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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.
Secondly, they have strengthened their title, and procured a §2more full confirmation of that their state by rebellion against God, and contempt of his word, whereby it cometh to pass that all the curses of the law are due unto them.
Secondly, they haue strengthened their title, and procured a §2more full confirmation of that their state by rebellion againste God, and contempt of his word, whereby it commeth to passe that all the curses of the law are due vnto them.
Thirdly, they have no right in Jesus Christ, without whom, no ⟨p. 115⟩§3man hath right in any thing, saving in Gods wrath, and his own destruction.
Thirdly, they haue no right in Iesus Christ, without whom, no ⟨p. 115⟩§3man hath right in any thing, sauing in Gods wrath, and his own destruction.
Terror for sinful men which hope to be made happy by their Use. 1 folly and not miserable: which presume of perpetual prosperity by their wicked courses, and look not for a downfall. They dream that lands, and goods, and honours and pleasures are settled upon them and theirs by an eternal Entail, and never think that confusion is their inheritance and patrimony. But the Lord who is to render them their due, hath caused their copy to be published to all the world, that in his court-roles of judgement their right is recorded, which they have no more power to pass away or to pass from, than an infant hath to alienate his heritage. It is better to be an inhabitant, even a tenant at will in a smoky cottage, or a prisoner perpetually in a dungeon, how loathsome soever, then to be heir of such an estate. And why then will they not be persuaded, while time yet serveth, to alter their hearts and behaviour, that their condition may also be changed? Folly seemeth their friend, and flattereth now, but folly will prove to be their foe, and torment them hereafter. If they would yet hearken unto wisdom, wisdom would undoubtedly be helpful unto them, and turn their villeinage into the best kind of free hold, and their hellish servitude into the glorious liberty of Gods own children.