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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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Thirdly, it answereth proportionably to their behaviour, and §3so their wages is correspondent to their work. They despise God by their iniquity, and he will make them to be despised by his justice: they sought his dishonour by doing contrary to his commandment, and he will bring them to dishonour by doing according to his threatening. And so is that daily verified, which he once spake by Samuel: Them that honour me, I will honour, and 1they that despise me shall be despised.
Thirdly, it answereth proportionably to their behauiour, and §3so their wages is correspondent to their worke. They despise God by their iniquity, and he will make them to be despised by his iustice: they sought his dishonour by doing contrary to his commandement, and he will bring them to dishonour by doing according to his threatning. And so is that daily verified, which he once spake by Samuel: Them that honour me, I will honour, and 1they that despise me shall be despised.
Confutation of them that perfume all their words, and works Use. 1 with profaneness, to be the better liked in all companies, and use sin as a preservation against shame and reproach. Pride is a chain unto them, and cruelty covereth them as a garment, and notorious impiety and licentiousness, are their principal ornaments, and holy days attire, wherewith they deck themselves for greatest bravery. Such is the corruption of our times, ⟨p. 18⟩