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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.
This is the same both in words and sense with the fifth verse of this chapter, saving that there was said, the liar shall not escape, and here he shall perish: so that it is not only a repetition, but a brief exposition of that, concluding, that as he shall be surely punished, so he shall be sorely plagued, even with no lighter strokes, then destruction it self, which no gain or advantage can be able to countervail.
THis is the same both in words and sense with the fift verse of this chapter, sauing that there was said, the liar shall not escape, and here he shall perish: so that it is not onely a repetition, but a briefe exposition of that, concluding, that as he shall be surely punished, so he shall be sorely plagued, euen with no lighter strokes, then destruction it selfe, which no gaine or aduantage can be able to counteruaile.
Verse. 10. Pleasure is not comely for a fool: much less for a servant to have rule over Princes.
Verse. 10. Pleasure is not comely for a foole: much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer Princes.
Pleasure, the affections of joy and delight, the means whereby they are wrought, and the objects whereon they are settled, as abundance of wealth, delicious fare, gorgeous apparel, sumptuous houses, costly furniture, pleasant pastimes, or whatsoever is of like nature, is not comely for a fool, is not fit for him that is destitute of grace, and good understanding to have, as neither making for his honour, nor profit indeed, ⟨p. 49⟩though highly promoting both in appearance. He will pervert them, and annoy other men by them, and they will endanger him, and bring much harm and mischief to him. Much less for a servant to rule over Princes. By servant, he meaneth such manner of persons as he called fools in the former clause; namely, men enthralled to their lusts, and unlawful desires: and by Princes, are understood the godly, who are dignified with a spiritual advancement: so that he proceedeth in extenuating the condition of sinful men, and showeth their unworthiness by way of gradation, that all sorts of desirable things are too good for them, and much more authority and power over others, but most of all superiority, with jurisdiction over the righteous.