LIP, Labium, is sometimes used for the Bank of a River, and the Border of a Vessel, or Table. Facies illi Labium aureum, & 3 Ex. xxv. 24.Reg. vii. 23. speaking of the Brazen Sea, a labio ad labium. Lip signifies likewise Language; they have all but one Language, one Lip, Unum Labium omnibus. I am of uncircumcised Gen. xi. 6. Ex. vi. 12. Lev. v. 4. Deut. xxiii. 23. Job. i. 22. ii. 10. Job. xii. 20.Lips; I cannot easily explain my self, I have an Imperfection in my Speech. That which cometh forth out of his Lips, that which he hath promised, the Vow which he pronounced. Job hath not sinned with his Lips. God removeth the Lip of the faithful, does not always give them Eloquence, and a Facility of speaking.
The Fruit of the Lips. Isaiah lvii. 19. Creavi fructum labiorum pacem; God giveth Peace which is the Fruit of his Promises; or otherwise, he giveth Peace which is a new Subject of Praise for him. A Man’s Belly shall be satisfied with the Fruit of his Mouth, and with the Increase of his Lips Prov. xviii. 20. Hosea xiv. 3.shall he be filled. A Man shall be more or less esteemed, according as he governs his Tongue. We will render thee the Calves of our Lips, says Hosea; that is to say, Sacrifices of Praises, instead of bloody Victims Ezek. xxxvi. 3.Ezekiel: Accendistis super Labium linguæ & opprobium populi; you have been exposed to the Raillery and injurious Tongues of your Enemies: Stultus cædetur Labiis, the Prov. x. 8. 10.Fool shall be punished because of his defamatory Discourses; or otherwise, he whose Lips are foolish, who cannot govern his Tongue, shall be chastised. Divinatio in Prov. xvi. 10, 15.labiis Regis, the Lips of the King pronounce Oracles. And a little after: Voluntas Regum labia justa, Kings love righteous Lips. I do not send thee, says the Lord to Ezek. iii. 6.Ezekiel, to a People deep of Lip, of an unknown Language. Labia deosculabitur qui recta verba respondet. He who answers uprightly kisses the Mouth of him he speaks to, Prov. xxiv. 26. The Hebrews were used in Times of Mourning to cover their Lips, or the lower Part of their Face. See Ezekiel xxiv. 17. and Mich. iii. 7.