326 'fhe happitzejfe offt goodConfcienu. I , • . " ~ - ~ap.23. Chri{f.r beft Dilh, which he Feafis us withal: ~ , -· Thq? you fee what a goodHoufe-k.!_eper the · goodConfcience-k!eper is. He hat~ a continu– ~11 Feafi, faith Solomon, Pro.. I5·I5· Andi~ the two following verfes, he anfwereth two: ~bje8:ion$ of · the 'l"orlqly p1ans mW<int;. FIrfr they ask, Hath pe fo plllCh feafripg ! r prayyouwhat h his State firll! And fecond~ ly, Wh~t good Chear hath he at his Table ? To the"fidl:he anfwereth, ver..J~· He may be hut a poor man to fee to, yet he kecpeth fuel~ ~goodhoufe: f()r, Better i.r hi.r little w,itb the fear of the Lord, th.Jn. great trea{ure a~d trouble ~herewith. And for qi~ gooq Chear on his Table, it may ~e it is but hornely, yet hi~ "])inner of Herbs w~ere Love is (the Love of Ooci i$ ) u better than tt flalle4 Oxe tJnd Hatred therewith. So that Solomon.r meaning in thofe three verfes is, that a GoodConfcie~ce is a Feaft alGne, and Riche~ alone, .and. Mirth alonei and that all good is coptain~d in; a goo~ ~onfcienfe~ whic~ is a mofi ~ornfr~he~five . goo~. · CHAP. ' •., ·, ~'
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