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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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But withal, let him that desireth to have a good wife granted to him, look well to his own soul, and take heed to his ways, that he may be to her a worthy husband, and to God a faithful servant: Otherwise, his attempt to attain her, shall all be frustrate, or her goodness in the end, will make but little for his comfort. He must please him, and get his favour, (as was cited out of the former Chapter,) which shall find him so beneficial, as to enrich him with such a blessing.
But withall, let him that desireth to haue a good wife graunted to him, looke well to his owne soule, and take heede to his wayes, that he may be to her a worthie husband, and to God a faithfull seruant: Otherwise, his attempt to attaine her, shall all be frustrate, or her goodnes in the end, will make but little for his comfort. Hee must please him, and get his fauour, (as was cited out of the former Chapter,) which shall finde him so beneficiall, as to inrich him with such a blessing.
It is promised in the Psalms, as a reward proper to them1 that fear the Lord, and walk in his ways, to make them blessed, that their Wives shall be profitable, and comfortable, fruitful, and pleasant, like to the Vines, on the sides of their houses: which falleth out when they are well graced before hand, and so by his goodness put into their bosoms, or afterwards reclaimed from vices, and as it were transformed under their discreet government.
It is promised in the Psalmes, as a reward proper to them1 that feare the Lord, and walke in his wayes, to make them blessed, that their Wiues shall be profitable, and comfortable, fruitfull, and pleasant, like to the Vines, on the sides of their houses: which falleth out when they are well graced before hand, and so by his goodnes put into their bosomes, or afterwards reclaimed from vices, and as it were transformed vnder their discreete gouernment.