yer%.ty. PROVERBS. Pr 1-ccd of it, or elkbe more inexcu$ab!e, and judged worthic of greater penurie : he repeateth here againc themifchiefe that it worketh in him ouer whom it gctteth dominion, defcribing the Laine by an hyperbolical) , or excefftue kind offpeaking, Laying , that bee hideth his hand in his to( me , not letting it to worke, but withholding it from labour, andZvi(' not put it to his monthdz, inc : toauoyd thecoldc, and file loueof cafe, he hol- deth it in a warme place, and though the di (lancebc but Cmall betweene thebofome and themouth, yet hee is vnwilling to bring it from the one to the other , fo much as to feede him- felfe : for though he doe it (compelled therevnto by nceefl'i- tie) yet hedoth it with difficulticandgrufi, as it is (aide in an Prou,26.11. other ciupter. Not that hee fetteth fo littleby hismeate; for no.e arefo hungric after honk, as the idle Drones : but it is a torment unto them to take anicpaints for it : their define is,that others fhould trauell for them,and put theirmute into their mouthcs alto, if flumewouldpermit it. So then , the handsof lazie perfons tire as it were bound with the loueofcafe , which they preferrebcf©re matters of proñreandnecellitie ; cfpec:allie concerning the foule, and thefpirituall foodethereof, cuen the wordof God; whereby ouely it is to be fuflaincd. Verle 25. Smite afeorner, that the foali , way beware : reproeuetheprudent, andhewill voderfta::.: kye ledge. CMite, J either put todeath, if thou bc a magitirate of that authoritie , and thecaule fo require , or otherwifc punifh according to thyplace, thefèor.9er, a refraharyperfoiì, him that conterneth and derideth all admonitions and inllrufti- ons , one, of whome there is no hope of amendment : for a fcor per is in the higher}degree of tranfgreflìon, that the foo- P1aim, lift, fuckas through (inapticitic am; ignoranceare caned fore- wards tocuill , m bew,are , may %abetter brought to a fight of theirfaults, and thedanger thcreof,and penitently reforme their wages. N s d+
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