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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. The praise of God is set forth not only by his most eminent creatures and actions, but even by the meanest of his works, and the worst things that be.
Doct. The praise of God is set foorth not onely by his most eminent creatures and actions, but euen by the meanest of his workes, and the worst things that be.
This doth David acknowledge in the general, when he saith, All thy works praise thee, O Lord: and dilateth upon it 1in the particulars, when not only he provoketh Kings and Princes, and all people to perform this duty, but bringeth in all sorts of beasts, and fishes, and fowls, and creeping things, 2as occasions and means thereof.
This doth Dauid acknowledge in the generall, when hee saith, All thy workes praise thee, O Lord: and dilateth vpon it 1in the particulars, when not only hee prouoketh Kings and Princes, and all people to performe this duty, but bringeth in all sorts of beasts, and fishes, and fowles, and creeping things, 2as occasions and meanes thereof.
- 1Psal. 145. 10.
- 2Psal 1. 48.