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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.
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 proverb1 to be taken up against him, saying, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? How long? And he that ladeth himself with thick clay? Indeed he did also increase that which was his, as ignominy to himself and ruin of his family, and torment for the time to come, but that was done against his will, and without any purpose of having.
When Nabuchadnezzar was heaping vp all these to gether, the Holy ghost derided his sottishnes, and caused a tanting prouerb1 to be taken vp against him, saying, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? How long? And he that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay? Indeed he did also increase that which was his, as ignominy to himselfe and ruine of his family, and torment for the time to come, but that was done against his will, and without any purpose of hauing.