;:% PROVERBS. Chap. 19. The latter is dcfcribed by a fimilitude,fromhim that thould headilie runnc onblind - folded , and hood-wincked, in a peri- lousway,that he neither knoweth, nor euer law as finch aone is in daunger to da(hagain( (tumbling blockes, or to fall into quick- lands, quagmires,mine- pittes, brookes, or ditches : So hec that vnaduifedly, and without deliberation , attempteth, andetiecuteth matters of moment, and importance,cannot a- uoyd errours,and inconueniences,yca fumes & trani'greilions. ibo, I. X11 Anheart altogether ignorant, is altogethercorruptandlin- fùlI. See Chap.,9. verf. Io. Do,a. 2. ¶ Doí.2. ,Idxhe that ha1Ineth,&-c.Whatfoeuerisrall lydone,isilldone. Weehave a prouerbc, That ittsgood to looke before one leape ,which holderh euer true in thiscafe that weenow deale in : for manie are Tooneplunged oucr head and cares, in mile. ric, or faultineife, through want of forefight in their affaires. Euen whengoodmenwould be fuddaine in their words oraâi- ons,and remiire to leekeor take direCtion, haue bene foundto fwarue farce from the right way. And Iofhua, and the Elders, in accepting the talc of the G:beonites : Eli in condemning Hanna of drunkennes : Dauid, in crediting Ziba , ac,ain(l Me- ?hibofheth : and Ieholhaphat, in ioyning twifer with the Kingsof OI.I5:=3s Ifra el. It was faide before in the fifteenth Chapter,that without counfell, thoughts cometonaught : but in themultitude ofcounfellers, there isfledf vale 3. Thefoolijhnesofa man,ouertbroweth húway,andhra heartfretteth againfl theLord. THfeoliJhnes ofa man,] the finfulnes and vngodly behaui- our of thewicked , ouerthroweth his way , drawerh croifes and iudgcmcntsvpon him ,& caufethhim tohaucill fuc- ce(fe,t his heartfrettethageing theLord : though his tonguedo not openly blafpheme,yethis heartdoth fecretly murmure a- gain(l God,as ifheewerevniuflly, the caufe of his calamities. Neitherdothhe this direetlyalwaies,&imbittcrethhimfelfea- gainfl theperfonofthe Lord,but fcorncthat his hand,& accu. feth hisproccedings,vndcrthe nameofchance,& it luck,&bad fortune,&many times rcligion is exclaimedvpon,&profrflion quar»
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