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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.
¶ God doth adorn men with several gifts according to Doct. the diversity of their conditions.
¶ God doth adorne men with seuerall giftes according to Doct. the diuersity of their conditions.
Some are decked with judgement, and wisdom, some are armed with fortitude and power, some excel in one grace, and some in another. I have written unto you fathers, saith S. John, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. 1I have written unto you young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome that wicked one. And as several ages have their several ornaments for them▪ that are Godly, so have several states: or at least the Lord doth qualify his people with virtues and graces, such as are fit for their present estates: and therefore Saint James encourageth the brother of low degree to rejoice in that he is exalted: again him that is rich, in that 2he is made low. That poor Christians should comfort themselves, in their spiritual promotion, and the wealthy in their gracious humiliation.
Some are decked with iudgement, and wisedome, some are armed with fortitude and power, some excell in one grace, and some in another. I haue written vnto you fathers, saith S. Iohn, because ye haue knowne him that is from the beginning. 1I haue written vnto you young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye haue ouercome that wicked one. And as seuerall ages haue their seuerall ornaments for them▪ that are Godly, so haue seuerall states: or at least the Lord doth qualifie his people with vertues and graces, such as are fit for their present estates: and therefore Saint Iames incourageth the brother of lowe degree to reioyce in that he is exalted: againe him that is rich, in that