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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.
THE grey head] Old age, whereof grey hairs and a hoar head is a sign, [is a crown of glory] yieldeth commendation to the aged person, and maketh him reverent [when it is found in the way of righteousness] when the old man doth show himself to be religious and righteous, whether he hath led his life in that manner from his youth, or whether he hath been converted to it now in his latter time.
THE gray head] Old age, whereof gray haires and a hoare head is a signe, [is a crowne of glorie] yeeldeth commendation to the aged person, and maketh him reuerent [when it is found in the way of righteousnesse] when the old man doth shew himselfe to be religious and righteous, whether he hath led his life in that manner from his youth, or whether he hath beene conuerted to it now in his latter time.
Doct. It is a great honour for a man to be both ancient and godly.
Doct. It is a great honour for a man to bee both ancient and godlie.
When the head is decked with grey hairs, and the heart with heavenly graces, and the life with virtuous behaviour, he is more gorgeously apparelled than if otherwise he were clad in gold. He weareth a Diadem, which not the art of man, but the finger of God hath fashioned, and set upon his head.
When the head is deckt with gray haires, and the heart with heauenly graces, and the life with vertuous behauiour, hee is more gorgeously apparelled than if otherwise he were clad in gold. He weareth a Diademe, which not the art of man, but the finger of God hath fashioned, and set vpon his head.