~~ Salomons Oeconomickf~ . r, '·"· g•od>) thy fle!h and thy body,•ndfay, How have I hated mflruchon, and mine heart A Pc.>·' •· defp•Jcd correction! I was almofl plunged into all evill, ofjinne andtlrments;and that which is m'.JI jlwnrfi•O, in the midft of the alfembly, in the foceofthe world, LctthmPr. f.tS. P: .f- ' 9· Pq.:.e . Pr. f . !. l· Pr.6.:z.r. P r.6:z.6. Pt.6,:z.6. Pr6.17. Pr 6.:.8 , Pr 6.19. Pr.5-;o. !l r.6p . Pr.'-1"· Pr.6Hl'r.6.J!. Pr.9.1 7 · Prg. t8• Pr.t.t8 ,t9• Pr. ~ -3· Pr.5-\· Pr.s-1Pr.:J-17· Pr.U·14• l'r.1 f.17 · rtr.171, p r,l9ollo P r. I:.-4Pr.;a. JO. ProiJ• II, Prol-17, Pr.7.6 . Pr.7·1· Pr.,.8. Pr.7 ·9· Pr-7.10. Pr.?.ll · Pr.u.t6. Pr., .lr. J>:.? t ! . fore that thine own Foumainc be blelfcd, and rcjoyce With the wife of thy youth: .Lct her be as the lovin• Hind,& pleafanr Roe:ler her brefls facisfie thee at all times, and erre thou in her lo:e continually; For why !houlde!l thou ddighr, my fonne,in a ft ron•e woman;or(whtthtr in affefJion,cr all) embrace the bofome of a Clranger!For the ,:/.tyes of man are before the eyesQfthe Lord,and he pondererh all his paths: & ifthy god/rfne(!reg.rd notthAt,yttfor thine •••n fo!e,Defire nor her beauty in thy heart, neither kt her take thee with her eye-lids; for becaufe ofthe whori!hwoman, a man is brouohtto a IUQ(_fell ofhread,yeat~the very hmks: and more then that, a Woman wil hun~ for the precious life ofa man. ThouJaytft th•• canjlefr•pe thiJ •EI••I deji/trnent: B c,na man take fir< in hisbofome,and his clothes not be burnt! Or can a man go up· on coles and his feet not be burnt ! So he that goeth in tohis neighbours wife, !hall not be innocent,who!oever touchech her:Th« (inne ufarre m~rtodi•m then theft: F~r, men doe not defpil"e a Theefwhen he frealech ro facisfie his foule, becaufe he is hun. gry:But if he be found,helhall reflore feven·fold,or he !ballgiveall the fubfrance of his houfe;and 1t Is .c<tpttd. But he that commits adultery with a woman, is mad: he that would defrroy his own foule, let himdoe it: F~r,helhall find a wound and dif. honour, and hisreproach !hall never be put away: Neither inht d•nger /eflitbe, the fbarne. For, jealoufie is the rage ofman: therefore the ,.rongtd hmh•~d will nor fpare in the dayofvengeance. He cannot beare thdight ofany ranfome : neithcr will he confenr to remit it,though thou multiply thy gifts.And though Cloln waters be [ weet C and hid bread be pleafant "'"' c~rruptt•jle1yec the •d•lttrer knows nor that the dead , are thcre:and that herguells are in the deeps ofhell, that herhoufe tendeth to death; Andhowfiwtr her lips drop as an honey-comb,and her mouth is more fofr then oil, yet the end ofher is bitteras Jworm-wood, and fharp as a two-edged fword:her.fect goe down to death,and her freps take hold ofhcll'1<A,the mouth ofthe Clrangc wo. man is a deep pit,and he with whom the Lord is angry,lhall fall into it. 3. f2!!ittly,•nd/ovingly :for,Better isa dinner of green herbs wherelove is, then a flalled 6xe1and hatred therewith: ye•, Better is a dry morldl,ifpeace be with it,then anhoufefull of facrifices withftrif"e. Andifheftndfomttime cufo •fhl•me, The difcre. cion ofaman deferreth his anger,and his glory isto paife by an offence : ..,d,.lyHe that coverorh a rranfgreflion,(eeketh love:Rejoice with thy wife whom thou hall Io- D ved a lithe dayes of the life ofthy vanity,which God hathgiven thee under the Sun. Forthis is thy portion in this life. And in the travels wherein thou Iabourefr under the Sunne. THE WIFE. §. 3· Shtt mnjl '" 3· Dlftrttt. ~ I, F •it~f•O 11 htr hll4~and,mtwAnlln: •· obedimt. 4• ProvidtntAnd houfo-wift./lk AVertuous wife is the Crown ofher husband: Who !hall fiod fuch a one! for her price is lane above the pearles,Shtu trutto htr h"'bandsbtd; fuch as the E heart ofher husband mayrruftto, .u bo,.ingthat jluu titdllblm by the Co- 1 venanr of God; not runtorJAnd.,chajft;foch owe as Ion« faw from thewindow ofmy houfe: !looked rhorow my window, and faw among the fooles, and confidered among rhe children a young man wantiog wit,who palfed thorow the ftrec:t by her corner,and went toward her houfe, in the twilight in the evening, when the night begantobeblack and dark, fo .u hethought himftlfun(ttnt; and behold, there met him(tht f.une htfi•ghtfor) awoman with an harlots falhion ; and clofe in heart, 4J opm inhtr haoit. S:1ee is babling and perverfc; whofc feet("ntTATJtlthtmAnntr ofa/Jmodtjlwives, which only attain honour) cannotabide in her houfe, but Art'"'" gaJdi•g· Now !he iswithout the gms,now in the Clreets, and liethin wait in every corner; or attht ltAjl,fitterhat the dooreofher houfe,on a fear in the hie plae<softhe City :
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