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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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Doct. 1 Good words are unfit for bad men to speak.
Doct. 1 Good words are vnfit for bad men to speake.
They lose their lustre and grace in the unclean lips of vile persons; and therefore the Lord doth expostulate the matter with those hypocritical dissemblers which are always prattling and babbling of his Laws, and yet continually transgressing them: What hast thou to do to declare mine ordinances, 1that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth, seeing thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?
They lose their lustre and grace in the vncleane lips of vile persons; and therefore the Lord doth expostulate the matter with those hypocriticall dissemblers which are alwaies pratling and babling of his Lawes, and yet continually transgressing them: What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, 1that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth, seeing thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behinde thee?
Reason 1 First, holy things are thereby profaned: they take the glorious name of the Lord in vain, and so violate his Commandment.
Reason 1 First, holy things are thereby prophaned: they take the glorious name of the Lord in vaine, and so violate his Commandement.