Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

4. Credulity, lightness in believing whatsoever comes first to the ear: That is the high way to hold choler still in combustion. For so the tongues of slanderers, Talebearers, Whisperers, Pick-thanks, will prove as so many Bellows blown by the Devil himself, to keep this fire in height and fullness of flame.

4. Credulitie, lightnesse in beleeuing whatsoeuer comes first to the eare: That is the high way to hold choler still in combustion. For so the tongues of slanderers, Talebearers, Whisperers, Pick-thanks, will prooue as so many Bellowes blowne by the Deuill himselfe, to keepe this fire in height and fulnesse of flame.

5. Curiosity, an itching humour, and needless inquisitiveness to know every thing that is done or said. If a man will needs be so meddling; he shall find matter enough to fill his gall. Some men, out of this humour, are ⟨p. 97⟩eager to know what is said against them, in such and such company, listen to hear what their servants talk concerning them, and if a letter fall into their hands wherein they think themselves to be mentioned, they will make no bones, against the laws of humanity, to break it open. Busy-bodies in this kind never want wrath and woe. Antigonus, as it is said of him, was wise to abandon this vanity. For when he heard two of his subjects speaking ill of him in the night near his Tent, willed them to go further off, lest the King should hear them.

5. Curiositie, an itching humour, and needlesse inquisitiuenesse to know euery thing that is done or said. If a man will needs bee so meddling; he shall finde matter inough to fill his gall. Some men, out of this humour, are ⟨p. 97⟩eager to know what is said against them, in such and such company, listen to heare what their seruants talke concerning them, and if a letter fall into their hands wherein they thinke themselues to bee mentioned, they will make no bones, against the lawes of humanitie, to breake it open. Busie-bodies in this kind neuer want wrath and woe. Antigonus, as it is said of him, was wise to abandon this vanitie. For when he heard two of his subiects speaking ill of him in the night neere his Tent, willed them to goe further off, lest the King should heare them.