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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, godliness bringeth contentment, and their mind is §3satisfied with their allowance, be it much or little, justly judging1 that to be enough for them (for so God doth make it to be) which others would murmur at, as an incompetent, and2 too short a pittance for their hungry appetites. I have learned saith Paul, in what state soever I am, therewith to be content. And I can be abased, and I can abound: every where in all things, I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry, and to abound, and to have want. See chapter. 10. v. 3.
Thirdly, godlines bringeth contentment, and their minde is §3satisfied with their allowance, be it much or little, iustly iudging1 that to be enough for them (for so God doth make it to be) which others would murmure at, as an incompetent, and2 too short a pittance for their hungrie appetites. I haue learned saith Paul, in what state soeuer I am, therewith to be content. And I can be abased, and I can abound: euery where in all things, I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry, and to abound, and to haue want. See chapter. 10. v. 3.