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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse 16. Every wise man worketh by knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Verse 16. Euerie wise man worketh by knowledge: but a foole layeth open his follie.
Every wise man) whosoever is prudent, worketh by knowledge, enterpriseth and manageth his affairs discreetly and with judgement, and so declareth his understanding. On the contrary side, he that is undiscreete and foolish, goeth rashly and rawly about his business, and so betrayeth openly, and publisheth abroad his ignorance and foolishness.
EVerie wise man) whosoeuer is prudent, worketh by knowledge, enterpriseth and manageth his affayres discreetely and with iudgement, and so declareth his vnderstanding. On the contrary side, he that is vndiscreete and foolish, goeth rashly and rawly about his businesse, and so bewraieth openly, and publisheth abroade his ignorance and foolishnesse.
He only dealeth well both for his comfort and credit, that Doct. groundeth his affairs on certainty, and not on likelihoods. This is not the work and behaviour of some few, rare, and special wise men, who therein are singular by themselves, and without companions, but it belongeth (as our Text saith) to every one that is wise, to walk in this way, & none is to be reputed prudent that is a stranger unto it. A real example hereof we have in our saviour Christ, whose steps we ought to walk in, and who will impart to his people, the wisdom of his spirit, that they may be able to walk in his steps. He, as the Prophet Isaiah foretold of him, doth 1not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither approve by hearing of his ears, but with righteousness, &c. That is, he will not proceed by conjectures upon slight and superficial shows, without a clear insight in the matter, nor determine any thing upon hearsay, with out full hearing and examination of the cause: for if he should so do, he could not but fail in justice, whereas now taking due knowledge of all things, he ordereth all things with perfect equity.