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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 24. Wisdom is in the face of him that hath understanding: but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Verse 24. Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eies of a foole are in the ends of the earth.
Wisdom is in the face of him that hath understanding] the modest, lightsome, and amiable countenance of a discreet ⟨p. 152⟩and virtuous person, and especially the staidness of his eyes, declareth and publisheth him to be wise: [but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth] his looks and countenance bewray and discover the lewdness, folly, and sottishness that is within him, and namely the inconstancy or wandering of his eyes, roving hither and thither, as if he would look from one side of the land to the other.
WIsdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding] the modest, lightsome, and amiable countenance of a discreet ⟨p. 152⟩and vertuous person, and especially the staiednesse of his eies, declareth and publisheth him to be wise: [but the eies of a foole are in the ends of the earth] his lookes and countenance bewray and discouer the leaudnesse, follie, and sottishnesse that is within him, and namely the inconstancie or wandring of his eies, rouing hither and thither, as if he would looke from one side of the land to the other.