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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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Every man, of every degree, as well rich as poor, as well mighty as mean, as well noble as base, must know that he is borne for some employment to the good of his brethren, if he will acknowledge himself to be a member, and not an ulcer in the body of mankind.
Euery man, of euery degree, as well rich as poore, as well mightie as meane, as well noble as base, must knowe that hee is borne for some imployment to the good of his brethren, if hee will acknowledge himselfe to be a member, and not an vlcer in the bodie of mankinde.
But if love and duty to men, be not of force enough to persuade thee to bestow thy time usefully, let providence, and the regard of thine own estate prevail with thee, that having little, thou mayest get more: or having much, thou mayest preserve that which thou possessest. Or if thou takest not that for a sufficient motive, to induce thee to labour, yet stand in awe of God, and despise not his will & ordinance, who hath enjoined Adam and all Adams posterity, yet in his loins, to get 1their bread in the sweat of their faces.
But if loue and dutie to men, be not of force enough to perswade thee to bestowe thy time vsefully, let prouidence, and the regard of thine owne estate preuaile with thee, that hauing little, thou mayest get more: or hauing much, thou mayest preserue that which thou possessest. Or if thou takest not that for a sufficient motiue, to induce thee to labour, yet stand in awe of God, and despise not his will & ordinance, who hath enioyned Adam and all Adams posteritie, yet in his loynes, to get 1their bread in the sweate of their faces.