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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
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.
When the wicked cometh,] when any man becometh wicked, & waxeth sinful, then cometh contempt, dishonour and infamy follow fast after him, his credit is growing into a consumption, how great and many means soever he hath to uphold it: and with the vile man reproach, he that is vicious, and by ill doing deserveth shame, shall be sure to have shame and reproach his companions: if men dare not speak contemptuously to him, yet they will talk contemptibly of him, or though they should be afraid to censure him in their words, yet they will be bold to despise him in their minds. See chap. 11. 2. & 13. 18.
WHen the wicked commeth,] when any man becommeth wicked, & waxeth sinfull, then commeth contempt, dishonour and infamie follow fast after him, his credit is growing into a consumption, how great and many meanes soeuer he hath to vphold it: and with the vile man reproach, he that is vicious, and by ill doing deserueth shame, shall be sure to haue shame and reproach his companions: if men dare not speake contemptuously to him, yet they will talke contemptibly of him, or though they should be afraid to censure him in their words, yet they will be bold to despise him in their mindes. See chap. 11. 2. & 13. 18.
Vers. 4. The words of an excellent mans mouth, are as deep waters, the wellspring of wisdom, is as a flowing river.
Vers. 4. The words of an excellent mans mouth, are as deepe waters, the welspring of wisedome, is as a flowing riuer.
The words,] the wholesome and fruitful speeches, of an excellent mans mouth, uttered by godly men, and such as fear the ⟨p. 6⟩