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Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
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1 Imprecations, for it is usual, if not much more usual, to make fearful imprecations against others, as well as against our selves, which as they are corrupt speeches, so are they ill-beseeming Christians.
2 Unclean and unchaste• speeches are another kind of corrupt communication. Some mens mouths are always full of them; which plainly showeth the pollution of their hearts, and how their minds are wholly set on lust.
2 Unclean and unchaste• speeches are another kind of corrupt communication. Some mens mouthes are always full of them; which plainly sheweth the pollution of their hearts, and how their minds are wholly set on lust.
3 Idle and vain discourses which tend to no good, are another kind of corrupt speeches; as old Wives fables, talking of matters not belonging to us, prattling of any thing that comes into ones head.1 Our Saviour saith, That every idle word that men shall speak, •hey shall give account thereof •in the day of Judgement. Here our Saviour showeth that at the Day of Judgement we must give an account, not only for filthy, unclean, and unchaste speeches, but likewise for idle words, yea for every idle word; and therefore how doth it concern us to be watchful over our selves, as against all filthy and unclean speeches, so likewise against all idle words?
3 Idle and vain discourses wh•ch tend to no good, are another kind of corrupt speeches; as old Wives fables, talking of matters not belonging to us, pratling of any thing that comes into ones head.