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…

These words are not to be understood to mean all sorts of wicked men, but such as are malicious; and their speeches too, of such as they malign, do principally tend to the ensnaring and catching of them, and that to their destruction, so far as they can effect it: if not by violence upon their bodies to the taking away of their lives, yet by oppression otherwise to the ruin of their estate. Now the contrary is to be found in the godly, who use their lips, as much as in them is, to succour such as the wicked lie in wait for; either as Pauls nephew did, by discovering the practises against them, or being suitors for them, or clearing their innocency. And this is spoken of their endeavour, and not of the event, for that is many times otherwise.

THese words are not to be vnderstood to meane all sorts of wicked men, but such as are malitious; and their speeches too, of such as they maligne, doe principally tend to the insnaring and catching of them, and that to their destruction, so farre as they can effect it: if not by violence vpon their bodies to the taking away of their liues, yet by oppression otherwise to the ruine of their estate. Now the contrarie is to bee found in the godly, who vse their lips, as much as in them is, to succour such as the wicked lie in waite for; either as Pauls nephew did, by discouering the practises against them, or being suiters for them, or cleering their innocencie. And this is spoken of their endeuour, and not of the euent, for that is many times otherwise.

Doct. 1 Lie in wait, &c. It is the property of violent men to mix their cruelty with craftiness.

Doct. 1 Lie in waite, &c. It is the propertie of violent men to mixe their crueltie with craftinesse.

Their tongues work as well as their hands, and their hearts and heads give direction to their tongues: and hands, and