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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
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Thirdly, they that apply themselves to labour for their livings, do eat their own bread, and are profitable to others; whereas those stately idle persons are driven to put their feet under other mens tables, and their hands into other mens dishes, and to be burdenous by borrowing and shifting, wheresoever they come.
Thirdly, they that applie themselues to labour for their liuings, doe eate their owne bread, and are profitable to others; whereas those stately idle persons are driuen to put their feet vnder other mens tables, and their hands into other mens dishes, and to bee burdenous by borrowing and shifting, wheresoeuer they come.
Fourthly, they that are their own servants, take the way to better their state, and to be Masters of others, as Jacobs example and daily experience showeth, and is promised as a reward in the 24. of this Chapter. But those of an high mind which deny a low port, and all painful means of maintenance, too mean for men of their worth; are declining and ebbing, and likely to decay more and more, till they come to the bottom of want and penury.
Fourthly, they that are their owne seruants, take the way to better their state, and to be Masters of others, as Iacobs example and daily experience sheweth, and is promised as a reward in the 24. of this Chapter. But those of an high minde which denie a low port, and all painfull meanes of maintenance, too meane for men of their worth; are declining and ebbing, and likely to decay more and more, till they come to the bottome of want and penurie.
Use. 1 Reproof, first of them that dissemble their estate, pretending great riches, when they are pressed with grievous poverty: and desiring to be esteemed wealthy, when they know themselves to be needy. This extremity on one side, and the contrary on the other, the holy Ghost doth censure in the chapter following: There is that maketh himself rich, and hath nothing: and that maketh