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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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Use 1 Instruction for the younger sort, as sons and daughters, that they yield due reverence to them whom the Lord hath made reverent, as fathers and mothers. He hath vouchsafed them time to attain to these years, and titles to be called by these names, and graces to be worthy of that honour: Yea, he requireth that they be respected, and obeisance be done unto them by those that have care to regard and obey him: for in this manner his commandment is laid upon them: Thou 1shalt rise up before the hoar head, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God. I am the Lord.
Vse 1 Instruction for the yoonger sort, as sonnes and daughters, that they yeeld due reuerence to them whom the Lord hath made reuerent, as fathers and mothers. He hath vouchsafed them time to attaine to these yeeres, and titles to be called by these names, and graces to be worthy of that honour: Yea, he requireth that they be respected, and obeisance be done vnto them by those that haue care to regard and obey him: for in this manner his commandement is laid vpon them: Thou 1shalt rise vp before the hoare head, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God. I am the Lord.
What though their beauty be withered away, and their bodies grown crooked? What though their strength be diminished, and their memories impaired? What though they retain not their former freshness of wit, or elegance of speech? What though their state be but poor, and their parentage obscure? Yet their honourable place of age, especially being garnished with wisdom, justice, and piety, doth countervail and far exceed all the rest of those ornaments.