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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.
Hatred. The actions and speeches of men are not so much Doct. a cause of strife and debate, as the evil affections of their harts. 1Divers times it falleth out that the wrong doer, is not so much faulty as he that should better bear it: & no injuries could work a quarrelous contention, unless there were a defect of love on both sides. It is said, Chap. 18. 6. That a fools lips come with strife. It is not the occasion given, so much as the lips that make the breach: and the lips could not do it, unless the man set them on work, and the man would not so set them on work, unless folly and sin overruled both him and his lips, So Chap. 15. 18. Angry men are brought in for the authors of strife, but he that is slow to wrath hath this testimony given him, that he will appease it. What was the reason why Josephs brethren had such a quarrel at him? Because they saw their father love him more then all the rest, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. Gen. 37. 4. What moved Ahab to be alway so bitter against Elijah and Micaiah? He telleth the cause himself, he hated them, and reputed them to be his enemies. 1. Kings. 21. 20. & 22. 8.
Hatred. The actions and speeches of men are not so much Doct. a cause of strife and debate, as the euill affections of their harts. 1Diuers times it falleth out that the wrong doer, is not so much faulty as he that shold better beare it: & no iniuries could work a quarrelous contention, vnlesse there were a defect of loue on both sides. It is said, Chap. 18. 6. That a fooles lippes come with strife. It is not the occasion giuen, so much as the lips that make the breach: and the lips could not doe it, vnlesse the man set them on worke, and the man would not so set them on worke, vnlesse folly and sin ouerruled both him and his lips, So Chap. 15. 18. Angry men are brought in for the authors of strife, but hee that is slow to wrath hath this testimonie giuen him, that he will appease it. What was the reason why Iosephs brethren had such a quarrell at him? Beecause they saw their father loue him more then all the rest, they hated him, and could not speake peaceably to him.