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A plain and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Prouerbs…
A plain and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by R.B. for Roger Jackson, 1608London: printed by R.B. for Roger Iackson, 1608
AN EXPOSITION OF THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF THE PROVERBS. › Chapter 13
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Instruction to hope for nothing but that which is haveable, & Use. 1 may well be had, and whereof we are capable, and that doth belong unto us: for if protection cause the heart to languish, what will frustration and disappointment do? It is one of the threatenings against the wicked in Deuteronomy, that their goods, and cattle, and children, Should be given unto another people, and their 1eyes should still look for them till they failed, and there should be no power in their hand. Now what is meant by this, that their eyes should fail? That their expectation deceived should turn them to as much woe, as if their eyes had lost their sight. And that was because that they incurring the curse by their sinful behaviour, did yet presume of a restitution to happiness, as though nothing had appertained to them but blessings. So slothful persons, expel and chase from them all wealth and riches, by violence, and yet trust, that in time, they shall be able to compare with the best of them all, in wealth and riches.
Instruction to hope for nothing but that which is haueable, & Vse. 1 may well be had, and whereof we are capable, and that doth belong vnto vs: for if protection cause the heart to languish, what will •rustrat•on and disappointment doe? It is one of the threatnings against the wicked in Deuteronomie, that their goods, and cattell, and children, Should be giuen vnto another people, and their 1eies should still looke for them till they failed, and there should be no power in their hand. Now what is meant by this, that their eyes should fayle? That their expectation deceiued should turne them to asmuch woe, as if their eies had lost their sight. And that was because that they incurring the curse by their sinfull behauiour, did yet presume of a restitution to happinesse, as though nothing had appertayned to them but blessings. So slothfull persons, expell and chase from them all wealth and ritches, by violence, and yet trust, that in time, they shall bee able to compare with the best of them all, in wealth and riches.