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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
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Thirdly, the condition of the persons themselves is very §3unequal, by our Saviours own sentence, especially in regard of that which they shall find for their eternal state hereafter. Blessed be the poor (saith he) for yours is the kingdom of God:1 but woe be to you that are rich, for you have received your consolation: Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shall be satisfied: but woe be to you that are full, for ye shall hunger. Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh: but woe be to you that now laugh, for ye shall wail and weep.
Thirdlie, the condition of the persons themselues is verie §3vnequall, by our Sauiours owne sentence, especiallie in regard of that which they shall finde for their eternall state hereafter. Blessed be the poore (saith hee) for yours is the kingdome of God:1 but woe be to you that are rich, for you haue receiued your consolation: Blessed are yee that hunger now, for ye shalbe satisfied: but woe be to you that are full, for ye shall hunger. Blessed are ye that weepe now, for ye shall laugh: but woe be to you that now laugh, for ye shall waile and weepe.
Instruction to be most provident, in gaining that which will Use. be most profitable to further our preferment. If upright walking will give us a precedency in the sight of God, and hearts of good men, before them that abound in substance, & are barren of sanctification, it is labour best bestowed, rather to treasure up spiritual virtues, then to heap up carnal commodities: rather to provide for the soul, as did poor Lazarus, then to pamper up the flesh, as did the rich Epicure. Now the state of the one is known to be blessed, when the time was, when he seemed very miserable: & now the case of the other is found to be fearful, though once he was thought to be most fortunate.