A trumpet blown in Zion, or, An alarm in God's holy mountain containing an…A trumpet blown in Zion, or, An allarm in God's holy mountain containing an…

But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of Judgment.¹

1. 1v. 36.

For by thy word thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.¹

1. 1v. 37.

God will not only condemn men for evil actions, but their evil words also shall rise up against them at the great day: And as the gracious words which proceed from a sanctified and renewed Christian tends to his Justification, especially when the main design and purport of his Speech tends to exalt and magnify God and his Free-Grace in Jesus Christ; so the evil words of the unsanctified Christian tends to his Condemnation, and declares him to be but mere chaff, or a hypocritical person; but if idle Jesting and foolish Talking is the Character of a vain man, what is a detracting and back-biting Tongue, a Tongue that is set on fire by hell, who vilify and render odious such who truly fear God, that are not guilty of those foul things laid to their charge; such persons are not like to ascend ¹Gods holy hill, nor abide in his Tabernacle, viz. That taketh up false and wicked slanders and reports against his Neighbour, to lessen his reputation among Men: And 'tis with the greater aggravation, when it is done out of Envy, Prejudice or Malice; and 'tis further aggravated when 'tis done to a Minister of the Gospel, on purpose to obstruct or hinder unthinking Christians to adhere unto his Doctrine, or receive that truth which they see not; but set themselves to oppose and gainsay, who do not only in an undue manner spread such Reproaches, but also raise them: It is a great evil to divulge or propagate a fault committed by a Brother, by making it public when it was private, (they breaking thereby the express