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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 memorial of the just shall be blessed: but the name Verse. 7 of the wicked shall rot.
The memoriall of the iust shall bee blessed: but the name Verse. 7 of the wicked shall rotte.
This is one particular of the blessings mentioned in the former verse, that that which is dearest to a man, as his mane, shall be in estimation, and good account. The remembrance and mention of him being absent alive, and when he is dead, shall be acceptable, and with his praise and commendation: But the name of the wicked is cursed, and therefore had in hatred, and detestation, even as much loathed as the stink of his carcass, that lieth rotting in the grave.
This is one perticular of the blessings mentioned in the former verse, that that which is dearest to a man, as his mane, shall bee in estimation, and good account. The remembrance and mention of him being absent aliue, and when hee is dead, shall bee acceptable, and with his praise and commendation: But the name of the wicked is cursed, and therefore had in hatred, and detestation, euen as much loathed as the stinke of his carcasse, that lyeth rotting in the graue.
The credit and honour of good men will grow to be better, Doct. and the reputation of sinners will be turned into shame. 1Only godly men have good names, and it is one difference that God putteth between them and the wicked, that they be blessed herein peculiarly, and all others excluded from the benefit of it. Such a threatening doth Isaiah denounce against the wicked: You shall leave your name as a curse to my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you and call his servants by a new name. Though sinful men be magnified of sinners, yet they shall be made abominable to Saints, and that is the greatest reproach: and though good men be despised of the world, yet God will give them glory, and increase it, and vouchsafe the titles, not only of his servants, but even of his own children.