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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
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Ecclesiastes affirmeth, that the lips of a fool devour himself. And in the twelfth Chapter of this book, the evil man is1 said to be ensnared by the wickedness of his lips; and divers such sayings are to be found in the former Chapters, which2 were verified in Doeg, in Haman, and Daniels adversaries, whose ⟨p. 8⟩tongues were sharp and keen, to cut their own throats, but blunted by the good hand of God, that they could not hurt his servants, whom they struck at with their bitter accusations.
Ecclesiastes affirmeth, that the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe. And in the twelfth Chapter of this booke, the euill man is1 saide to be ensnared by the wickednesse of his lippes; and diuers such sayings are to be found in the former Chapters, which2 were verified in Doeg, in Haman, and Daniels aduersaries, whose ⟨p. 8⟩tongues were sharpe and keene, to cut their owne throates, but blunted by the good hand of God, that they could not hurt his seruants, whome they strooke at with their bitter accusations.