Verfe. 43. PROVERBS. 99 q His mouthfwallowethvp, Vic. The greater delight anymanDor!`.2. taketh in Gnning,the more grieuousa finnerhe. is. Notorious andhainous offendoursarc therebydefcribed in the fourth chapter almoff after the Came manner as in this place, but fomewhat more largely, and clearely : Theycannot 41 ío fleepeexcept they h:iuedoneeuill, and theirfleepedeparteth, except they cassfefame to fag. For they Bate thebreade of wicl<ednes, and drinkethe wine ofviolence. And Zophar foretelling the plagues and miCer.ies that are readie to lay hands on acruel! man, and one that is ripe for dearuïon ,faith,thatwickea'neswavfweeteiraIob,io.ia . hismouth, and hebia it wider Lis tongue, andfauor redit, andwould trot farfake it.but kept close in h.;:s *south. He tooke it fora daintie model!, and fed vpon it, and rd ifbed it fo well, that hewas wil- ling continually tobe chewingofit. Fir(f, the more delight a man takcth in finne, with greater Re, fr feruencie he loueth the fame : and according to the loue that hebeareth thereunto, is his hatred and cnmitie againft God, and his word. Secondly, his of eetion towickednes conuinceth him tobe carnall and flefhly : for they that are after the flefhJauour the Ro,8.. things ofthefielh. Yea Cuch aone is not oncly fiefhly, but flesh it felfe, in full proportion, which is odious and loathfcme to the Lord. For though they that haue thefpirit doe fometimes flippe into fumes, yet they hate them, andmourne forthem, andreiocenot in them. Thirdly, his heart is the harder, and further from rcpen- 5 tance, by how much his tuft and delire is more fatisficd in evtill : it argueth that menare pagfeeling, and remorfe, when theygiue thew:feloes toworkewick.cdnes with gredines. See chap- Erhef.4,t, tcr..to,23. Vcrfe.29. But itilkokents stye preparedfor thefefcarneri, a,rd f ripesfor thebacks officies. He bchauiourofthefe contemptuousper(önswas decla- red in the former (entencc, and their recon9pcnce foi. loweth in this : for all their cunning and ¡corning fppee- 0 2 ches,
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