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B12458 A plaine and familiar exposition of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon / by Iohn Dod and Robert Cleaver. Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625. 1610 (1610) STC 6965; ESTC S109745 131,853 182

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will_v not_o glad_o enjoy_v it_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v better_a frantic_a person_n and_o mad_a man_n to_o be_v without_o it_o as_o that_o poor_a possess_v person_n feel_v which_o pluck_v his_o chain_n asunder_o 5._o mar._n 5._o 4._o 5._o and_o break_v his_o fetter_n in_o piece_n and_o strike_v himself_o with_o stone_n the_o great_a part_n of_o mankind_n do_v thirst_n for_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o money_n it_o be_v the_o earthen_a god_n almost_o of_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n every_o worldling_n do_v adore_v and_o worship_v it_o and_o yet_o ezechiel_n speak_v of_o a_o time_n when_o they_o shall_v cast_v their_o silver_n 19_o ezech._n 7._o 19_o in_o the_o street_n and_o their_o gold_n far_o from_o they_o be_v oppress_v with_o fear_n and_o terror_n it_o be_v not_o very_o delightful_a and_o pleasant_a even_o a_o matter_n of_o contentment_n to_o most_o man_n appetite_n to_o sit_v at_o full_a cup_n of_o wine_n and_o strong_a drink_n with_o variety_n and_o abundance_n 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shall_v find_v so_o many_o annoyance_n and_o trouble_n which_o they_o never_o so_o much_o as_o suspect_v second_o god_n by_o a_o wise_a providence_n will_v have_v all_o worldly_a delectation_n subject_a as_o it_o be_v to_o putrefaction_n &_o loathsomnes_n that_o become_v sometime_o unsavoury_a they_o may_v at_o no_o time_n be_v so_o vehement_o long_v for_o we_o see_v now_o notwithstanding_o that_o they_o prove_v so_o bitter_a &_o all_o the_o grief_n wherewith_o they_o fill_v many_o man_n heart_n that_o few_o be_v to_o be_v find_v who_o hunger_n not_o after_o they_o with_o a_o greedy_a appetite_n and_o what_o will_v they_o do_v then_o if_o they_o be_v privilege_v from_o all_o inconvenience_n yield_v pure_a pleasure_n without_o any_o mixture_n of_o any_o trouble_n or_o vexation_n and_o withal_o hereby_o he_o support_v the_o heart_n of_o his_o people_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v discourage_v at_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a as_o though_o they_o be_v prefer_v before_o 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comfortable_a to_o thou_o rely_v not_o upon_o too_o much_o as_o though_o of_o itself_o it_o can_v minister_v any_o comfort_n how_o specious_a profitable_a or_o pleasant_a soever_o it_o appear_v but_o sue_v by_o prayer_n to_o he_o that_o give_v it_o that_o he_o will_v give_v the_o joyful_a fruition_n of_o it_o and_o be_v admonish_v by_o this_o to_o seek_v principal_o and_o with_o great_a industry_n thing_n which_o be_v above_o to_o labour_v most_o for_o heavenly_a grace_n which_o certain_o will_v bring_v spiritual_a gladness_n with_o they_o get_v faith_n rather_o than_o riches_n &_o let_v thy_o heart_n be_v furnish_v with_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n more_o than_o thy_o state_n and_o house_n with_o all_o manner_n of_o treasure_n and_o ornament_n though_o thy_o wealth_n do_v vanish_v thy_o strength_n decay_n thy_o greatness_n decrease_v thy_o friend_n forsake_v thou_o or_o all_o these_o remain_v can_v preserve_v thy_o heart_n from_o friefe_n &_o fear_n yet_o thy_o godliness_n thy_o wisdom_n thy_o love_n thy_o mercy_n thy_o patience_n and_o the_o like_a will_v abide_v with_o thou_o and_o stand_v to_o thou_o and_o suffer_v no_o misery_n to_o seize_v upon_o thou_o verse_n 14._o house_n and_o substance_n be_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o father_n but_o a_o prudent_a wife_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o former_a sentence_n by_o a_o lively_a similitude_n he_o show_v how_o noisome_a a_o bad_a wife_n be_v and_o in_o this_o by_o a_o other_o argument_n he_o make_v it_o appear_v what_o a_o great_a benefit_n a_o good_a wife_n be_v he_o proove_v it_o from_o the_o efficient_a that_o the_o lord_n do_v bestow_v she_o and_o that_o in_o manner_n differ_v from_o his_o ordinary_a and_o common_a gifture_n house_n and_o land_n be_v his_o gift_n also_o and_o so_o be_v riches_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o commodity_n but_o they_o be_v ordinary_o common_o and_o mediate_o receive_v from_o ancestor_n as_o father_n grandfather_n and_o great_a grandfather_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v 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