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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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Consolation to all them, whose consciences are upright & tender §2in the love of the truth against the troubles that are to be looked for from the world to the godly, for goodness, & from God to the ⟨p. 38⟩world, for sin. Do the wicked molest them with wrongs, and vexations, because they run not with them to the same excess of riot, and evil? The Lord will refresh them with rest and comfort because they cleave unto his word, which forbiddeth every thing that is not good. Is any thing taken from them unjustly for his sake, and the gospels? He will give all things unto them abundantly in recompense of the same. In this world, as our Saviour saith, their gain shall an hundred fold exceed their loss, if it be1 expedient and needful for them, and in the world to come, they shall receive eternal life. And in the mean time when plagues shall be poured down upon the earth, for the iniquities of the people, they shall either altogether escape them, or else be delivered from the venom and hurt of them. They that take Habakkuk's course, and tremble when they hear the word spoken, shall be in Habakkuks case, and rest in the day of trouble.2
Consolation to all them, whose consciences are vpright & tender §2in the loue of the truth against the troubles that are to be looked for from the world to the godly, for goodnes, & frō God to the ⟨p. 38⟩world, for sinne. Do the wicked molest them with wrongs, and vexations, because they runne not with them to the same excesse of riot, and euill? The Lord will refresh them with rest and comfort because they cleaue vnto his word, which forbiddeth euery thing that is not good. Js any thing taken from them vniustly for his sake, and the gospells? He will giue all things vnto them abunddantly in recompence of the same. In this world, as our Sauiour saith, their gaine shall an hundred fold exceede their losse, if it be1