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…

Reproof of them that either by immoderate labour and travail, Use. 1 or by carking and caring, or by denying to themselves competent apparel, wholesome food and needful physic, do wear out themselves, and cut their lives the shorter, that they may multiply their riches, and make their livings the larger. And this is yet a greater fault, that many prefer the earthly goods before an heavenly life, and relinquish the one and that for ever, to obtain the other, though but for a short season. But of all, and all, those cursed homicides are to be condemned which in desperate manner lay violent hands upon themselves, when riches will not come to them, or stay with them according to their full contentment. If they cannot increase their substance, they wilfully increase their own sorrow: if God take away any part of their wealth, they throw away their life after it, and rejecting both the continuance of this temporal life, and the hope of that which is everlasting, do purposely cast their souls into hell, and make themselves miserable for evermore.

Reproofe of them that either by immoderate labour and trauaile, Vse. 1 or by carking and caring, or by denying to themselues competent apparell, wholsome foode and needfull physick, doe weare out themselues, and cut their liues the shorter, that they may multiply their riches, and make their liuings the larger. And this is yet a greater fault, that many preferre the earthly goods before an heauenly life, and relinguish the one and that for euer, to obtaine the other, though but for a short season. But of all, and all, those cursed homicides are to be condemned which in desperate manner lay violent hands vpon themselues, when riches will not come to them, or stay with them according to their full contentment. If they cannot increase their substāce, they wilfully increase their owne sorow: if God take away any part of their wealth, they throw away their life after it, and reiecting both the continuance of this temporall life, and the hope of that which is euerlasting, do purposely cast their soules into hell, and make themselues miserable for euermore.

Consolation to Gods people that have assurance of the eternal §2