PROVERBS. Chap. 18. bothwhicharc faidc to be in thepaver thereof: that is, theper uerting, or well orderingof the flame,. is effeé uali , either for dellru.`1ion or faluation : and yet this force is not in the pro- nouncingofwordes , but in th`atfec`tion fromwhich they con- {tautly proceed , and a4(uery one dellghteth to víe it : fo bee Jhall eate thereof. Hypocrites fometiines doe make faire fhowes, t.ut their hearts and lippesaccordnot together , and therefore their finooth fpeeches tend not to life andgodly men fomc- tinmcs forget themfelues,but they takenot plcafure in euiii (pea.. king, and therefore they (hall not be dellroyed, though they may becorrected. Sec Chapt. 1 . verf. s. Verfe 22. Hee that ftndeth agood ife,ftndeth a good thingAnd obtainethfauour of the Lord. HE that findeth agood wife , ] which being himfelfe a good man,hath,ancl-feeth,and inioycththebene6teof a good, wife, and faithful! wifc,findeth a good thing ; which (hall be for his helpeand comfort ;andobtainethfauourofthe Lord , re- ceiuetha telfimonic ofhis loue, in bellowing fo great a blcf. fingvponhim : and fo doth a godlic woman, that findeth a goodandgracious husband. Ç. They onelyfpccdcwell in marriagc,whom God makcth the match for, in mercie. This will more plaincly appcarc in the vcrfc ofthenext Chapter. Verf.Z; . Thepooreffeak. thwithfupplications:but the rich anfwe- reth roughly. THepooreJ he that is in miferie,inperill,in feare,or fubieci. on,fpeakethwithfupplications, fubmitfcly,and lowcly,to the wcalthie&mightie,bcfccching him in hiible manner,and . reucrent termes, cfpecially when hebathany fuitevnto them. But the rich anfwereth roughy:he that hathabundanceofgoods, or is inauthority,notoncly rciec:eth the poorcpetitionercon- tcmptuoufly,witha churlifhdeniall,butotherwifc alto is proud snd infolcnt in his fppecches. Commonly thus it is,but yet not alwaics:for fomc ofthe lowcll fort fpcakc difdainfully,& fome great perfonages behaue thernfclucs curtcoullic0 sAf ietioti
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