A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes…

Use. 1 A reproof of their folly and foul impiety that are so far devoted unto their children, and carried with such a desire of their advancement, that they cast off all devotion towards God, and neglect the good care of their own salvation. They fear not to cast themselves deep into hell, so that they may raise up their name and their houses high upon carth. And for this cause they give over themselves to miserable niggardliness and pinching, to burdenous vexations and travels, to shameful injustice and falsehood, ⟨p. 76⟩to violent oppression and cruelty. They have a good pennyworth, as they think, and buy very cheap, when they can gain worldly wealth by loss of their heavenly happiness: when they can purchase livings to their posterity, by passing away the life of their souls. But hearken a little ye silly wretched creatures: O foolish men when will you begin to learn wisdom? your thriving is wastefulness; your rising is falling; in purchasing you forfeit; in semblance of love you practise hatred; in seeking to set up your seed by such unlawful courses, you take the way to pluck them down, and utterly to undo them for ever. No man but Jeroboam could ever have wrought so much mischief to Jeroboam's family: and Ahab and Jezebel were most mortal enemies of their race and linage: and Nebuchadnezzar provided woe and misery to his issue that was yet unborn when he died. And by what means did all these persons bring all this hurt upon their seed? by relinquishing religion and the true service of God: by exercising tyranny against the servants of God, and greedy getting of goods to make themselves and their children great: that which in taunting manner is charged upon one of them, is every way verified upon every one of them: Ho, he that coveteth an ¹evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of evil. Thou hast consulted shame to thine own house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine own soul.

Vse. 1 A reproofe of their follie and foule impietie that are so farre deuoted vnto their children, and carried with such a desire of their aduancement, that they cast off all deuotion towards God, and neglect the good care of their owne saluation. They feare not to cast themselues deepe into hell, so that they may raise vp their name and their houses high vpon carth. And for this cause they giue ouer themselues to miserable niggardlines and pinching, to burdenous vexations and trauels, to shamefull iniustice and falsehood,