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Discourses, or, Sermons on several Scriptures
Discourses, or, Sermons on several Scriptures by ... Ezekiel late Lord Bishop of London-Derry.
London: printed for Nathanael Ranew, 1691
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.
THE FOLLY OF Sinners, &c.
PROV. 14.9. Fools make a Mock at Sin.
WE are not generally to expect any connection, either of Sense or Sentences in this Book of the Proverbs. Other parts of Scripture are like a rich Mine, where the precious Ore runs along in one continued Vein: But this is like a Heap of ⟨p. 2⟩Pearls; which, though they are loose and unstrung, are not therefore the less excellent or valuable.
WE are not generally to expect any connexion, either of Sense or Sentences in this Book of the Proverbs. Other parts of Scripture are like a rich Mine, where the precious Ore runs along in one continued Vein: But this is like a Heap of ⟨p. 2⟩Pearls; which, though they are loose and unstrung, are not therefore the less excellent or valuable.
The Text I have now read, is one of them, an entire Proposition in it self, without relation to, or dependence upon any Context.