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And so it is agreeable to that which is in the fourth Chapter, where sinners are said to eat the bread of wickedness, and ¹to drink the wine of violence: that is, It is meat and drink to them to do mischief. The sense and opposition in effect tend to this, that the heart of a wise man seeketh for knowledge, and therefore his soul is fed with grace: and the heart of a fool doth hunt after folly, and therefore his mouth is fed with foolishness. Doct. Grace and ungodliness make the greatest difference between the persons in whom they severally reign. Their hearts are contrary: Their desires are contrary: Their endeavours are contrary: and so are their delights; and so are their practises; and so are all their ways. And the very same he meant and spake before, when he said, It is a ²pastime to a fool to commit wickedness: but wisdom is the delight of a man of understanding.

And so it is agreeable to that which is in the fourth Chapter, where sinners are said to eat the bread of wickednesse, and ¹to drinke the wine of violence: that is, It is meat and drinke to them to doe mischiefe. The sense and opposition in effect tend to this, that the heart of a wise man seeketh for knowledge, and therfore his soule is fed with grace: and the heart of a foole doth hunt after folly, and therefore his mouth is fed with foolishnesse. Doct. Grace and vngodlinesse make the greatest difference betweene the persons in whom they seuerally raigne. Their hearts are contrarie: Their desires are contrarie: Their endeuours are contrarie: and so are their delights; and so are their practises; and so are all their waies. And the very same hee meant and spake before, when hee said, It is a ²pastime to a foole to commit wickednesse: but wisdome is the delight of a man of vnderstanding.

1. 1Prover. 4. 17.Prouer. 4. 17.
2. 2Prover. 10. 23