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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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So meant Ecclesiastes, when he said that the heart of a wise 1man is at his right hand: but the heart of a fool is at his left hand. And so did Hosea, when he said, that Ephraim was like a Dove 2deceived, without an heart. And so did Solomon, when he said, Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, and 3he hath none heart?
So meant Ecclesiastes, when he said that the heart of a wise 1man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand. And so did Hosea, when he said, that Ephraim was like a Doue 2deceiued, without an heart. And so did Salomon, when hee said, Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a foole to get wisdome, and 3he hath none heart?
- 1Eccles. 10. 2.
- 2Hosea 7. 11.
- 3Prover. 17. 16.Prouer. 17. 16.
Reason 1 First, they have the spirit of grace, and others have not: and where the spirit is, there is liberty, and elsewhere it is not. So that, besides them, all are bond-men, which are owners of nothing, but least of themselves and their own souls.