting. All the parts of his mouth are instruments of wickedness. Logicians in the difference betwixt vocem, and sonum, say that a voice is made by the lips, teeth, throat, tongue.

It is obseruable, that which way soeuer a wicked man vseth his tongue, he cannot vse it well. Mordet detrahendo, lingit adulando. He bites by detraction, lickes by flattery; and eyther of these touches ranckle: he doth no lesse hurt by licking, then by biting. All the parts of his mouth are instruments of wickednesse. Logicians in the difference betwixt vocem, and sonum, say that a voice is made by the lippes, teeth, throat, tongue.

The Psalmographer on every one of these hath set a brand of wickedness.¹ 1. The lips are labia dolosa, lying lips, Psal. 120. 2. The teeth are frementes, frendentes, g•ashing teeth. ²3. The tongue, lingua mendax, lingua mordax. What shall be done unto thee, ³thou false tongue? 4. The throat pattens sepulchrum. Their throat is an open sepulchre. This is a monstrous and fearful mouth: where the porter, the porch, the entertainer, the receiver are all vicious. The lips are the Porter, and that's fraud: the porch the teeth, and there is malice: the entertainer, the tongue, and there is lying: the receiver, the throat, and there is devouring.

The Psalmographer on euery one of these hath set a brand of wickednesse.¹