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…

Secondly, love to the people of God will work gladness, §2when faithful men discern their children to be inclining to goodness. For they are growing to be fruitful plants in the Lords orchard, and so many shall have profit by them many ways, whereas the wicked are as thorns and briars and noisome brambles.

Secondly, loue to the people of God will worke gladnesse, §2when faithfull men discerne their children to bee inclining to goodnesse. For they are growing to be fruitfull plants in the Lords orchard, and so many shall haue profit by them many waies, whereas the wicked are as thornes and bryars and noysome brambles.

Thirdly, the happy condition of gracious and godly children §3themselves doth procure to the parents much consolation: for besides their spiritual promotion and dignity, being made the sons of God, and kingly heirs of everlasting glory, the favour and blessing of God doth usually appear towards them for the things of this life: when rebellious and wicked children have the curse of God upon them, doing mischief and hurt, and receiving the reward of it, by shame and infamy, by debts and arrearages, by slight and lurking, by bonds and imprisonment, and oftentimes by an ignominious death and destruction.

Thirdly, the happy condition of gracious and godly children §3themselues doth procure to the parents much consolation: for besides their spirituall promotion and dignitie, being made the sonnes of God, and kingly heires of euerlasting glory, the fauour and blessing of God doth vsually appeare towards them for the things of this life: when rebellious and wicked children haue the curse of God vpon them, doing mischiefe and hurt, and receiuing the reward of it, by shame and infamy, by debts and arearages, by slight and lurking, by bonds and imprisonment, and oftentimes by an ignominious death and destruction.