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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
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HE that findeth a good wife,] which being himself a good man, hath, and seeth, and enjoyeth the benefit of a good, wise, and faithful wife, findeth a good thing; which shall be for his help and comfort; and obtaineth favour of the Lord, receiveth a testimony of his love, in bestowing so great a blessing upon him: and so doth a godly woman, that findeth a good and gracious husband.
HE that findeth a good wife,] which being himselfe a good man, hath, and seeth, and inioyeth the benefite of a good, wise, and faithfull wife, findeth a good thing; which shall be for his helpe and comfort; and obtaineth fauour of the Lord, receiueth a testimonie of his loue, in bestowing so great a blessing vpon him: and so doth a godlie woman, that findeth a good and gracious husband.
¶ They only speed well in marriage, whom God maketh the Doct. match for, in mercy. This will more plainly appear in the verse of the next Chapter.
¶ They onely speede well in marriage, whom God maketh the Doct. match for, in mercie. This will more plainely appeare in the verse of the next Chapter.
Vers. 23. The poor speaketh with supplications: but the rich answereth roughly.
Vers. 23. The poore speaketh with supplications: but the rich answereth roughly.