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…

That which is good for the state of the common wealth, is best Doct. for the prince.

That it is a benefit and blessing for a nation to abound with a multitude of people it appeareth by many testimonies of scripture, especially by that prayer which Moses maketh for Israel in the book of Deuteronomy, saying, The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and hehold ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number. The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many ¹mo as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you. Now in this our text we see that it is honourable and necessary for the ruler to have his dominions well peopled. It was one of the ornaments wherewith the Lord adorned Solomons government that his kingdom was filled with people and plenty. For so it is said, that Judah and Israel were many as the sand of the sea in number, eating drinking and making merry. And it was one of the² greatest blessings wherewith the faithfulness and obedience of Jehoshaphat was rewarded, that there was such an increase of men under him, that he could choose out eleven hundred & threescore thousand of the most valiant of them, to be trained soldiers³ in a readiness, and that without any difficulty or inconvenience to the country. And who knoweth not that the Scriptures ⟨p. 129⟩do celebrate and set forth the glory of Christ his kingdom by the innumerable company of the believers that are, & shall be subject unto him?

That it is a benefite and blessing for a nation to abound with a multitude of people it appeareth by many testimonies of scripture, especially by that prayer which Moses maketh for Israel in the book of Deuteronomy, saying, The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and hehold ye are this day as the starres of heauen in number. The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so manie