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…

The comparison is homely, but that which is compared is incomparably more homely, & therefore we take leave to describe such filthy behaviour by that which doth most nearly resemble it, though it be not foul enough to express the loathsomeness of it.

The comparison is homely, but that which is compared is incomparably more homely, & therefore we take leaue to describe such filthy behauiour by that which doth most nearely resemble it, though it be not foule ynough to expresse the loathsomnesse of it.

But it causeth the wicked to stink. &c. The love of sin bringeth Doct. 2 loss of credit and estimation.

But it causeth the wicked to stinke. &c. The loue of sinne bringeth Doct. 2 losse of credit and estimation.

He that nourisheth rotten affections in his hart, and expresseth the same by unholy and corrupt conversation, is far from having reverence and true honour. As grace, like Spikenard, or other redolent ointments, doth make the godly to be amiable, and much set by: so foul sins, like filthy diseases, or ill savours, do cause the wicked to be vile and loathsome. And so is the¹ meaning of the Holy ghost in the tenth Chapter, as we have there showed, that their names shall be turned into infamy, as dead corpses are into putrefaction: God and wise men, will take as ⟨p. 17⟩little delight in them, as people use to do in scents that be noisome. Reasons. 1