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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. It is not good for any man to speak as much and as often as he can, but as much and as often as he ought. Verse XXIV. Doct. They that are laborious and faithful in mean places, do take the way to rise to an higher degree. Verse XXV. Doct. Immoderate grief doth turn to great hurt and annoyance. Verse XXVI. Doct. Grace maketh good men to be the most worthy personages. Verse XXVII. Doct. 1. Evil means of getting may bring goods to mens hands, but not to their use. Doct. 2. Wealth well gotten by good men is great in value, whatsoever it be in quantity.
Doct. It is not good for any man to speake as much and as often as he can, but as much and as often as he ought. Verse XXIV. Doct. They that are laborious and faithfull in meane places, doe take the way to rise to an higher degree. Verse XXV. Doct. Immoderate griefe doth turne to great hurt and annoiance. Verse XXVI. Doct. Grace maketh good men to bee the most worthy personages. Verse XXVII. Doct. 1. Euill meanes of getting may bring goods to mens hands, but not to their vse. Doct. 2. Wealth well gotten by good men is great in value, whatsoeuer it be in quantitie.
CHAPTER XIII. Verse I. Doct. 1. THE wholesome precepts of parents are not to be light set by. Doct. 2. They that most deserve them, can worst endure reproofs. Verse III. Doct. The safety and happiness of the whole life dependeth upon the well ordering of the tongue. Verse IV. Doct. None more covetous than the slothful. Verse V. Doct. 1. True righteousness consists not only in forbearing, but in hating of evil. Doct. 2. He that nourisheth in his heart, and expresseth in his life rotten affections, is far from true honour. Verse VII. Doct. It is a sin for men to make their estate better or worse than they know it to be. Verse VIII. Doct. 1. Life is more precious than wealth. Doct. 2. As the life of rich men is more fenced than poor mens. so is the state of poor men less impugned than rich mens. Verse IX. Doct. Only good men enjoy a comfortable estate. Verse X. Doct. 1. So far as any man is contentious, he is proud. Doct. 2. The more discreet any is, the more peaceable. Verse XII. Doct. As hope is never conceived without comfort, so is it seldom protracted without sorrow. ⟨image 9⟩