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…

Secondly, the one endangereth his brethren by his fair show, §2emboldening them both to lend to him, and promise for him, and traffic with him to their great hurt and damage, and the other defraudeth his brethren by casting his burden for public expenses upon them, and robbeth both Prince and country of those dues which in right he oweth unto them.

Secondly, the one endangereth his brethren by his fayr show, §2imboldening them both to lend to him, and promise for him, and trafick with him to their great hurt and dammage, and the other defraudeth his brethren by casting his burden for publick expences vpon them, and robbeth both Prince and country of those dues which in right he oweth vnto them.

Thirdly the one stayeth the other mens hearts and hands from §3showing them mercy for relief of his necessity: and the other dealeth cruelly with himself by refusing the needful use of those things which he holdeth in his own hands.

Thirdly the one staieth the other mens hearts and hands from §3shewing them mercy for reliefe of his necessity: and the other dealeth cruelly with himselfe by refusing the needfull vse of those things which he holdeth in his owne hands.

Reproof of them that are ashamed of their poverty, but far Use. 1 from being humbled by it. They count it a base thing to be in need, and yet themselves to be no base persons though they be most needy. If they judge not their state contemptible, why do they cloak it? if they acknowledge it to be mean and vile, why do they take so much upon them? The complaint of the Prophet against Israel may justly be charged upon this kind of people: their pride doth testify to their face, and they do not return to the