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…

The more guilty any man is, the more unwillingly he heareth Doct. 2 of his faults: it is death for a perverse sinner to be checked for his sinful behaviour. Rebuke not a scorner, saith the wisdom of God, least he hate thee. And again, A scorner loveth not him that ¹rebuketh him, neither will he go unto the wise.²

The more guilty any man is, the more vnwillingly he heareth Doct. 2 of his faults: it is death for a peruerse sinner to be checked for his sinfull behauiour. Rebuke not a scorner, sayth the wisedome of God, least he hate thee. And againe, A scorner loueth not him that ¹rebuketh him, neyther will he goe vnto the wise.²

1. 1Prou: 9. 8.
2. 2Prou. 15. 2

First, they are all proud men, as appeareth by the opposition Reasons. 1 which the Lord himself maketh: with the scornful he scorneth, but he giveth grace unto the humble. Now to be taxed for misdemeanours,¹ is to such, a matter of reproach, and disgrace, and that an haughty heart, and lofty mind, can never well digest. They affect nothing more then applause and commendation, nor mind any thing less then repentance, and reformation, and rebukes without amendment, work them nothing so much as shame and discredit, and therefore how can they choose but abhor them? Of such our Saviour speaketh, when he saith, That every man that evil doeth, hateth the light, neither