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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A wicked man hath no certain state in any thing but in shame Doct. 1 and misery.
That is their inheritance, and that remaineth for them, & that they shall surely possess when they come to their years.
That is their inheritance, and that remayneth for them, & that they shall surely possesse when they come to their yeares.
Many things they have in the mean time, as strength, and titles, and profits, & pleasures, but they have them only, & own them not, nor shall be able long to hold them.
Many things they haue in the meane time, as strength, and titles, and profits, & pleasures, but they haue them onely, & owne them not, nor shall be able long to hold them.
When Nebuchadnezzar was heaping up all these together, the Holy ghost derided his sottishness, and caused a taunting proverb