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A45335 A practical and polemical commentary, or, exposition upon the third and fourth chapters of the latter epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy wherein the text is explained, some controversies discussed, sundry cases of conscience are cleared, many common places are succinctly handled, and divers usefull and seasonable observations raised / by Thomas Hall ... Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665. 1658 (1658) Wing H436; ESTC R14473 672,720 512

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prov._n 16.28_o and_o 26.20_o especial_o if_o it_o be_v a_o son_n servant_n or_o bosom_n friend_n and_o be_v do_v malicious_o to_o get_v a_o estate_n as_o ziba_n when_o he_o accuse_v mephibosheth_n to_o david_n 2_o sam._n 16._o and_o tertullus_n accuse_v paul_n for_o self-end_n act_n 24.25_o 3._o they_o be_v the_o worst_a kind_n of_o thief_n they_o rob_v a_o man_n of_o his_o good_a name_n which_o be_v a_o choice_n treasure_n prov._n 22.1_o eccles._n 7.3_o thief_n may_v be_v shun_v or_o outrun_v but_o who_o can_v avoid_v a_o slanderous_a tongue_n adhaerebit_fw-la a_o thief_n may_v make_v satisfaction_n for_o what_o he_o steal_v but_o this_o sin_n scarce_o admit_v of_o any_o sound_a restitution_n though_o the_o fame_n be_v false_a yet_o it_o leave_v a_o scar_n behind_o it_o hence_o machiavelli_n teach_v his_o scholar_n to_o lie_v lusty_o some_o dirt_n will_v stick_v however_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o kind_a of_o murder_n it_o be_v call_v the_o poison_n of_o asp_n rom._n 3.13_o and_o the_o 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124._o it_o be_v a_o hammer_n to_o knock_v out_o his_o neighbour_n brain_n a_o sword_n to_o kill_v he_o and_o a_o sharp_a arrow_n to_o wound_v he_o a_o malicious_a slanderous_a tongue_n be_v a_o most_o pernicious_a evil_n prov._n 12.18_o and_o 18.8_o 5._o it_o be_v a_o sin_n which_o god_n soul_n do_v more_o especial_o abhor_v it_o be_v not_o only_o abominable_a but_o a_o abomination_n itself_o in_o the_o abstract_n to_o he_o prov._n 6.16.19_o especial_o when_o it_o be_v raise_v against_o his_o servant_n to_o traduce_v any_o man_n be_v ill_a but_o god_n take_v it_o very_o ill_a when_o we_o belie_v and_o slander_v his_o holy_a harmless_a one_o numb_a 12.8_o be_v you_o not_o afraid_a to_o speak_v against_o my_o servant_n moses_n we_o shall_v be_v afraid_a to_o defame_v any_o but_o especial_o god_n meek_a mose_n those_o be_v his_o jewel_n and_o he_o will_v not_o let_v they_o and_o their_o name_n lie_v always_o in_o the_o dirt_n david_n cut_v off_o such_o from_o the_o earth_n psal._n 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