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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.
AN evil man] He that is destitute of Gods holy spirit, and walketh after the flesh, [seeketh only rebellion] setteth himself wholly to transgress the Commandments of God, and delighteth in nothing so much as in that which is contrary to his will: [and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him] even as Kings and other Princes send out some forces (if need so require) to suppress rebellions, and to apprehend and severely punish the Rebels: so the Lord armeth sometimes men with wrath and power against his enemies, and sometimes the Angels, and sometimes the unreasonable creatures, and sometimes the insensible creatures, to be as it were his officers, appointed to plague them without mercy, and sometimes his own hand immediately doth destroy them.
AN euill man] He that is destitute of Gods holy spirit, and walketh after the flesh, [seeketh only rebellion] setteth himselfe wholly to transgresse the Commandements of God, and delighteth in nothing so much as in that which is contrarie to his will: [and a cruell messenger shall be sent against him] euen as Kings and other Princes send out some forces (if need so require) to suppresse rebellions, and to apprehend and seuerely punish the Rebels: so the Lord armeth sometimes men with wrath and power against his enemies, and sometimes the Angels, and sometimes the vnreasonable creatures, and sometimes the insensible creatures, to be as it were his officers, appointed to plague them without mercy, and sometimes his owne hand immediately doth destroy them.
Doct. No wicked man is better, nor shall be otherwise dealt with than a Rebel.
Doct. No wicked man is better, nor shall be otherwise dealt with than a Rebell.
Not only profest Atheists and Infidels, which openly renounce their Creator, and the King of the world, are so to be reputed, but sinful dissemblers also, which impiously provoke Christ Jesus their Redeemer, & the King of the Church, are of the same number. Of such speaketh Jeremiah, when he saith, They are all rebellious traitors, walking craftily. And such