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…

There is, &c) that is to say, divers men take divers unlawful courses concerning their estate. Some boast themselves to be rich when they have nothing, being poor and in debt they make show of great wealth, by keeping a great port. Others, feign themselves poor, when they have great substance, they complain of want, and go barely, and fare hard, and would make the world believe that they are nothing worth at all.

THere is, &c) that is to say, diuers men take diuers vnlawfull courses concerning their estate. Some boast themselues to be rich when they haue nothing, being poore and in debt they make shew of great wealth, by keping a great port. Others, faine themselues poore, when they haue great substance, they complayne of want, and goe barely, and fare hard, and would make the world beleeue that they are nothing worth at all.

It is a sin for men to dissemble their estate, by making it either Doct. better or worse then they know it to be.

It is a sin for men to dissemble their estate, by making it eyther Doct. better or worse then they know it to be.

The Lord is not pleased with such as feign prosperity that he gave them not, nor with those that counterfeit crosses which he inflicteth not upon them. It is not safe for any man to arrogate to ⟨p. 19⟩himself that which he hath not, nor to deny that portion which he hath, least need and penury make the falsehood of his bragging manifest, and the curse of God cause his murmuring to prove true.