A09391:98
A direction for the government of the tongue according to Gods word
Cambridge: printed by John Legate printer to the University of Cambridge, 1593Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate printer to the Vniuersity of Cambridge, 1593
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Thus the Pharisees dealt▪ John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 1He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a drinker of wine, and a friend of Publicans and sinners.
Thus the Pharises dealt▪ Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 1Hee hath a devill. The Sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton, and a drinker of wine, and a friend of Publicanes and sinners.
Contrary to this sobriety is Flattery, whereby for hope either of favour or gain, men, and especially such as are of dignity and place, are soothed up in their sins, and extolled above measure, even to their faces. As when Herod arrayed in royal apparel, and sate on the judgement fear, and made an oration,1 the people gave a shout, saying, the voice of a God, and not of a man. ⟨p. 43⟩But mark what Solomon saith,2 He that praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning: it shall be counted to him for a curse. One being asked which was the worst of all beasts, answered, Of wild beasts, the tyrant: of tame beasts, the Flatterer. And another said, that Flatterers were worse then crows. For they eat only dead carrion: these feed on living men.