Look at them in their own Nature absolutely, thy §1words have such weight that they are able to sink thy soul into the bottomless pit, and to pass sentence of life and death upon thee; for so our Saviour, By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned, Matth. 12. 37. This is one part of the Indictment upon which the Judgment is executed at the great day by our Saviour, When he shall come with ten thousand thousands Ministering unto him; to execute Judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly amongst them, of all their ungodly deeds, and of all their hard speeches, which they have spoken against him, Jude, 14. 15. Those harsh Expressions, the unkind language, currish, rugged; and cutting Speeches, whereby they would daunt and kill the hearts of the Saints; the secret scorns, and contempts, and reproaches, whereby they have tossed the names of the Saints in their Meetings, Merriments, and upon their Ale-benches; happily there is no man besides thy mates that ⟨p. 147⟩hears thee, no witness can accuse thee, no Judg that can pass Sentence: The Lord Jesus he comes for this end, and thou art the man, and thy speeches are the matter of thy Indictment; of these he will convince thee, and for these execute Judgment upon thee at that great day, he will make thee sit down in silence, he will stop that wicked mouth of thine, thou shalt not have a word to speak for thy self then: this is the Charge that the Lord puts in against such wretched Hypocrites, who think to carry all things covertly and cunningly that no man may lay hold of them; the Lord pulls them out by the pole, Psal. 50. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit: It is his Trade, his lips are the forge of false-hood, his mouth is as it were the mint of lying reproaches, of back-biting, he sits at it, keeps his shop, it's the sale and ware that is vented upon all occasions, when his Companions, as his Chapmen, come to buy: So the Text, Thou satest and spakest against thine own mothers son, &c. these things thou hast done, the Lord keeps these words upon Record, and sets them in order at the day of Judgment, Oh consider this, you do not now consider, the Lord doth, and he will tear you in pieces, as you have torn the names of his Servants by your taunts and reproaches;
Look at them in their own Nature absolutely, thy §1words have such weight that they are able to sink thy soul into the bottomless pit, and to pass sentence of life and death upon thee; for so our Savior, By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned, Matth. 12. 37. This is one part of the Inditement upon which the Judgment is executed at the great day by our Savior, When he shall come with ten thousand thousands Ministring unto him; to execute Judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly amongst them, of all their ungodly deeds, and of all their hard speeches, which they have spoken against him, Jude, 14. 15. Those harsh Expressions, the unkind language, currish, rugged; and cutting Speeches, whereby they would daunt and kil the hearts of the Saints; the secret scorns, and contempts, and reproaches, whereby they have tossed the names of the Saints in their Meetings, Merriments, and upon their Ale-benches; happily there is no man besides thy mates that ⟨p. 147⟩hears thee, no witness can accuse thee, no Judg that can pass Sentence: The Lord Jesus he comes for this end, and thou art the man, and thy speeches are the matter of thy Inditement; of these he wil convince thee, and for these execute Judgment upon thee at that great day, he wil make thee sit down in silence, he wil stop that wicked mouth of thine, thou shalt not have a word to speak for thy self then: this is the Charge that the Lord puts in against such wretched Hypocrites, who think to carry al things covertly and cunningly that no man may lay hold of them; the Lord puls them out by the pole, Psal. 50. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit: It is his Trade, his lips are the forge of fals-hood, his mouth is as it were the mint of lying reproaches, of back-biting, he sits at it, keeps his shop, it's the sale and ware that is vented upon al occasions, when his Companions, as his Chapmen, come to buy: So the Text, Thou satest and spakest against thine own mothers son, &c. these things thou hast done, the Lord keeps these words upon Record, and sets them in order at the day of Judgment, Oh consider this, you do not now consider, the Lord doth, and he will tear you in pieces, as you have torn the names of his Servants by your taunts and reproaches;
