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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.
Doct. 2 But the pure] So far as any man is upright and godly, he may also justly be called pure.
Doct. 2 But the pure] So farre as any man is vpright and godly, he may also iustly be called pure.
Full perfection remaineth for the Saints to attain unto in the life to come: but purity in the measure thereof doth accompany them thitherwards in this life. This doth our Saviour confirm, when he pronounceth them blessed that are 1pure in heart. And so doth S. Paul when he saith, that to the pure all things are pure. And so doth David, when he testifieth, that with the pure the Lord will show himself to be pure.
Full perfection remaineth for the Saints to attaine vnto in the life to come: but puritie in the measure thereof doth accompany them thitherwards in this life. This doth our Sauiour confirme, when he pronounceth them blessed that are 1pure in heart. And so doth S. Paul when hee saith, that to the pure all things are pure. And so doth Dauid, when hee testifieth, that with the pure the Lord will shew himselfe to be pure.