"4 PROVERBS'.: C1fap.2p Verfe 3. It is ANhonorerfora man toceafe framfirfe , but esterie f oele wül bemedlig. ris anhonosrrforaman]it maketh for his praife,and procnreth 1 the tongues and harts ofmen togiue him a good tef}imonic, to cearjefromflrife,either not to enter into it at al l,if vpó good conditions,without wrong to Iuí}ice,orrighteous cafes meet to be maintained, he may be freed from it, or elfe tobreak off, andput an end thereto, with as much celeritie as may be con- uen ient : buteuery foulen illbemedlinn :filchas are vnwifeon the other tide, doe loincontentions,and delight to be ilirringand f}riuing vponeuery tlightoccafion. Thus f}andeth the óppo- fi`ion r It isa nuns honour to ceafe from f}rife, and euerywife manwill l indeuour tokeepe himfelfcquiet : but is a mans re- proach to be contentious, yet euery foolewill bemedling. D . eft is a laudablevertucto beofaquiet difpolrion,& to auoyd contentions. WhenGod faith it is fora mans honour,we may well conclude,thathe is truelyhonorable,in whome that grace is found : for the Lordgiueth nothis teflimonieas manie men do,for falbions fake,as amcerecomplement. F fpecially,when he doubleth the fame,as he Both for this poirt : for thefe words here,thatitisamans honour to ceafefröfirife,donothing differ in fenfe from thefe clfe-where,that it isamans glorie to zfro byan of. fence. And ifthey bepronounced bletfed by the Sonne ofGod, whicharepeace-maherf,and compoCecontrouerfies bPtweene o- 5%9. thers,then they areno lethe,which be peace-keepers,& as much as in them lyeth, abandon all controuerfies thcmfelues. Fir(}, there is a concurrence,and vnion ofmanic' excellent oafr. vertues in thole whichdelightto be peaceable: as wifdomc,be- n.13.10. caafe it is the propertie offòoles to bewrangling: & hunnilitie, b°ceafe ersely bypride,manmjieth cantétions :& fortitude,becaufe i nomanattaineth to this,but byconqueil of himfelfe, - he that f".31.71. fstdgethhis ovineminde,isbetter thenhe that twinnetha Citie. Nei- ther domen grow to befuch,by a naturali valurc,humilitie, or wifedonie,butfpirituall &heauenly,as it is faidconcerning one ofthefe,& tobe vnderlloodof411,thewfedomethatisfromaboste, ispeaceable, gentle, ea_fîe tobe entreated, C `c. Secondly,
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