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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.
Verse 18. A man void of understanding clappeth the hand, taking upon him suretyship before his friend.
Verse 18. A man void of vnderstanding clappeth the hand, taking vpon him suretiship before his friend.
A Man void of understanding] An undiscreet and foolish person [clappeth the hand] giveth his word for another mans debt, and confirmeth the same by giving his hand or writing, or other means, such as whereby a promise is ratified: [taking upon him suretyship before his friend] voluntarily, rashly, and unadvisedly, being ready to offer himself to this burden before he be entreated thereunto. See Chap. 11. verse 15.
A Man void of vnderstanding] An vndiscreet and foolish person [clappeth the hand] giueth his word for another mans debt, and confirmeth the same by giuing his hand or writing, or other meanes, such as whereby a promise is ratified: [taking vpon him suretiship before his friend] voluntarilie, rashly, and vnaduisedly, being ready to offer himselfe to this burden before he be intreated thereunto. See Chap. 11. verse 15.