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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.
¶ It is no cruelty for the Magistrate sharply to punish lewd and Doct. disordered persons.
¶ It is no cruelty for the Magistrate sharpely to punish lewd and Doct. disordered persons.
It is the work of a wise King so to do, and commended as a fruit of his wisdom. Gods word requireth it, and the best ⟨p. 158⟩Princes have laudably practised it: yea they knew it to be so necessary a duty, that some of them before they came to their Crown, have after a sort vowed to perform it, as David for example, when he said, Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the 1land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquity from the City of the Lord. But who was so handled by him? Upon whom did he execute such a punishment? First, upon the Messenger that brought him news of Sauls death (which might have seemed very acceptable to him) for that he confessed himself to have a2 hand in the killing of him: and afterwards upon Baanah and Rechab, who brought him news of the death of Ishbosheth, 3whom they had murdered: now every one of these thought to gratify him, and expected a reward from him, for certifying him that his enemies were slain, and the Kingdom was come into his hands, and therefore he that would not spare them, in all likelihood would be as severe against others that were as bad as they.
It is the worke of a wise King so to doe, and commended as a fruite of his wisedome. Gods word requireth it, and the best ⟨p. 158⟩Princes haue laudably practised it: yea they knew it to be so necessary a duety, that some of them before they came to their Crowne, haue after a sort vowed to performe it, as Dauid for example, when he said, Betimes will I destory all the wicked of the