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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	fruitless_a	iron_n	sharpen_v	20	3	15.8741	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50049	Annotations on five poetical books of the Old Testament (viz.) Job, Psalmes, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles / by Edward Leigh ...	Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671.	1657 (1657)	Wing L985; ESTC R12549	255,543	192

a man cruell and outragious in his attempts But who can stand before envy That is no man can the interrogation is more emphaticall Vers. 8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest so is a man that wandereth from his place That is God hath set every man in a place and calling he that goes out of that like a bird falleth into the snare of the fowler or the talons of the birds of prey Vers. 15. A continuall dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike See 19. 13. when it is foul without and it droppeth within See Mercer Vers. 16. Whosoever hideth her hideth the winde and the ointment of his right hand which bewraieth it self A proverbiall speech for fruitless endeavour in hiding a thing the winde the more you hide it the more noise it makes and ointment in your hand the more you hide it the more it smels Vers. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend When you what one iron upon another the edge grows keen thus a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend The word translated countenance signifies also anger or passion because anger quickly appears in the countenance hence some render the Proverb As iron sharpeneth iron so a man sharpeneth the anger of his friend Vers. 19. As in water face answereth to face so the heart of man to man The face in water renders the self same shape colour lineaments proportion so the heart Every man may in another mans heart see the compleat image deformities uncleanness of his own Vers. 21. As the fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold so is a man to his praise They shew what pure metall or dross there is so praise and honour will shew what is in man Vers. 22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar yet will not his foolishness depart from him Not a naturall but a conceited fool that is let him be afflicted till he be almost destroyed CHAP. XXVIII Verse 1. BUt the righteous are bold as a Lion As a young Lion Leunculus Arias Montanus which is more bold than the other Vers. 2. For the transgressions of a Land many are the Princes thereof but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged That is in a way of variation one after another He means not only of a wise Prince but this As wicked men corrupt their Princes so grave and good Counsellours prudent men about him are great means to prolong the tranquillity of a Land Vers. 13. Who so confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy That is he which in the very act of confessing forsaketh Vers. 14. Happy is the man that feareth alway That is to sinne Rom. 11. 20. 1 Cor. 10. 12. Vers. 20. But he that maketh hast to be rich shall not be innocent That is it fals out so See 1 Tim. 6. 4. Vers. 23. Findes more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue Even with that man Vers. 24. Who so robbeth his father or his mother and saith it is a transgression the same is the companion of a destroyer That is will easily joyn with men-robbers to spoil others of their goods also CHAP. XXIX Verse 1. HE that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy A terrible Scripture and to be applied with much caution We know not how often nor how long it will be before the date of patience be expired Bains applies it to the Jews Vers. 5. A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet As a Fowler lieth in wait to bring the bird into the net and hold him in it implying that flattery is the devils invisible net by which he catcheth and holdeth men fast in the snare See Isa. 3. 12. Vers. 6. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare Or In the transgression of man there is an evil snare Malus laqueus Montanus He is insnared himself by his own sinne and by his means insnares others Prov. 22. 25. Vers. 15. But a childe left to himself bringeth his mother to shame Yea and his father too though the mother be here only named because she usually is most to blame in this kinde Vers. 18. Where there is no vision the people perish Vision for so Prophesie was wont to be anciently called and a Prophet a Seer Is naked exposed to Gods wrath and their own perdition Vers. 25. The fear of man bringeth a snare That is inordinate fear so Mercer and that four waies 1. As it hinders a man in a good way 2. As it carries a man to an evil way 3. As it stirres up other men to try conclusions upon him 4. As it provoketh God against him Jer. 1. 17. Vers. 26. Many seek the Rulers favour but every mans judgement cometh from the Lord. Or face From the Lord. Bowing and bending the Rulers heart which way it pleaseth him Prov. 21. 1. CHAP. XXX Verse 1. Even unto Ithiel and Ucal Ithiel God with me as Immanuel God with us and Ucal from Jacal Potent Vers. 2. Surely I am more brutish than any man and have not the understanding of a man Binath Adam the understanding of Adam not perfect knowledge of the rule of duty as he had yet Agur was a Prophet eminently instructed by God in a more immediate way of revelation See 1 Cor. 13. 9. Here are two things 1. All men are bruitish 2. Godly men are more sensible of their bruitishness than any others Vers. 4. Who hath ascended into heaven or descended Some interpret it by that vision which Jacob had Joh. 1. ult Angels ascend and descend for our service yet God useth them Vers. 6. Adde not thou unto his words lest he reprove thee and thou be found a liar A man that addes a lie to the word Vers. 8. Remove farre from vanity and lies give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me Poverty hath been the decay of many but riches of a farre greater number Food convenient Or as the words signifie bread of his statute allowance or ordinance which God in his counsell had appointed and ordained for him so much as was fit for him and this fitness must be measured partly and principally by naturall necessity partly and secondarily by the use of ours Vers. 10. Accuse not a servant unto his Master That is causlesly and maliciously Vers. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes Dor a successive generation it implies tales nunquam defuturos optimi esse volunt quia pessimi non sunt Vers. 14. There is a generation whose teeth are as swords Vers. 17. The Ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young Eagles shall eat it A phrase which sets forth the end of a notorious malefactour that is hanged in the air till