to PROVERBS. chap. i8. La(lly,Gt.hcnsthehateofthcm thatarc laden with thepoile of a troubled confcicnce,.is fo full of calamitic, fo wofull and lamentable what mercie and compaulion is therefore to be (hewedvnto them ? Are theynot much tobebornewith,cuen in their infirmities, pittied,prayed for, and comforted,andnot reproched,dcfpifed, and laughedat ? Who art thouwhich 114a. king thy headat their feares,doubts,and diffidencc,canD true. liefay, I !hall neuer drinke of this cuppe, this mi(crie(hall ne- ucr fall vpon mc? And if thou in that Hate wouldeil not haue affliction added to thy felfc aided , then caufc not them to be made moreforrowfull, whicharc alrcadie well-mare oucr. whelmed with forrow.. Verfc I g The heart of theprudent polef feth knowledge , awl thecareof thewifemidfeekeaftervxderflanding. TFfC heart ofthe prudent poffeffethknowledge,] hce that is ae. quaintedwith the Dateof his ownefoule, anddifcerneth how precious and fruitcfull , and needful! vnderDanding is, will notcontent himfelfe to haue wifedome in his eares, or head, or lippes, but layeth itvp in his heart, as his chicle trea- fore, andthecareofthewifefeekethafter vnderflanding he labou. reth to increafeknowledgeand grace, adding dailic thcrevnto, byharkening as muchas hemay,to allfound andwholefome. in(Irulions. Hec that would be wife to faluation, muff applic bothhis Visa' heart andcares toGods holyword. Wifcdomc eapeeteth both thereat thehands ofherchildren,and fchollers, and conditio- nethwith them, that they (hall bewithout neither, if theywill enjoy her, andher graces. Myfonne (faith the) if thou wiltre- W ceíne myword,, andhide my commandements within thee , and caufe thine caresto hearken to wifedome, and incline thineheart to under Handing, then(halt thou vnderfland thefeareofthc Lord , andfide theknowledgeofGod. There more !hall be fpoken ofthismat» ter. q4.4
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