2. The Manner of Proposing, I have set before thee. The Septuagint, [Greek or Hebrew]; that is, in a lively manner laid forth and offered for choice. We have a saying, [Greek or Hebrew]; that contraries put together, do mutually illustrate each other. Here is Good and Evil, Life and Death put together, that we may embrace the one, and eschew the other. As the Poets feign of Hercules when he was young, Virtue and Vice came to woo, and make court to him: Virtue like a sober chaste Virgin offering him Labours with Praise and Renown: Vice like a painted Harlot, wooing him with the Blandishment of Pleasures. So in the 5th of Proverbs, Wisdom and Folly are represented both pleading to draw in the Hearts of Men to them: ver. 4. compared with the 16th Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth Understanding, she saith, Come, eat of my Bread, and drink of the Wine that I have mingled: The one hath her Pleasures; and the other hath her Pleasures, only the Pleasures of Folly are stolen Waters, and Bread eaten in secret; Comforts we get by Stealth, Jollity, and Mirth, when Conscience is asleep. So here, Moses ⟨p. 325⟩layeth before them the fruit of Obedience, and Disobedience, Life and Death.
2. The Manner of Proposing, I have set before thee. The Septuagint, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; that is, in a lively manner laid forth and offered for choice. We have a saying, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; that contraries put together, do mutually illustrate each other. Here is Good and Evil, Life and Death put together, that we may embrace the one, and eschew the other. As the Poets feign of Hercules when he was young, Vertue and Vice came to woo, and make court to him: Vertue like a sober chast Virgin offering him Labours with Praise and Renown: Vice like a painted Harlot, wooing him with the Blandishment of Pleasures. So in the 5th of Proverbs, Wisdom and Folly are represented both pleading to draw in the Hearts of Men to them: ver. 4. compared with the 16th Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth Understanding, she saith, Come, eat of my Bread, and drink of the Wine that I have mingled: The one hath her Pleasures; and the other hath her Pleasures, only the Pleasures of Folly are stolen Waters, and Bread eaten in secret; Comforts we get by Stealth, Jollity, and Mirth, when Conscience is asleep. So here, Moses ⟨p. 325⟩layeth before them the fruit of Obedience, and Disobedience, Life and Death.
