Sermons on Evil Speaking examines the moral power of language—how gossip, mockery, and slander damage individuals and communities. Isaac Barrow analyzes everyday speech habits and shows how careless words become instruments of harm.

Rather than calling for silence, the sermons promote disciplined speech guided by truth and charity. They address pride, rumor, and judgment with calm reasoning and practical moral insight.

This illustrated edition presents the complete public-domain text with a newly written foreword and original illustrations interpreting themes of conversation, rumor, and restraint.

Ideal for:
• Readers of classic sermons
• Ethics and moral philosophy students
• Religious and historical literature collectors
• Public-domain readers
• Readers interested in speech and responsibility

This is a newly prepared illustrated edition, not a scanned facsimile.