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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
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Verse 22. Without counsel, thoughts come to nought: but by store of Counsellors they shall be established.
Verse 22. Without counsell, thoughts come to nought: but by store of Counsellers they shall be established.
Without counsel] When men in difficult and doubtful cases will trust to their own wit, and consult with no others whether their enterprises be convenient, and by what means they may effect them: [thoughts come to nought] either they grow weary of their attempts, or are defeated of their purposes: or though they seem to succeed well for a time, yet their hopes are frustrate in the end: [but by the multitude of Counsellors] which are wise, and give faithful counsel, if their faithful counsel be harkened unto and obeyed: [they are established] in the Hebrew text the Verb is of the singular number, but collectively spoken: meaning that all and every one of those thoughts which are so directed by counsel, shall have a constant prosperous success at the last, if not at the first.
WIthout counsell] When men in difficult and doubtfull cases will trust to their owne wit, and consult with no others whether their enterprises be conuenient, and by what meanes they may effect them: [thoughts come to nought] either they grow weary of their attempts, or are defeated of their purposes: or though they seeme to succeed well for a time, yet their hopes are frustrate in the end: [but by the multitude of Counsellers] which are wise, and giue faithfull counsell, if their faithfull counsell be harkened vnto and obeied: [they are established] in the Hebrew text the Verbe is of the singular number, but collectiuely spoken: meaning that all and euery one of those thoughts which are so directed by counsell, shall haue a constant prosperous successe at the last, if not at the first.