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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.
He that is godly, will surely be good: and he that is impious, cannot choose but be unrighteous. The Apostle charging unregenerate men with wicked behaviour, as that their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, and their feet swift to shed blood, &c. assigneth this as a cause of all those evils, that the fear of God is not before their eyes. Where Abraham doubted that the fear of God was not, he looked for dishonest dealing: 1and just cause he had so to do, though he used unmeet means to prevent it, and extended his suspicion too far in misdeeming all, whereas it appeareth that there was piety 2and godliness in some.
He that is godly, will surely be good: and he that is impious, cannot chuse but be vnrighteous. The Apostle chargeing vnregenerate men with wicked behauiour, as that their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse, and their feet swift to shed blood, &c. assigneth this as a cause of all those euils, that the feare of God is not before their eies. Where Abraham doubted that the feare of God was not, hee looked for dishonest dealing: 1and iust cause hee had so to doe, though hee vsed vnmeet meanes to preuent it, and extended his suspicion too farre in misdeeming all, whereas it appeareth that there was pietie 2and godlinesse in some.