The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

First, A humour of speaking evil of men, which the Apostle would have all to take heed of.

First, A humour of speaking euill of men, which the Apostle would haue all to take heed of.

Secondly, Slandering or open forging of tales, or privy devising of them, feigning or adding any thing to them: Thou ^bshalt not walk about with Tales among the people. Prou. 26. 20. Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a Tale-bearer strife ceaseth. And again, Verse 22. The words of a Tale-bearer are as flatterings, and they go down into the bowels of the belly. Rom. 1. 29. 30. Among the sins that naturally stick unto us, are reckoned Whisperers, Tale-bearers, &c. And the ^cApostle saith, Let there not be strife, &c. backbiting, whispering, &c. among you. Whither belongeth all wrongful accusation, whether utterly false, as that of the two wicked men against ^dNaboth, relating the bare words, but not the sense and meaning: wherein the two ^eWitnesses that testified our Saviour Christ should say, I can destroy the Temple of God, and raise it up in three days, are said to be false Witnesses: for ^fhe spake of the Temple of his body.

Secondly, Slandering or open forging of tales, or priuie deuising of them, fayning or adding any thing to them: Thou ^b