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With the fruit of a mans mouth] with those words which the mouth of a man uttereth, be they good or bad, as the tree yieldeth her fruit, be it sweet or sower, shall his belly be satisfied, he shall be as it were, fed with joy, or sorrow, and with the increase of his lips, according to those speeches which the lips use most to deliver, wholesome, or hurtful, as the ground sendeth forth her crop of corn or weeds, shall he be filled, he shall either have great welfare, or great woe, many blessings, or many judgements. Almost the same words are in the 12. chap. ver. 14.

WIth the fruit of a mans mouth] with those wordes which the mouth of a man vttereth, be they good or bad, as the tree yeeldeth her fruit, be it sweet or sower, shall his bellie be satisfied, he shall be as it were, fed with ioy, or sorrow, and with the increase of his lippes, according to those speeches which the lips vse most to deliuer, wholsome, or hurtfull, as the groūd sendeth forth her crop of corne or weeds, shall he be filled, he shal either haue great welfare, or great woe, many blessings, or many iudgements. Almost the same words are in the 12. chap. ver. 14.

Verse 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, as every one delighteth to use it, he shall eat the fruit thereof.

Verse 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, as euery one delighteth to vse it, hee shall eate the fruit thereof.

This verse in part, containeth an explication of the former, showing what is that satisfying, & filling, which is there mentioned, that it extendeth to all misery, even to the very death of the wicked, which abuse their tongues to evil, & to all happiness, even to life it self, & that everlasting, (as is also meant of the contrary) of the godly, which use their tongues aright,