1z PROVERBS. chap.I. the-vilefl drudgerie of the Diucll his enemle. They forget that they oweas muchhomage to the chide Lordofheauen, as the bafea pealant : his foueraigntie is as high ouer Ernpe- rours,Citting in their Thrones, as the poorefl captiues,grind- ing at the Milne. They forget that their prcheminences abone others in dignity, parenrage,pienty, or the like, ought to bemotives to greater feruiceablencllti , and not cauces of exemption from Chrillian feruices ö For the greater wages they receiue the more worke they fho+.old doe : the better tenements they hold, the larger rents they fliould pay : and the higher they are exalted by him a the deepelier they are indebted to him. Thole which honour him (ball receiue encreale of honour from him, There is none fo excellent, but he canmake him yet more eminent, and lironglier ella- blifh him, whereas on the contrary fide for their.impiety,and contumacie, hee will call downe flat to the ground Inch as f. eme to Band vp in the height and flrengthof rnountaines. Sec Chap .1 6.verfe i z. Verle z. To know wifedome and ins`lrn ion , to vnder land thewords ofknowledge. HEre beginneth the third part ofthe inscription, wherein is contayned the vfe, and end ofthis Booke,which is Ftrfl,generall;fuch as is common toall, ver.a. 3. Two-fold: Secondly , Ipeciall, Inch as concerneth forne kindes of men.ver.4.5.6. The general] vie is partly for the minde andvndertland- ing, as in this verle, partly for the prac`li1e, and wayes, as will appeare in the next. Our Text faith, that it was written to incite and teach men to knowWifedome, to attaine vnto,and proceede in the knowledge of things that may make a man Inge to faluation : and Inf ruF. lion, towit,the meanes whereby that wiCedome is to be obtayned , as dotrine , exhortation, reprehenfion, &c. andto vnderhand the words of knowledge, thofe fayings , and Ientences, wherein knowledge andwife- dome is deliuered,
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