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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.
Verse 3. Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be directed.
Verse 3. Commit thy workes vnto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be directed.
THE word which we translate [commit] signifieth to devolve or role, meaning thereby that God is chiefly to be ⟨p. 52⟩respected in every thing that any man doth deal in: by taking direction from his word, both for matter and manner: by proposing a right end, even his glory, in the performance of it: by asking his help, and waiting on his hand, as well for success as recompense: [and thy thoughts shall be directed] thy mind shall be informed in the right way: thy heart shall be confirmed to proceed on with cheerfulness, and thou shalt be lead with a special guidance to think upon those means which will be most effectual for the accomplishing of thy desire, if it be for his praise and thy good to have thy desire accomplished.
THE word which we translate [commit] signifieth to deuolue or role, meaning thereby that God is chiefly to be ⟨p. 52⟩respected in euery thing that any man doth deale in: by taking direction from his word, both for matter and manner: by proposing a right end, euen his glory, in the performance of it: by asking his helpe, and waiting on his hand, as well for successe as recompence: [and thy thoughts shall be directed] thy minde shall be informed in the right way: thy heart shall be confirmed to proceed on with cheerefulnesse, and thou shalt be lead with a speciall guidance to thinke vpon those meanes which will bee most effectuall for the accomplishing of thy desire, if it be for his praise and thy good to haue thy desire accomplished.