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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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Instruction, that we deal plainly concerning the state of our §2souls, and neither grow conceited of more goodness then is in us, nor extenuate those gifts which the Lord hath bestowed upon us. It was too great a brag of the Laodiceans to say that they were rich, and increased with goods, and had need of nothing, when they1 were wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; and it proceeded from too great a discouragement in the godly Eunuchs, to say that they were dry trees, when God hath given2 them the fruitful sap of grace.
Jnstruction, that we deale plainly concerning the state of our §2soules, and neither grow conceited of more goodnes then is in vs, nor extenuate those gifts which the Lord hath bestowed vpon vs. It was too great a bragge of the Laodiceans to say that they were rich, and increased with goods, and had neede of nothing, when they1 were wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blind, and naked; and it proceeded from too great a discouragement in the godly Eunuches, to say that they were dry trees, when God hath giuen2 them the fruitfull sappe of grace.