rerfe.z;. PROVERBS. 59 might make him guideto expofe himfelfe to the difpleafure, And feueritie of theMagifirate,and to induce him to feeke the bcnefiteofhis bcnignitieand fauour. Seechap. z6. v.14 iS. Verî. 13 . Afooli(hfanne it the calamitieof hisfather,andthecon- tentions of4 )rife, are 1ikea continuali dropping. Two ofthe greatcfl of 1i &ionswhich befall the their familics,are declared in this fentence. The former isafool :fhfonae,a finfull,vnhappy child,after what fort foe- uerhis lcaudnesbreaketh out,whether by contumacie,& flub- bornnes,when he (hall contemnc his parcnts,and defpifetheir precepts,or by riot,& vnthriftines,whenhe (hall be,as it were a gulph to foal lowvp all hisfathers labors,& thofe things which he bath benefo carefull to prouide,orbyanyothermeans fhall bring (lame anddeflruá ion vpon himfelfe,who is the calamity ofhisfather, thework-°rof his woc,and cause of lòrrow,for the loofenes ofhis Iife,and at the (i; ht,or forefight(by all probabi. litie ood)ofthemiCery ofhis death.Thc other is acon- tentions wife,whofe brawlings offend theeares,& vexe the hart, andCometimesdemoli(li the (late ofher husband, & therefore are comparedto a continualIdropping: theyarc as irkefome,and hurtfull, as for raine to pierce through euerie part oftherook, into all roomes of the houle,faliing on theplancks, and walls, and flufre,and heads of them that are doing their worke, or fit. tingat their meate,or lying in their beds, which mull needs be both tedious,and noyiome,to ruinate thebuilding,& rotte the goods,and molelt the inhabitants,how this refcmbleth an vn- quiet woman , and what mifchief:e proccedeth from a wicked wife,wehaue familiarlie íhewed. Chap. verf4. ¶ Themot} delectable commodities of this life, turne manie times tobevery offenfiue. To paire by the fpcciails heere Cpecified, ¡ fithence wife and children) arc well knowne to be defreable , ( if good ) and much delired, in hope that they will be good, and yet prooue often to bee fo burthenous , as our Text doeth te- ílifie,) wewill exemplifie thepoint inother things which the world hash ingreatadmiration. As flrcngth is greatlyepee. I a reed Dog, Pf,za8.;.
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