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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
AN EXPOSITION OF THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF THE PROVERBS. › Chapter 13
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Secondly, it maketh men careful & constant in shunning that ⟨p. 15⟩§2which is unjust and sinful: as David saith, I hate the work of them that fall away, it shall not cleave unto me. No man taketh delight to converse with his enemy, or to put his hand to that which his hart riseth against. Why do not men and women use to play with Adders and Snakes, and serpents, aswell as with whelps, & birds, and such like creatures? because they hate them. Why will they put sweet flowers and those things that are odoriferous to their noses, and stop their noses at unsavoury smells? because their nature is delighted with the one sort, and abhorreth the other. Though sometimes men make show of reformation of things that are amiss, yet if it arise not from an internal enmity against them, they are very like to fall back again unto them: as Saul returned to listen to witchery, notwithstanding his former sharp proceeding against witches.
Secondly, it maketh men carefull & constant in shunning that ⟨p. 15⟩§2which is vniust and sinfull: as Dauid saith, I hate the work of them that fall away, it shall not cleaue vnto me. No man taketh delight to conuerse with his enemie, or to put his hand to that which his hart riseth against. Why doe not men and weomen vse to play with Adders and Snakes, and serpents, aswell as with whelpes, & birds, and such like creatures? because they hate them. Why will they put sweete flowers and those things that are odoriferous to their noses, and stop their noses at vnsauory smelles? because their nature is delighted with the one sort, and abhorreth the other. Though sometimes men make shew of reformation of things that are amisse, yet if it arise not from an internall enimity against them, they are very like to fall backe againe vnto them: as Saul returned to listen to witchery, notwithstanding his former sharpe proceeding against witches.