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Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan
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wish that evil might either befall another or our selves: And this
kind of cursing young Badman accustomed himself unto.

1. He {35b} would wish that evil might befall others; he would
wish their Necks broken, or that their Brains were out, or that the
Pox, or Plague was upon them, and the like: All which is a
devilish kind of cursing, and is become one of the common sins of
our age.

2. He would also as often wish a Curse to himself, saying, Would I
might be hanged, or burned, or that the Devil might fetch me, if it
be not so, or the like. We count the {35c} Damme Blades to be
great Swearers; but when in their hellish fury they say, God-damme
me, God perish me, or the like, they rather curse than swear; yea,
curse themselves, and that with a Wish that Damnation might light
upon themselves; which wish and Curse of theirs, in a little time,
they will see accomplished upon them, even in Hell-fire, if they
repent not of their sins.

Atten. But did this young Badman accustom himself to such filthy
kind of language?

Wise. I think I may say, that nothing was more frequent in his
mouth, and that upon the least provocation. Yea he was so versed
in such kind of language, that neither {35d} Father, nor Mother,
nor Brother, nor Sister, nor Servant, no nor the very Cattel that
his Father had, could escape these Curses of his. I say, that even
the bruit Beasts when he drove them, or rid upon them, if they
pleased not his humour, they must be sure to partake of his curse.
{35e} He would wish their Necks broke, their Legs broke, their Guts
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