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Sermons preached
Sermons preached by the late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(3.) By imposing false Crimes. Prov. 10. 18. He that uttereth a Slander, is a Fool, that is, a wicked Person. As Mephibosheth saith of Ziba, 2 Sam. 19. 27. He hath slandered thy Servant unto my Lord the King. The most godly and innocent Persons cannot escape the Scourge of the Tongue, and unjust Calumnies.
II. The Heinousness of the Sin.
II. The Hainousness of the Sin.
1. In General, that is evident from what is said already; I shall urge two Arguments more.
(1.) That Men shall be called to an account for these Sins as well as others, they are not passed by in the Judgment. Jud. 15. God will execute Judgment upon all ungodly Sinners, not only for their ungodly Deeds, but for all their hard Speeches. Now if injurious and contumelious Language come into the Judgment, how should all beware of the least accession to this Guilt? So,