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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
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Verse 20. He that harkeneth to the word, shall find good: and blessed is he that trusteth in the Lord.
Verse 20. He that harkeneth to the word, shall finde good: and blessed is he that trusteth in the Lord.
HE that hearkeneth to the word] which applieth his ear, and mind, and heart to the sacred word and doctrine of God, both written and preached, [shall find good] shall obtain all such graces for his soul, and blessings for his body, as may testify Gods favour towards him. [And blessed is he that trusteth in the Lord] This latter clause is an explication of the former, showing the good that is promised, to be blessedness it self; a sufficiency of comfort and prosperity in this life, and a full perfection of glory and felicity in the life to come: and the attention required to be such as is accompanied with faith, that the word be not only marked, but also believed; and God when he speaketh, have not only heed given to him, but confidence likewise reposed in him.
HE that hearkeneth to the word] which applieth his eare, and minde, and heart to the sacred word and doctrine of God, both written and preached, [shall finde good] shall obtaine all such graces for his soule, and blessings for his body, as may testifie Gods fauour towards him. [And blessed is hee that trusteth in the Lord] This latter clause is an explication of the former, shewing the good that is promised, to be blessednesse it selfe; a sufficiencie of comfort and prosperitie in this life, and a full perfection of glorie and felicitie in the life to come: and the attention required to be such as is accompanied with faith, that the word be not onely marked, but also beleeued; and God when he speaketh, haue not only heed giuen to him, but confidence likewise reposed in him.