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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 12. It is an abomination for Kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by justice.
Verse 12. It is an abomination for Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is established by iustice.
IT is an abomination] an horrible and loathsome thing, wherewith the Lord is highly displeased, [for Kings] for great and mighty men, and Magistrates of every degree, [to commit wickedness] to walk in impious, unclean, and unrighteous ways: [for the throne] their honour, and safety, and good estate every way, [is established by justice] made firm, and continued the longer, by their faithful and upright behaviour towards God and their people.
IT is an abomination] an horrible and loathsome thing, wherwith the Lord is highly displeased, [for Kings] for great and mighty men, and Magistrates of euery degree, [to commit wickednesse] to walke in impious, vncleane, and vnrighteous waies: [for the throne] their honour, and safety, and good estate euery way, [is established by iustice] made firme, and continued the longer, by their faithfull and vpright behauiour towards God and their people.
Doct. 1 The greater men be, the more grievous their faults are when they fall into sin.
Doct. 1 The greater men be, the more grieuous their faults are when they fall into sinne.