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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.
HE which walketh in his uprightness,] that without dissimulation, constantly endeavoureth to obey the will of God, labouring to know all that the Lord requireth at his hand, and as much as he can perform, all that he knoweth, and that with desire to glorify him, and likewise with hope to be rewarded himself, is just, perfectly righteous by the merits of Christ without him, and righteous by the work of Gods holy spirit within him: And blessed shall his children be after him. It shall both go well with himself while he liveth, (for so much is intended in this sentence, though not expressly mentioned) and with his posterity also who shall succeed him. So doth he usually bless his servants, but not at all times, some being otherwise recompensed, and not in this manner: for many Godly men have no children at all, and others leave such behind them, as prove unhappy and graceless.
HE which walketh in his vprightnesse,] that without dissimulation, constantly indeuoureth to obey the will of God, labouring to know all that the Lord requireth at his hand, and asmuch as he can performe, al that he knoweth, and that with desire to glorifie him, and likewise with hope to be rewarded himselfe, is iust, perfectly righteous by the merits of Christ without him, and righteous by the worke of Gods holy spirit within him: And blessed shall his children be after him. It shall both goe well with himselfe while he liueth, (for so much is intended in this sentence, though not expresly mentioned) and with his posterity also who shall succeede him. So doth he vsually blesse his seruants, but not at all times, some being otherwise recompensed, and not in this manner: for many Godly men haue no children at all, and others leaue such behinde them, as proue vnhappy and gracelesse.
¶ Whosoever is sincere and honest, the same man is also righteous. Doct. 1 He that exerciseth the behaviour of justice shall enjoy both the comfort and credit of being just, notwithstanding he be not free from faults and infirmities. St. John undertaketh to make this good, and layeth it down as an infallible verity, saying, Little children, let no man deceive you, he that doeth righteousness