[Terribilia Dei. Remarkable judgements of God, on several sorts of offenders, in several scores…

The Second Remark.

Men had ne•d beware of Rash Speeches, especially of Rash Wishes, for we have seen Sore Judgments fall out, most agreeably thereunto. It was wholesome Advice once given by the Town-Cle•• of Ephesus, Ye ought to Do nothing Rashly ▪ Truly, Nor should we Speak any thing Rashly, much less Wish any thing Rashly. Sirs, The Angels of Death over-hear what we say, and God often gives 'em Commission to Sin•e a man, Ex Ore suo. How often have we seen it, That a Fools Mouth is his Destruction, and his Lips are the Snare of his Soul! There was once a very Godly man, of whom 'tis Reported, in Psal• •06.32. It went Ill with him, because they provoked his Spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his Lips. I'll tell you what I have met withal. I have heard a vexed Father say, He cared not whether he ever saw such a Child again. That Child has gone out of his Presence, and through the Dispatches of Death, he has never seen that Child again.

Men had ne•d beware of Rash Speeches, especially of Rash Wishes, for we have seen Sore Judgments fall out, most agreeably thereunto. It was wholesome Advice once given by the Town-Cle•• of Ephesus, Ye ought to Do nothing Rashly ▪ Truly, Nor should we Speak any thing Rashly, much less Wish any thing Rashly. Syrs, The Angels of Death over-hear what we say, and God often gives 'em Commission to Sin•e a man, Ex Ore suo. How often have we seen it, That a Fools Mouth is his Destruction, and his Lips are the Snare of his Soul! There was once a very Godly man, of whom 'tis Reported, in Psal• •06.32. It went Ill with him, because they provoked his Spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his Lips. I'll tell you what I have met withal. I have heard a vexed Father say, He cared not whether he ever saw such a Child again. That Child has gone out of his Presence, and through the Dispatches of Death, he has never seen that Child again.