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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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Verse 14. The beginning of strife is as he that openeth the waters: wherefore before the contention be meddled with, leave off.
Verse 14. The beginning of strife is as hee that openeth the waters: wherefore before the contention be medled with, leaue off.
THE beginning of strife] the person which is the beginner of strife, he that giveth the onset thereunto, [is as he that openeth the waters] that diggeth down the heads of ponds, or banks of rivers, whereby the waters are held in; which being by this means let loose, can neither be brought in again, nor restrained from doing of hurt; but the breach increaseth, and cannot easily be stopped: and the stream is violent, and cannot easily be stayed. [wherefore, before the contention be meddled with, leave off.] if it be possible, let there be ⟨p. 140⟩no beginning of strife; but if there be, withstand the proceeding, and give up before the matter grow to heat, and the suit to charges.
THE beginning of strife] the person which is the beginner of strife, he that giueth the onset thereunto, [is as hee that openeth the waters] that diggeth downe the heads of ponds, or bankes of riuers, whereby the waters are held in; which being by this meanes let loose, can neither be brought in againe, nor restrained from doing of hurt; but the breach increaseth, and cannot easilie be stopped: and the streame is violent, and cannot easilie be staied. [wherefore, before the contention be medled with, leaue off.] if it be possible, let there be ⟨p. 140⟩no beginning of strife; but if there be, withstand the proceeding, and giue vp before the matter grow to heat, and the suit to charges.