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Thirdly, it is just and righteous with the Lord, to call all ungodly §3men to accounts before his judgements seat, not only for their wicked works, but sinful words: yea, for every idle word, as our Saviour foretelleth, & then they shall find to their¹ endless woe, this Scripture to be fulfilled, that the mouth of a fool is his own destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

Thirdly, it is iust and righteous with the Lord, to call all vngodly §3men to accounts before his iudgements seate, not onely for their wicked workes, but sinfull words: yea, for euerie idle word, as our Sauiour foretelleth, & then they shall finde to their¹ endlesse woe, this Scripture to be fulfilled, that the mouth of a foole is his owne destruction, and his lippes are a snare for his soule.

1. 1Mat 12. 36.

Admonition, to be more afraid of speaking sinfully, then of Use. all that sinful men can speak against us, because they can only attempt thereby to hurt us, if we be upright with the Lord, and he will hide us from the scourge of their tongues, that though they blame us for a time, yet they shall not shame us ⟨p. 9⟩for ever: though they work our trouble, or death, as they did Naboths, yet not our destruction, as they could not do his: but their own evil tongues will effect mischief against themselves, for punishment of body, and perdition of soul, for ever. Then if thou wouldest rule thy tongue better, that it draw thee not into such dangers, thou must not suffer sin to reign in thy life, nor to rule in thy heart, which will command thy mouth, and overrule thy tongue: and the Lord by his righteous providence doth many times give them over to the folly and violence of their lips, to their shame and misery, which will not be guided by the wisdom and virtue of his lips, to their glory and happiness.