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A plain and familiar exposition of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth chapters of the Proverbs of Solomon / by John Dod and Robert Cleaver.A plaine and familiar exposition of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon / by Iohn Dod and Robert Cleaver.
London: printed for Roger Jackson, 1610London: printed for Roger Iackson, 1610
AN EXPOSITION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF THE PROVERBS. › Chapter 18
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 19. A brother offended, is harder to win then a strong City: and their contentions are like the bar of a Palace.
Verse 19. A brother offended, is harder to winne then a strong Citie: and their contentions are like the barre of a Pallace.
A Brother] a natural brother, a near kinsman, a kind friend, offended, alienated by wrongs received, or imagined to be done unto him, from him whom he so much affected before, is harder to win then a strong City, will with more difficulty be brought to firm and unfeigned reconciliation, then a City well defenced, can be vanquished and taken. And their contentions, their strife, and suites, are like the bar of a Palace, strong, and vehement, and must with no less a doe be pacified, whiles their power serveth them to pursue one another, then the mighty iron bars, whereby the gates of a Castle, Fort, or great building, are shut in, and kept safe, may be broken, or cut in sunder. But this is to be understood of unregenerate and fleshly men, or of Gods servants so far as they be carnal, and not otherwise: for it is a commendation that is given to the godly, by Saint James, that their wisdom which they receive1 from above, maketh them peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated.
A Brother] a naturall brother, a neare kinsman, a kind friend, offended, alienated by wrongs receiued, or imagined to be done vnto him, from him whome hee so much affected before, is harder to winne then a strong Citie, will with more difficultie be brought to firme and vnfained reconciliation, then a Citie well defenced, can be vanquished and taken. And their contentions, their strife, and suites, are like the barre of a Pallace, strong, and vehement, and must with no lesse a doe be pacified, whiles their power serueth them to pursue one another, then the mightie iron barres, whereby the gates of a Castle, Fort, or great building, are shut in, and kept safe, may be broken, or cut in sunder. But this is to be vnderstood of vnregenerate and fleshlie men, or of Gods seruants so farre as they be carnall, and not otherwise: for it is a commendation that is giuen to the godlie, by Saint Iames, that their wisedome which they receiue