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…

Verse 2. A good man shall eat the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors, violence.

Verse 2. A good man shall eate the fruit of his mouth: but the soule of the transgressors, violence.

The meaning of the first part of this verse is, that godly men shall be blessed both for, and by their gracious, wise, & seasonable speeches, and consequently for their religious, and righteous behaviour; and to this, in the other part is opposed the condition of the godless, that their souls, that is, themselves, at least in their souls, shall be required with violence for their cruelty, and other evil deeds which they have done, and consequently for their wicked words which they have spoken. So it is all one in sense with the fourteenth verse of the twelfth Chapter, where it is said, that a man shall be satiate with good things by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a mans hands, shall God give unto him.

THe meaning of the first part of this verse is, that godly men shall be blessed both for, and by their gracious, wise, & seasonable speeches, and consequently for their religious, and righteous behauiour; and to this, in the other part is opposed the condition of the godlesse, that their soules, that is, themselues, at least in their soules, shall be required with violence for their cruelty, and other euill deeds which they haue done, and consequently for their wicked words which they haue spoken. So it is all one in sence with the fourteenth verse of the twelfth Chapter, where it is sayd, that a man shall be saciate with good things by the fruite of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands, shall God giue vnto him.

Verse 3. He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but destruction shall be unto him that openeth his lips wide.