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…

First, they reject all admonitions one after another, and will Reasons. 1 receive no instruction when God offereth himself to teach them, and therefore it is just & equal that he should pursue them with judgements one after another, and deny them all favour when he setteth himself to plague them.

First, they reiect all admonitions one after another, and will Reasons. 1 receiue no instructiō when God offreth himselfe to teach them, and therefore it is iust & equall that he should pursue them with iudgements one after another, and deny them all fauour when he setteth himselfe to plague them.

Secondly, many of them uncessantly and proudly follow §2their delights and pleasures, and those ways which most content their carnal affections, without any fear of Gods displeasure, and therefore at the last the Lord sendeth miseries ⟨p. 140⟩as many, and as fast after them, which shall never leave them until they have brought them to ruin. So it is said of that Romish and whorish Babylon, that idolatrous kingdom of Antichrist:¹ Inasmuch as she glorified her self, and lived in pleasure, so much give ye to her torment and sorrow: for she saith in her heart, I fit being a Queen, and am no widow, and shall see no mourning. Therefore shall her plagues come at one day, death, and sorrow, and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire.

Secondly, many of them vncessantly and proudely followe §2theyr delights and pleasures, and those wayes which most content their carnall affections, without any feare of Gods displeasure, and therefore at the last the Lorde sendeth miseries ⟨p. 140⟩