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…

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.

The Lord is not pleased with such as faine prosperity that he gaue them not, nor with those that counterfet crosses which he inflicteth not vpon them. It is not safe for any man to arrogate to ⟨p. 19⟩himselfe that which he hath not, nor to deny that portion which he hath, least need and penury make the falshood of his bragging manifest, and the curse of God cause his murmuring to prooue true.

First, the one showeth his pride, and lifteth up himself, when Reasons. 1 God would have him to be cast down and humbled, & the other his discontentment, when he ought to acknowledge the liberal hand of God towards him. The former deal like those creatures that raise up their backs, and bristles, and feathers, and seem to be double as great as they are in deed: and the latter like those that wrap up their bodies, and suffer scarce the one half of themselves to be seen.