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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 4. A wholesome tongue is [as] a tree of life: but the frowardness thereof is [as] a breach made by the wind.
Verse 4. A wholesome tongue is [as] a tree of life: but the frowardnesse thereof is [as] a breach made by the winde.
THE purpose and drift of this sentence is, to declare that the course and custom of godly mens speeches is both comfortable and profitable to them which know how to make use thereof: as was that goodly tree of life in Paradise, continually bearing fruit, so pleasant and precious. On the contrary side, as a blustering wind, which throweth down trees and houses, doth much harm: so a violent and venomous tongue, causing troubles and calamities, is very pernicious and hurtful. For the former part, see Chap. 11. 30. For the latter, look Chap. 12. 18.
THE purpose and drift of this sentence is, to declare that the course and custome of godly mens speeches is both comfortable and profitable to them which know how to make vse thereof: as was that goodly tree of life in Paradise, continually bearing fruit, so pleasant and pretious. On the contrarie side, as a blustering winde, which throweth downe trees and houses, doth much harme: so a violent and venomous tongue, causing troubles and calamities, is very pernicious and hurtfull. For the former part, see Chap. 11. 30. For the latter, looke Chap. 12. 18.