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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 patient abiding, &c. They which depend on God in their Doct. afflictions, shall in due season be delivered from them. Upon 1this ground an exhortation is raised in an other place of this book. Let thy heart be in the fear of the Lord continually. For surely there is an end, and thy hope shall not be cut off. Prou. 23. 17. 18. Though troubles and sorrows are in appearance, perpet•ll, & endless, yet they are but temporary, and come quickly to an end: though hope, & possibility of help seem ready continually to vanish away, yet it never ceaseth, nor is taken away.
The patient abiding, &c. They which depend on God in their Doct. afflictions, shall in due season be deliuered from them. Vpon 1this ground an exhortation is raysed in an other place of this booke. Let thy heart be in the feare of the Lord continually. For surely there is an end, and thy hope shall not be cut off. Prou. 23. 17. 18. Though troubles and sorrowes are in appearance, perpet•ll, & endlesse, yet they are but temporarie, and come quickly to an end: though hope, & possibilitie of help seeme readie continually to vanish away, yet it neuer ceaseth, nor is taken away.
- 1They that in affliction wait on God shall timely find ease.They that in affliction wait on God shall timely finde ease.
First, there is nothing in all the world that is more infallibly Reasons. 1 assured of certain success, then the hope of christians. It never misseth of that which it aimeth at, nor any time disappointeth them that possess it.