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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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Thirdly, the promise of blessing is made to them that are faithful §3and diligent, without respect of persons, and the slothful and unthrifty have the curse threatened against them, whatsoever their conditions be. He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread; 1but he that followeth the idle shall be satisfied with poverty. Use. 1
Thirdly, the promise of blessing is made to them that are faithfull §3and diligent, without respect of persons, and the slothfull and vnthrifty haue the curse threatned against them, whatsoeuer their conditions be. He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread; 1but he that followeth the idle shall be satisfied with pouertie. Vse. 1
Consolation for poor beginners, that have little or nothing to take to, if they have wills to take pains, and wisdom to deal discreetly, and faithfulness to walk uprightly in their callings. It is neither unpossible nor unlikely, that beginning with one Cow at first, they may attain to many at last: that one lamb may grow to a flock of sheep: that a small tenement or cottage, may be turned into a freehold or Farm. When Jacob came into Padan Aram, he brought only his staff in his hand, but when he departed thence, he drove away sundry flocks, and divers sorts of cattle. For God had ordained the fields aswell to maintain Jacob, though he was but a stranger there, and in place of a servant, as it did Laban, who was an inhabitant in the country, and had hired him only for his own turn. And albeit that many diligent men find not the earth and their labours to yield them such plenty, as thereby to become opulent, & have much aforehand, yet how many of them fail of sufficiency, as not annually from time to time to be provided for? And then if they be not destitute of apparel, if they be not deprived of competent meat and drink, if they want not those things that are needful for them, this Scripture is truly verified to the comfort of all that apply themselves to any good travels, that much food is by tillage for the poor.