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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. Men do purpose many things, but God disposeth all things.
Doct. Men doe purpose many things, but God disposeth all things.
The Prophet David affirmeth the same point, saying, The 1steps of man are directed by the Lord. And Jeremiah doth also confirm it, when he saith, I know, O Lord, that the way of man is 2not in himself, neither is it in man to walk, and to direct his steps. If it had been otherwise, all Israel should surely have perished when the Egyptians pursued them, with purpose, and resolution, ⟨p. 65⟩3to overtake, and slay, and spoil them. Neither would Hezekiah and his people have been much more safe, if Saneherib 4could have done as much as he minded, and boasted, and threatened, for his will was plainly enough declared by Rabshakehs words.
The Prophet Dauid affirmeth the same point, saying, The 1steps of man are directed by the Lord. And Ieremie doth also confirme it, when hee saith, I know, O Lord, that the way of man is 2not in himselfe, neither is it in man to walke, and to direct his steps. If it had beene otherwise, all Israel should surely haue perished when the Egyptians pursued them, with purpose, and resolution, ⟨p. 65⟩3