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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.
To this end tendeth that saying of Moses after he had delivered and declared the Law of God to the Israelites: Behold, I have set before thee this day life and good, death and evil, 1in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his Commandments, &c.
To this end tendeth that saying of Moses after hee had deliuered and declared the Law of God to the Israelites: Behold, I haue set before thee this day life and good, death and euill, 1in that I command thee this day to loue the Lord thy God, to walke in his waies, and to keepe his Commandements, &c.
Reasons. 1 First, no man can order his behaviour aright, but he that is lead by the spirit of God: and he that is lead by the spirit of God, is a member of Christ: and a member of Christ can no more possibly be destroyed, than Christ himself can perish.
Reasons. 1 First, no man can order his behauiour aright, but he that is lead by the spirit of God: and he that is lead by the spirit of God, is a member of Christ: and a member of Christ can no more possibly be destroied, than Christ himselfe can perish.
Secondly, the promise of all Gods mercies is made to them that live a godly life; and the Scripture pronounceth them blessed that are upright in their way, and walk in the Commandments of the Lord, and therefore they are far from danger of damnation.