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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 7. When the Lord is pleased with the ways of a man, he will make his enemies at peace with him.
Verse 7. When the Lord is pleased with the waies of a man, hee will make his enemies at peace with him.
When the Lord is pleased with the ways of a man] When any person leadeth a holy and righteous life, with faith and integrity, according to the rule of his word, [he will make his enemies at peace with him] he will cause his adversaries to lay aside their hatred, and bear good will to him, and deal friendly with him.
WHen the Lord is pleased with the waies of a man] When any person leadeth a holy and righteous life, with faith and integritie, according to the rule of his word, [hee will make his enemies at peace with him] hee will cause his aduersaries to lay aside their hatred, and beare good will to him, and deale friendly with him.
This cometh to pass often, but not always: neither would the Holy Ghost have it taken for a perpetual rule; for how then should that be verified which our Saviour told ⟨p. 62⟩his Disciples, that they should be betrayed of their parents, and 1