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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
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Instruction to them that be poor and oppressed to contain them self; §2from all impatience. Is the Lord reproached by that which is done against thee? and is his word and work and government thereby despised? Then is the cause more his, than thine: and it belongeth to him to redress it with justice, and not to thee to stain it with distemper. Oh how men marie their own matters, when they will steppe into Gods place, and sit down in his throne, and execute his office? It is an impotency that is in their hearts, when they can bear injuries no better, without revenging hands, or reviling tongues: and it is a great defect of faith, when they wait not till the Lord take off their burdens: and it is a needles dread wherewith they daunt themselves, to think their case remediless. Doth the Scripture in vain, and to no1 purpose, or with no truth animate us against such grievances, when it saith, If in a country thou seest the oppression of the poor, & the defrauding of judgement and justice, be not astonied at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest, regardeth, and there be higher than they.
Instruction to them that be poore and oppressed to contain thē selue; §2from all impatiency. Is the Lord reproched by that which is done against thee? and is his worde and worke and gouernement thereby despised? Then is the cause more his, than thine: and it belongeth to him to redresse it with iustice, and not to thee to staine it with distemper. Oh how men marie their owne matters, when they will steppe into Gods place, and sit down in his throne, and execute his office? Jt is an impotency that is in their heartes, when they can beare iniuries no better, without reuenging hands, or reuiling tongues: and it is a great defect of faith, when they waite not till the Lord take off their burdēs: and it is a needles dread wherewith they daūt thēselues, to think their case remedilesse. Doth the Scripture in vaine, and to no1 purpose, or with no truth animate vs against such grieuances, when it saith, Yf in a country thou seest the oppression of the poore, & the defranding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest, regardeth, and there bee higher than they.