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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 mouth of a righteous man is a wellspring of life: but Verse. 11 iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but Verse. 11 iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.
In Israel, and in the countries bordering upon it, it was a great benefit to have wells of water, both for the use of men and of the cattle, & therefore things of great account be many times compared to them in the Scriptures, and here the mouth of a righteous man is so called in a double respect, both for the constancy of good conference (according to the similitude, for such springs as were continual, and would hold out as well in Summer as in Winter, were said to be wells of living water. Gen. 26. 19.) as also, and especially for the good effect, that they be instruments sometimes to beget, and usually to confirm and refresh the life of the soul. The latter part of the verse hath been expounded in the sixth verse.
In Israell, and in the countries bordering vpon it, it was a great benefit to haue wels of water, both for the vse of men and of the cattle, & therefore things of great account be many times compared to them in the Scriptures, and heere the mouth of a righteous man is so called in a double respect, both for the constancie of good conference (according to the similitude, for such springs as were continuall, and would hold out as well in Sommer as in Winter, were said to bee wells of liuing water. Gen. 26. 19.) as also, and especially for the good effect, that they be instruments sometimes to beeget, and vsually to confirme and refresh the life of the soule. The latter part of the verse hath beene expounded in the sixt verse.