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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 16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? And to get understanding is more to be desired than silver.
Verse 16. How much better is it to get wisdome than gold? And to get vnderstanding is more to be desired than siluer.
How much better] It is so far better to seek and find heavenly wisdom, and the knowledge of God rather than gold, yea even that which is fine and precious, (as the word importeth) and silver, as that the odds and difference is inexplicable; the greatness of it cannot be uttered.
HOw much better] It is so farre better to seeke and finde heauenly wisdome, and the knowledge of God rather than gold, yea euen that which is fine and pretious, (as the word importeth) and siluer, as that the ods and difference is inexplicable; the greatnesse of it cannot be vttered.
Doct. They are of all others most thrifty, which prefer heavenly graces before earthly riches.
Doct. They are of all others most thriftie, which preferre heauenly graces before earthly riches.