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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 for them to whom nothing is so acceptable, as §2power against sin, and nothing so fearful, as backsliding from grace, which against their corruptions cry out with the Apostle: Who shall deliver me from this body of death? and for constant perseverance1 do pray with the prophet: Establish me with thy free spirit. When evil is as loathsome to them as a prison, when corruption2 is as bitter as death, when their hope of stability & freedom ⟨p. 58⟩dependeth on the spirit, how unlike are these men to the fools which abhor goodness? what though they loath not sinfulness with so great a detestation as Paul did? What though they long not for grace with so ardent a desire as David did? Yet if they hate evil truly, though not so vehemently, or pray for the spirit faithfully, though not so fervently, they have wisdom in the same nature and kind that these holy men had, though not in the same degree and measure.
Consolation for them to whome nothing is so acceptable, as §2power against sinne, and nothing so fearefull, as backsliding frō grace, which against their corruptions crie out with the Apostle: Who shall deliuer me from this body of death? and for constant perseuerance1 do pray with the prophet: Establish me with thy free spirit. When euill is as loathsome to them as a prison, when corruption2 is as bitter as death, when their hope of stability & freedome ⟨p. 58⟩dependeth on the spirit, how vnlike are these men to the fooles which abhorre goodnes? what though they loath not sinfulnesse with so great a detestation as Paul did? What though they long not for grace with so ardent a desire as Dauid did? Yet if they hate euill truelie, though not so vehemently, or praie for the spirite faithfullie, though not so feruentlie, they haue wisedome in the same nature and kind that these holy men had, though not in the same degree and measure.