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…

Reproof of their folly, which purchase the uncomfortable delights §2at so deer a rate, by forfeiting their salvation for them. The price that they pay is of greater value then Esau's birthright, and the wares that they buy are far less worth then Esau's pottage. They are short, and vain, and painful, and passing hurtful and dangerous. Knowest thou not this saith Zophar to Job, of old, ever since God placed man upon the earth, that the rejoicing of the wicked is short, and that the joy of the hypocrites is but for a moment? ¹Like the noise of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool▪ this also is vanity, saith Solomon. His great blaze of merriment will quickly be extinguished for want of fuel to feed it. But this were a small matter if the end of their pleasures were the end of their being, and not the beginning of their torment. But² our text saith that the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Reproofe of their folly, which purchase the vncomfortable delights §2at so deere a rate, by forfeiting their saluation for them. The price that they pay is of greater valew then Esaus birthright, and the wares that they buy are farre lesse worth then Esaus pottage. They are short, and vaine, and paineful, and passing hurtful and dangerous. Knowest thou not this saith Zophar to Iob, of old, euer since God placed man vpon the earth, that the reioicing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of the hypocrites is but for a moment? ¹Like the noise of thornes vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the foole▪ this also is vanity, saith Salomon. His great blase of merriment wil quickly be extinguished for want of fewell to feed it. But this were a smal matter if the end of their pleasures were the end of their being, and not the beginning of their torment. But² our text saith that the end of that mirth is heanines.