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…

We ought to be tractable to the will of God, without resisting Doct. or gainsaying. To this duty Saint James doth admonish ¹us saying: Let every man be swift to hear, and slow to speak: his meaning is not to persuade men to come suddenly, and rashly to the word without preparation: but to hearken desirously, with reverence and attention when they are prepared, ⟨p. 72⟩and not to pick quarrels against that which is delivered, unadvisedly and out of a distempered affection, but upon mature deliberation with a mind willing to be resolved, to propose their doubts.

We ought to be tractable to the will of God, without resisting Doct. or gainsaying. To this duetie Saint Iames doth admonish ¹vs saying: Let euery man be swift to heare, and slow to speak: his meaning is not to perswade men to come sodainely, and rashly to the word without preparation: but to hearken desirously, with reuerence and attention when they are prepared, ⟨p. 72⟩and not to picke quarrels against that which is deliuered, vnaduisedly and out of a distempered affection, but vpon mature deliberation with a minde willing to be resolued, to propose their doubts.

1. 1Men most obey where God commands. James. 1. 19.Men most obay where God commands. Iames. 1. 19.

First, the Lord hath absolute authority over us, and therefore Reasons. 1 he justly may lay his commandments upon us.