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…

Instruction to be as careful to fly from every sin, as we are Use. desirous to escape from any perils. No man would willingly fall ⟨p. 40⟩in•o his enemies hands; whom he knoweth to lye in wait for his blood: and the brutish creatures with all their might do fly from those that seek to kill them; and shall we then be more heedless of our souls then they are of their lives, to expose our selves to the baits of the devil, whereby he goeth about to destroy us? True it is that he proposeth pleasures and delights to allure us by them, as he did Eve, but when we have consented and yielded unto him, there will follow nothing but pain and misery, as Eve felt. Great offers he will make us of advancement & credit, if we will use his means to attain unto it, but shame will ensue upon it, and confusion, when we give over our selves to be directed by him. Wealth and riches he knoweth man naturally to hunger and hunt after, and therefore he commonly doth feed their humour with hope of commodity, but when they bite at his bait they swallow down the hook withal, and so are made his pray to their perdition. And though they miss of the gain which they look for, yet he misseth not of their souls which he fisheth for if he can fasten his angle upon their desires, and catch them by the gills. For so the Holy ghost himself witnesseth, saying, They that will be rich fall into temptation, and snares, & into many ¹foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction.

Instruction to be as carefull to fly from euery sinne, as we are Vse. desirous to escape from any perills. No man would willingly fall ⟨p. 40⟩in•o his enemies hands; whome he knoweth to lye in waite for his bloud: and the brutish creatures with all their might doe fly from those that seeke to kill them; and shall we then be more heedles of our soules then they are of their liues, to expose our selues to the baites of the diuell, whereby he goeth about to destroy vs? True it is that he proposeth pleasures and delights to allure vs by them, as he did Euah, but when we haue consented and yeelded vnto him, there will follow nothing but paine and misery, as Euah felt. Great offers he will make vs of aduancement & credit, if we will vse his meanes to attaine vnto it, but shame will insue vpon it, and confusion, when we giue ouer our selues to be directed by him. Wealth and riches he knoweth man naturally to hunger and hunt after, and therefore he commonly doth feed their humour with hope of commodity, but when they bite at his bayt they swallow downe the hooke withall, and so are made his pray to their perdition. And though they misse of the gaine which they looke for, yet he misseth not of their soules which he fisheth for if he can fasten his angle vpon their desires, and catch them by the gills. For so the Holy ghost himselfe witnesseth, saying, They that will be ritch fall into temptation, and snares, & into many