The application of redemption

We shall therefore take the Severals into special consideration,¹ and see what heinousness there is in these sins, when they are weighed in the Balance of the Sanctuary: And we shall begin with Words, and examine what is the weight of the evil that is in them; and that will appear in many Particulars.

We shal therefore take the Severals into special consideration,¹ and see what hainousness there is in these sins, when they are weighed in the Ballance of the Sanctuary: And we shal begin with Words, and examine what is the weight of the evil that is in them; and that wil appear in many Particulars.

1. 1Answ.

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