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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.
But how shall we know what God himself findeth in our hearts? By the testimony which his spirit giveth of our harts. And how shall we know what the spirit testifieth? By the graces which it worketh, that maketh publication by the ⟨p. 116⟩fruits of it, as love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
But how shall we know what God himselfe findeth in our hearts? By the testimony which his spirit giueth of our harts. And how shall wee know what the spirit testifieth? By the graces which it worketh, that maketh publication by the ⟨p. 116⟩fruits of it, as loue, ioy, peace, long-suffering, gentlenesse, goodnesse, faith, meeknesse, and temperance.
Consolation to them whose spirits are void of guile, and replenished with grace: when they pray, their desires are manifest to God, and therefore shall be fulfilled: when they give thanks, their praises are known to be holy, and therefore shall be accepted: when they do any service to the Lord, the Lord is acquainted with their integrity, and will accordingly reward them.
Consolation to them whose spirits are void of guile, and replenished with grace: when they pray, their desires are manifest to God, and therefore shall be fulfilled: when they giue thankes, their praises are knowne to be holy, and therefore shall be accepted: when they doe any seruice to the Lord, the Lord is acquainted with their integritie, and will accordinglie reward them.