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For the first, that place is remarkable in Proverbs 16. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire; if things be not plain and fair enough, because he hath an evil spirit, he will dig up evil, if he can dig up any old business to reproach them for.

Now the ways of invention, that malice hath to ¹reproach upon the ways of God, are many: As the straining of any word to the utmost, and putting glosses, and false interpretations upon words; and thus it is easy to make any man a transgressor for a word, yea, for any word, as it was with those, Isa. 29. 21. They make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate.

Now the ways of invention, that malice hath to ¹reproach upon the ways of God, are many: As the straining of any word to the utmost, and putting glosses, and false interpretations upon words; and thus it is easie to make any man a transgressor for a word, yea, for any word, as it was with those, Isa. 29. 21. They make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate.

1. 11. Malice is fruitful in inventing reproaches.

A second way is, by casting out doubtful