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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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Thirdly, the one is judicious and provident for himself, and therefore looketh from whence and wherefore reproofs and chastisements do come, and hath both skill and care to avoid the causes of them: And the other is ignorant and negligent, neither considering by whom nor for what faults he is smitten, and therefore remaineth incorrigible.
Thirdly, the one is iudicious and prouident for himselfe, and therefore looketh from whence and wherefore reproofes and chastisemenrs doe come, and hath both skill and care to auoid the causes of them: And the other is ignorant and negligent, neither considering by whom nor for what faults he is smitten, and therefore remaineth incorrigible.
Use. Instruction: 1. To show wisdom by making use of afflictions: if we will profit by few, we shall not be pursued by many: if we despise not small ones, we shall not be burdened with great ones: if words will serve the turn for redress of things amiss, we shall not be much visited with strokes.
Vse. Instruction: 1. To shew wisdome by making vse of afflictions: if we will profit by few, wee shall not be pursued by many: if we despise not small ones, we shall not be burdened with great ones: if words will serue the turne for redresse of things amisse, we shall not be much visited with strokes.
But though our former carelessness or stubbornness hath caused many of us to be afflicted, as well as reprehended, and brought us to as many troubles as rebukes, yet we shall free our selves from the reproach of folly, if we can behold the hand that smiteth us, and be truly humbled for the sins that cause us to be smitten.