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This clause hath the same sense in general with the former, It is not good unto thee, It is neither pleasing, nor profitable, nor honourable, That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands.¹

This clause hath the same sense in generall with the former, It is not good unto thee, It is neither pleasing, nor profitable, nor honourable, That thou shouldest despise the worke of thine hands.¹

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Significat rejicere cum fastidio, tanquam vile & comtemptum quid Mer. in Page. Exfastid•o & contemptu sequi solet rei contemptae oppressio aut abj ct•o Hu•c hominem quem •uis ma•i b•s fo masti de luto terrae. Dru.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Significat rejicere cum fastidio, tanquam vile & comtemptum quid Mer. in Pag•. Exfastid•o & contemptu sequi solet rei contemptae oppressio aut abj ct•o Hu•c hominem quem •uis ma•i b•s fo masti de luto terrae. Dru.

Some translate this clause by oppression, Is it good that thou shouldest oppress the work of thine hands? The word in propriety signifies to despise: we have met with it more then once before; it noteth also loathing, yea abhorring. And it may very well bear that other sense of oppressing: for when a man loathes a thing and abhors it, he will quickly slight and oppress it: who cares what becomes of that which he abhors? These two are joined together (