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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.
Doct. A wicked man is never so studious and cunning about any thing, as he is in working mischief.
Doct. A wicked man is neuer so studious and cunning about any thing, as he is in working mischiefe.
His mind, and his members, and the whole man join together in the service of sin, as Isaiah instanceth in the niggard: ⟨p. 103⟩He will speak of niggardnesse, and his heart will work iniquity, 1and do wickedly, and speak falsely against the Lord, to make empty the hungry soul, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. And Micah his testimony tendeth to the same purpose, when he saith, that they imagine and work wickedness upon their 2beds, and when the morning is light, they practise it.
His minde, and his members, and the whole man ioine together in the seruice of sinne, as Isaiah instanceth in the niggard: ⟨p. 103⟩He will speake of niggardnesse, and his heart will worke iniquitie, 1and doe wickedly, and speake falsly against the Lord, to make empty the hungrie soule, and to cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile. And Micah his testimonie tendeth to the same purpose, when he saith, that they imagine and worke wickednesse vpon their 2beds, and when the morning is light, they practise it.