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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…
A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes of Salomon
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Sharpe, 1607London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henrie Sharpe, 1607
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.
Secondly every dumb creature according to his kind, performeth the will of God without any resistance: Whereas wicked men rebelliously do strive against their maker, and contemptuously transgress his commandments.
Secondly euery dumbe creature according to his kinde, performeth the will of God without any resistance: Whereas wicked men rebelliouslie doe striue against their maker, and contemptuously transgresse his commaundements.
Thirdly, the vile estate, and miserable condition of graceless men, how great soever, doth make it appear that the Lord preferreth them not before contemptible beasts, because at the least their end will be as bad as the worst of theirs. And this doth God himself declare in the Psalms: Like sheep they lye in the grave, 1death devoureth them. Man is in honour, and understandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish. They lie in their graves as the carcasses of rotten sheep in a ditch, and death maketh a pray both of their souls and bodies, as crows, and kites, and ravens, and dogs do feed upon carrions.
Thirdly, the vile estate, and miserable condition of gracelesse men, how great soeuer, doth make it appeare that the Lord preferreth them not before contemptible beasts, because at the least their end will be as bad as the worst of theirs. And this doth God himselfe declare in the Psalmes: Like sheepe they lye in the graue, 1death deuoureth them. Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish. They lie in their graues as the carcases of rotten sheepe in a ditch, and death maketh a pray both of their soules and bodies, as crowes, and kites, and rauens, and dogs do feede vpon carrions.