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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
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.
CHAP. 19. VERSE. I. Doct. They that be small and godly, are in better case then such as be great and wicked. Verse II. Doct. 1. An hart altogether ignorant, is altogether corrupt & sinful. Doct. 2, Whatsoever is rashly done, is ill done. Verse III. Doct. 1. Every mans hurt doth grow from his own sin & folly. Doct. 2. Afflictions often make many wicked men the worse. Verse IIII. Doct. Fleshly men love only themselves, under pretence of friendship to others. Verse V. Doct. 1. Howsoever false witnesses prevail against others, they shall be sure to speed ill themselves. Doct. 2. No liar can live in any good safety. ⟨image 4⟩Verse VI. Doct. Many pretend much loyalty to Princes and Potentates, which bear little good will unto them. Verse VII. Doct. Neither consanguinity nor familiarity will make a fleshly friend firm to him that is in misery. Verse VIII. Doct. 1. It is a prerogative peculiar to the wise and godly, to be owners of their own hearts. Doct. 2. Every godly wise man is a true friend to himself. Verse X. Doct. 1. The liberty of delights and comfortable prosperity, doth nothing belong to the wicked. Doct. 2. All sinners are bondmen, and every good man is a Prince. Doct. 3. Evil rulers never abuse their authority so much, as when the godly fall into their hands. Verse XI. Doct. It maketh much for a mans credit to be gentle and peaceable. Verse XII. Doct. It is expedient for men to be good subjects, even for fear or hope of the Princes affections. Verse XIII. Doct. The most delectable commodities of this life, turn many times to be very offensive. Verse XIIII. Doct. 1. No man can possibly have possessions of equal value with a good yoke-fellow. Doct. 2. The more immediate any good gift of God is, the more precious it is. Doct. 3. The Lord hath a principal hand in all good marriages. Verse XV. Doct. 1. Slothfulness is a vice very hurtful both to body, soul, and outward estate. Doct. 2. Unrighteous dealing bringeth that misery upon mens heads, which they are most afraid of. Verse XVI. Doct. So much conscience as any man maketh of obedience to Gods will, so much assurance he hath of salvation and safety. Verse XVII. Doct. Whatsoever good is done to godly men afflicted, is accepted ⟨image 5⟩of God as done to himself. Verse. XVIII. Doct. 1. Correction of children ought not to be over-long deferred. Doct. 2.
CHAP. 19. VERSE. I. Doct. THey that bee small and godly, are in better case then such as be great and wicked. Verse II. Doct. 1. An hart altogether ignorant, is altogether corrupt & sinful. Doct. 2, Whatsoeuer is rashly done, is ill done. Verse III. Doct. 1. Euery mans hurt doth grow from his own sinne & folly. Doct. 2. Afflictions often make many wicked men the worse. Verse IIII. Doct. Fleshly men loue onely themselues, vnder pretence of friendship to others. Verse V. Doct. 1. Howsoeuer false witnesses preuaile against others, they shall be sure to speede ill themselues. Doct. 2. No lier can liue in any good safety.