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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.
Where the Lord both service duly performed to him, there the Land shall have his favours freely bestowed upon her: but if he be defrauded of his honour, it shall be defeated of his blessings, & feel his plagues, and judgements. It is a worthy saying that is in the book of Chronicles, which Azariah the prophet uttered to Asa, and his army, saying, O Asa, and all Judah, and Benjamin, here ye me. The Lord is with you whiles you be with him: and if ye seek 1him, he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. And before that time Moses had foreshown to every succeeding ⟨p. 147⟩age and generation what they should trust unto, and certainly look for: that is, if they would obey the voice of the Lord their God, and keep his commandments, he would make them the head, and not the tail, and they should be above only, and not beneath: 2If not their inferiors should climb above them on hie, and they should come down beneath allow: their underlings should be the head and they should become the tail.
Where the Lord both seruice duely performed to him, there the Lād shall haue his fauours freely bestowed vpon her: but if he be defrauded of his honor, it shalbe descated of his blessings, & feele his plagues, and iudgements. It is a worthy saying that is in the booke of Chronicles, which Azariah the prophet vttered to Asa, and his army, saying, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Boniamin, heer ye me. The Lord is with you whiles you be with him: and if yee seeke 1him, he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. And before that time Moses had foreshewn to euery succeeding ⟨p. 147⟩age and generation what they should trust vnto, and certainly looke for: that is, if they would obay the voice of the Lord theyr God, and keepe his commandements, hee would make them the head, and not the tayle, and they should bee aboue onelie, and not beneath: 2