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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.
The treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness Verse 2 delivereth from death.
The treasures of wickednesse profit nothing, but righteousnesse Verse 2 deliuereth from death.
The treasures of wickedness, that is, the greatest abundance of wealth, which is evil gotten, and evil used, or possessed by an evil owner, profit nothing, do him no good at any time, but least of all at his death, or in time of misery, for so it is intended by the Antithests and expressed, Chap. 11. 4. But righteousness, that is, uprightness of heart, and holiness of behaviour, delivereth from death, that is, from destruction, and all other hurtful dangers. Yet not by any merit of man, but by the mercy of God through Jesus Christ.
The treasures of wickednesse, that is, the greatest abundance of wealth, which is euill gotten, and euill vsed, or possessed by an euill owner, profit nothing, doe him no good at any time, but least of all at his death, or in time of misery, for so it is intended by the Antithests and expressed, Chap. 11. 4. But righteousnesse, that is, vprightnesse of heart, and holynesse of behauiour, deliuereth from death, that is, from destruction, and all other hurtfull dangers. Yet not by any merit of man, but by the mercie of God through Iesus Christ.
The riches of iniquity. No wicked worldling is any thing Doct. the better for his wealth which thing the Prophet David had 1well considered of, and therefore confidently affirmeth. Psal. 39. 6. doubtless (saith he) Man walketh by a vain image, he heapeth up riches, & cannot tell who shall gather them. He speaketh not of a particular, as though some one man were fallen into that error, but of the whole body of mankind, in that case as they are descended from Adam. Every man that hath nothing but the nature of man, doth take a show for a substance, the image in the glass for the face represented by it: the picture of happiness which is painted on riches, for true and solid felicity: and therefore they miss of that which they make most account of, for they have gathered together goods, and others shall gather the good comfort and fruit of them: and whether they have provided for their own, or for aliens, for friends, or for foes, they are altogether uncertain.