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 Wise Son, that is, a godly and prudent child of either sex, male, or female, son, or daughter, will receive, observe, and obey the good lessons, and counsel both of father and mother. But a scorner, that is, an obstinate, sinful person, will hear no rebuke, that is, he will be so far from profiting by the reproofs of any, though he be a friend, though a brother, though a most tender father, that he will not so much as brook, or bear it, without contempt at least, of the party which rebuketh him.

A Wise Sonne, that is, a godly and prudent child of either sex, male, or female, sonne, or daughter, will receiue, obserue, and obey the good lessons, and counsell both of father and mother. But a scorner, that is, an obstinate, sinfull person, will heare no rebuke, that is, hee will be so farre from profiting by the reproofes of any, though he be a friend, though a brother, though a most tender father, that he will not so much as brooke, or beare it, without contempt at least, of the party which rebuketh him.

The wholesome precepts of parents are not to be light set by. Doct. 1

The wholsome precepts of parents are not to be light set by. Doct. 1

It is the usual course and custom of the Scripture to intimate necessary duties by praising their wisdom which carefully perform them, and censuring their folly which negligently omit them. As the wise builder layeth his foundation on the rock, and¹ the foolish on the sand. The wise virgins took oil in their vessels with their lamps, and the foolish took no oil with them.² ⟨p. 2⟩