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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 6. The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Verse 6. The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.
THE house of the righteous] that is, Either every righteous man hath his house replenished with great store of wealth and substance, or else a less quantity doth as well suffice him, God seeing it to be better and safer for him. And whereas sometimes it falleth out, that godly men have neither so much as others possess, nor as themselves desire, and seem to stand in need of, it groweth from the defect of their godliness, for which the Lord correcteth them with some penury and want, and whereby their hearts fail of that fullness of contentment, which more piety and grace would work in them.
THE house of the righteous] that is, Either euery righteous man hath his house replenished with great store of wealth and substance, or else a lesse quantitie doth as well suffice him, God seeing it to be better and safer for him. And whereas sometimes it falleth out, that godly men haue neither so much as others possesse, nor as themselues desire, and seeme to stand in need of, it groweth from the defect of their godlinesse, for which the Lord correcteth them with some penurie and want, and whereby their hearts faile of that fulnesse of contentment, which more pietie and grace would worke in them.