(Address) To the right Worshipfull Sir Gabriel Douse Knight, and the right vertuous and worthy Lady, the Lady Joane his wife, Increase of Grace, and all true Happinesse .
CHAP. I. The Tongues, 1. Use , 2. Creation , 3. Depravation , 4. Abuse . 5. The proceeding against it.
The Tongues.
1. Use
2. The Excellency in the Creation
3. Misery by Depravation.
4. The Abuses of it. (missing in the margin)
5. The proceeding against it.
CHAP. II. The Tongue Araigned and indicted of , 1. Treason , 2. Fellonie , 3. Murther , 4. Riot and Routs.
The Tongue
1. Arraigned.
2. Indicted of
1. High Treason.
Against God.
1 by blasphemy
2 by idolatrie
3 by Perjurie
Against the King
2. Pettie Treason.
1 By concealment
(2) Clipping
(3) Counterfetting
(4) Witchcratf
(5) Poysoning
3. Fellonie. In taking way
1 A mans good name
2 his goods
3 his life
4. Murther.
5. Breach of the Peace. (Riots and Routes)
Quarreling
Association
Knight of the Post
Drunkennesse
Incontinency
A Vagabond
A talebearer
A cheator
A common barreter
An incorrigible member
CHAP. III. The transgression of the Tongue against all the ten Commandements.
Against the first Commandement
Against the 2. Commandement
Against the third Commandement
Against the fourth Commandement
Against the fifth Commandement
Against the sixth Commandement
Against the 7. Commandement
Against the eighth Commandement
Against the ninth Commandement
Against the tenth Commandement
CHAP. IIII. The Hue and Cry sent forth against a naughty Tongue: a description of it.
His Haunt
His Gesture and physiognomie
His Habit
The 1 Arrow of an evill Tongue is Envie
The second Arrow is Hatred
The third Arrow is Mocking
The fourth Arrow is backbiting
His Company
Idleness
Malice
Envie
Curiosity
Subtilty
Detraction
Impudencie
CHAP. V. The Examination of an unruly Tongue. 2. His plea for himselfe. 3. The Confutation of the Plea.
The Examination of the Tongue
The Tongues first Plea. The necessary use and serviceable office of it.
His second Plea: The skill thereof.
3.Plea: the cunning thereof.
4. Plea; by posting of the fault.
5. Plea; by entreatie.
The excluding of the tongue from all benefite of the Law.
CHAP. VI. A deliberation for the punishment of an evill tongue. How impossible it is to avoide it: How hard to endure it: How insufficient humane punishments are to tame it.
A deliberation for the punishment of a false Tongue.
How impossible to avoid it.
How hard it is to endure it.
The difficulty of taming of it.
The stubbornnesse of it.
The insufficiency of earthly punishments against it.
CHAP. VII. The Magistrates office for the punishment of an evill tongue.
The politike lawes of Nations, for the punishment thereof.
The Magistrates Office for to punish a naughty Tongue.
Politike Lawes of Nations for the punishment thereof.
CHAP. VIII. The judgements of God against an evill tongue. 1. In this life. 2. In the life to come.
God will surely punish an evill toung.
Gods judgements in this life against an evill tongue.
Gods Arrowes against evill Tongues.
1 Disgrace.
2 Poverty.
3 Misery.
Examples of Gods judgement upon evill Tongues
Gods judgements after this life upon an evill toung.
The bitter paines of Hell
The perpetuity of those paines.
CHAP. IX. The Doome, or Sentence denounced against an evill tongue.
A transition to the doome of a false tongue.
Sentence denounced against it.
1. The lying Tongue.
(2) The mocking Tong.
3 The slanderous tongue.
4. The filthy Tongue.
A caveat for the Tongue.
CHAP. X. The binding of the tongue to the good behaviour. Rules and directions for the same.
The right governement and well ordering of our owne Tongues.
A good Art.
Rules for it.
Meditation before speech.
1. For the lawfulnes.
2. For the fitnesse.
Moderation in speech.
1 Truth of speech.
2 Charity in Speaking.
3 Modestie in speech.
The benefit of keeping a good tongue.
None can do it without Gods speciall helpe.
Therefore wee must pray to God for the well-ordering of our tongues.
CHAP. XI. How we are to put off an evill tongue, when in our hearing it wrongeth others.
A caveat for the taming other mens Tongues.
No credit to bee given to an evill tong where it traduceth others.
Why wee should not give any countenance to an evill Tongue.
Remedies against the bringing of evil reports unto us.
1 A deaf eare.
2. A frowning look.
3 A sharpe reproofe.
CHAP. XII. How we are to endure the stroke of an evill tongue, when it concerneth our selves.
The difficultie of enduring an evill report against our selves.
The duety for it.
1 Patience.
The way to get patience.
A deafe Eare.
A silent Tongue.
A quiet heart
A good consience.
2 Experience.
Of the quality of ill-toungd people.
Of the commonnesse of this triall.
Of the commodity thereof.
3 Meditation.
4 Providence.
1. To get a good name.
2. To keep a good name.
CHAP. XIII. A Conclusion of the whole Treatise.
A briefe repetition of all the premises.