unjustly, when he said to him, Come out, come out thou bloody man,
and thou man of Belial. The Lord hath returned upon thee all the
blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and
the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy
son: and behold thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a
bloody man. {34c}

This David calls a grievous Curse. And behold, saith he to Solomon
his Son, thou hast with thee Shimei a Benjamite, which cursed me
with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. {34d}

But what was this Curse? Why, First, It was a wrong sentence past
upon David; Shimei called him Bloody man, man of Belial, when he
was not. Secondly, He sentenced him to the evil that at present
was upon him, for being a bloody man, (that is, against the house
of Saul,) when that present evil overtook David, for quite another
thing.

And we may thus apply it to the {34e} profane ones of our times who
in their rage and envy, have little else in their mouths but a
sentence against their Neighbour for, and to evil unjustly. How
common is it with many, when they are but a little offended with
one, to cry, Hang him, Damn him, Rogue! This is both a sentencing
of him for, and to evil, and is in it self a grievous Curse.

2. The other kind of Cursing, is to wish that some evil might
happen to, and overtake this or that person or thing: And this
kind of Cursing, Job counted a grievous sin. I have not suffered
(says he) my mouth to sin, {35a} by wishing a curse to his soul; or
consequently, to Body or Estate. This then is a wicked cursing, to