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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Reasons. First, pride worketh very strongly in them; and only by pride do men make contentions. They think the wrongs 1that seem to be offered unto them, are too many; and the duties that are performed, too few; and the regard that is had of them, too little; and nothing is enough to satisfy their desires; and therefore nothing will serve their turns to keep them from brawling.
Reasons. First, pride worketh very strongly in them; and onely by pride doe men make contentions. They thinke the wrongs 1that seeme to be offered vnto them, are too many; and the duties that are performed, too few; and the regard that is had of them, too little; and nothing is enough to satisfie their desires; and therefore nothing will serue their turnes to keepe them from brawling.
- 1Prover. 13. 10Prouer. 13. 10
Secondly, they are void of love, and therefore full of strife, willing to disquiet others with their frowardness, and glad to make others as unquiet and froward as themselves. Now the contrary is in men of mild and moderate spirits: their hearts are replenished with humility: they consider how themselves have been pardoned by the goodness of the Lord, and therefore can easily pass by the trespasses of their brethren: They are more ready to perform duty than to require it: They deem themselves unworthy of that estimation which is had of them, and therefore grudge not that they are no better esteemed: and finally, their Christian love doth cause them to seek the means how they may show themselves peaceable towards all men, and maketh them desirous that all men should be peaceable.
Secondly, they are void of loue, and therefore full of strife, willing to disquiet others with their frowardnesse, and glad to make others as vnquiet and froward as themselues. Now the contrarie is in men of milde and moderate spirits: their hearts are replenished with humility: they consider how themselues haue beene pardoned by the goodnesse of the Lord, and therefore can easily passe by the trespasses of their brethren: They are more ready to performe dutie than to require it: They deeme themselues vnworthy of that estimation which is had of them, and therefore grudge not that they are no better esteemed: and finally, their Christian loue doth cause them to seeke the meanes how they may shew themselues peaceable towards all men, and maketh them desirous that all men should be peaceable.