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A plain and familiar exposition of the ninth and tenth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the ninth and tenth chapters of the Prouerbs…
A plain and familiar exposition of the ninth and tenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the ninth and tenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas for Thomas Man, 1606
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It is a note of a man that is truly religious to increase in Doct. 2 grace and understanding. It appeareth that they live by their 1meat, and have good digestion of it, when they grow in stature, strength, and stomach. So was it said in the first Chapter: ⟨p. 21⟩A wise man shall hear and increase in learning. The bare hearing doth not necessarily argue a wise man. For fools do often bring their ears to the word, but to hear, and learn, and to learn with increase, that doth testify an holy wisdom.
It is a note of a man that is truely religious to increase in Doct. 2 grace and vnderstanding. It appeareth that they liue by their 1meate, and haue good digestion of it, when they grow in stature, strength, and stomacke. So was it said in the first Chapter: ⟨p. 21⟩A wise man shall heare and increase in learning. The bare hearing doth not necessarily argue a wise man. For fooles doe often bring their eares to the word, but to heare, and learne, and to learne with increase, that doth testifie an holy wisdome.
- 1He is truly gracious, that grows in grace.Hee is truely gracious, that growes in grace.
Gods blessing doth accompany such as have sincerity in Reasons. 1 them to add to their stock: and from such as have no more but a show, he taketh away that also, that they may appear to be dissemblers. Luke. 8. 18.