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…

Object. But may not a godly man dye of hunger? shall we condemn all that are afamished.

Obiect. But may not a godly man dye of hunger? shall wee condemne all that are afamished.

Answ. There is no doubt but many men: even faithful servants of god in sieges, & extreme dearths &c. be brought to their ends, through penury and want of food, but then it is good for them so to come to their end. The Lord doth call them home to heaven by such a messenger. In the like sense it is said in the former Psal. 34. 20. that not one of their bones is broken, that is, to their hurt, or through neglect of gods provident care over them. But one may have his bones broken, & be hewed or sawed asunder, in great mercy. Heb. 11. 37. So there is a promise to Gods people to preserve them from the pestilence, Psal. 91. 7. and yet many blessed saints be taken away by it to everlasting glory. Else David would not have given them that testimony who so dyed at that time calling them poor harmless sheep: or have offered himself to that kind of death to preserve them alive. The meaning is then that religious men shall never be plagued with the venom and sting of scarcity and famine, having it executed as a curse upon them as it falleth out with sinners.

Answ. There is no doubt but many men: euen faithfull seruants of god in sieges, & extreame dearthes &c. be brought to their ends, through penury and want of food, but then it is good for them so to come to their end. The Lord doth call them home to heauen by such a messenger. In the like sence it is said in the former Psal. 34. 20. that not one of their bones is broken, that is, to their hurt, or through neglect of gods prouident care ouer them. But one may haue his bones broken, & be hewed or sawed asunder, in great mercie.