A golden chaine: or, the description of theologie : containing the order of the causes of salvation and damnation, according to Gods word .. . for the abufing of thy tongue thou crie with Diues in hell. Send Lazarus thatZhki,^^ 1 he may clippe the tip of his finger in water and coolc my tongue. Jndtfthotthe one whtch hafl care to order thy felfe infpeech C^flence according to gods wordychydoe it what ajhame is it, that men with the fame tongue wherewiththey confejfe the faith andreligion ofChriJly/houldby vaine andvngodlyfpeech vtterly denie theporver thereof? And for thy better helpe
A golden chaine: or, the description of theologie : containing the order of the causes of salvation and damnation, according to Gods word .. . for the abufing of thy tongue thou crie with Diues in hell. Send Lazarus thatZhki,^^ 1 he may clippe the tip of his finger in water and coolc my tongue. Jndtfthotthe one whtch hafl care to order thy felfe infpeech C^flence according to gods wordychydoe it what ajhame is it, that men with the fame tongue wherewiththey confejfe the faith andreligion ofChriJly/houldby vaine andvngodlyfpeech vtterly denie theporver thereof? And for thy better helpe herein, I haue penned thefe-few lines folloveingyConcerning the Gouernment of the tongue. Z)fe them for thy be-^neft^dndfndingprefit thereby^giue glorie to ^od. C !>. Ij. i a» W. PerJdns. OF. OF THE GOVERNEMENT I. Ofthegenerattmeanes of ruling theTongHe> If^ter^^^Ci ^ E. gouerncmcnt of the tongue is a vcrtue pertaining\fe^iif. p^J|)ito the holy vfage of ihc tongue according to GODS And for the well ordering of it, two things arc requi-fitera pure heart, and skill in the language of Canaan. The pure heart is moft neccfTary^becaufe it is thefbun-taine of fpeech,and if the fountainebe defiled,the ftrcames Mat, ij. 19,•hat iflue thence can not be cleane. And becaufe the heart of man by nature is a bottomlellc gulfe of iniqui-tie,two things are to be knowne:firfl:,how it rauft be made pure: <Sc then howit is aiwaies afterward to be kept pure. The way to get a pure heart is this. Firfl, thou muftferioufly examine thyKfe and thy confcience,for all thy finnes pafl;then with a heauie and bleedingheart confefic them to God, vtterly condemning thy felfe. Thirdly, withdecpc fighes and groanes of fpirit crie vnto heaucn to God the father, in thename of Chrifff
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