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A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes…
A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes of Salomon
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Sharpe, 1607London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henrie Sharpe, 1607
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Verse 18. There is that speaketh words like the pricking of a sword: but the tongue of wise men is health.
There is, a brood and company of sinful fools, which speak words like the prickings of a sword, that is, dangerous, and pernicious, which pierce deeper to the hurt of mens names and states, then the edge and point of a sword doth to ones body. But the tongue of the wise is health, their speeches are wholesome, and helpful both to themselves and others.
THere is, a brood and companie of sinfull fooles, which speake words like the prickings of a sword, that is, dangerous, and pernicious, which pierce deeper to the hurt of mens names and states, then the edge and point of a sword doth to ones bodie. But the tongue of the wise is health, their speeches are holesome, and helpefull both to themselues and others.
Doct. 1 No weapon is more hurtful then a wicked tongue. Among all the complaints which the godly, and Gods own spirit make against the wicked in the scriptures, they seldom complain of any thing more then of their virulent and pestiferous mouths. It is said of flatterers that their words are more gentle then oil, and yet they are swords: Psal. 55. 21. It is said of false accusers, such as Doeg was, that their tongues are sharp razors that cut deceitfully, Psalm. 52. 2. It is said of false witness bearers, that they are like hammers, and swords, and sharp arrows: