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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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¶ 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 1is righteous. Likewise David in the Psalms, according as Solomon doth here, maketh the just and faithful to be all one in that his consolatory acclamation: Be glad ye righteous, and 2rejoice in the Lord, be joyful all ye that are upright in hart. But what can be clearer then Gods own testimony for Job, and that to the Devil, his most mortal adversary? Hast thou not considered 3my servant Job, how none is like him in the earth? An upright and just man one that feareth God and escheweth evil.
¶ Whosoeuer is sincere and honest, the same man is also righteous. Doct. 1 He that exerciseth the behauiour of iustice shall inioy both the comfort and credit of being iust, notwithstanding he be not free from faults and infirmities. St. Iohn vndertaketh to make this good, and layeth it downe as an infallible verity, saying, Little children, let no man deceiue you, he that doeth righteousnesse 1is righteous. Likewise Dauid in the Psalmes, according as Salomon doth here, maketh the iust and faithfull to be all one in that his consolatory acclamation: Be gladde yee righteous, and 2reioyce in the Lord, be ioyfull all yee that are vpright in hart. But what can be clearer then Gods owne testimony for Iob, and that to the Deuill, his most mortall aduersary? Hast thou not considered 3my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? An vpright and iust man one that feareth God and escheweth euill.