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A15343	A short, yet sound commentarie; written on that woorthie worke called; the Prouerbes of Salomon and now published for the profite of Gods people.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1589 (1589)	STC 25627; ESTC S119970	239,133	222

be poore i. fall into pouertie though they be verie rich for what vanitie more consusumeth mens substance Wee see that apparrell and building remayneth but if a man haue gulled in of all dainties euen as much as his panche will hold yet with in sixe eyght tenne or twelue howres hee hath appetite againe and the sleeper i. the idle and slothfull person who is called a sleeper because idlenes prouoketh to sleepe Chapter 19.15 shall be cloathed with ragges i. with ragged and torne apparrell meaning also that he should fall into beggerie and pouertie euen as the other Vers 22. Obey thy father vz. in the Lord as Ephes 6.1 that hath begotten thee i. that hath been a meane of thy being it may be vsed as it were a reason to induce obedience and despise not vz. at any hand but reuerence very much thy mother when she is old vz. and not able as it were to helpe hir selfe see chap. 1.8 Vers 23. Buy vz. euen by departing from all the pleasures and profits that thou hast the trueth i. the knowledge of Gods trueth meaning that they should by all meanes seeke to obteyne it when they want it but sell it not vz. at any hand q.d. when thou hast gotten wisdome bargaine it not away that is departe not from it for any price or for any cause likewise vz. buy and sell not wisdome and instruction and vnderstanding these words haue been expounded before Chap. 1.2 3. I take this to bee the same with that which our Sauior sayeth Matth. 13.44 45 46. Vers 24. The father of the righteous i. he that begetteth a good and a godly childe shall greatlie reioyce vz. in that his childe and he that begetteth a wise childe i. one that is giuen to holy wisdome shall haue ioye of him i. shall receaue great ioye and pleasure in him and by him the contrarie of this sentence see before Chap. 17.21 Vers 25. Thy father and thy mother i. thy parents kinsfolkes and frends shall be glad vz. in and of thee if thou bee giuen to godlines and well disposed and she that bare thee i. thy mother shall reioyce vz. greatly in thy well dooing I take it to be vsed as an argument to prouoke children to well dooing Vers 26. My sonne see vers 15. of this chap also vers 19 giue me thine heart i. applie thy selfe wholy to my precepts and this he speaketh in the person of the heauenlie wisdome and let thine eyes delight i. take thou thy selfe singular pleasure in my waies i. in those wayes which I shewe and teach thee the worde which we turne here delight being a compound word of another word that signifieth to bee willing and to keepe dooth not onely note the great delight we should haue in good wayes but also expresseth the care and diligence that should be in them to obserue the same Vers 27. For a whore the holy ghost sheweth a reason here why men should cleaue to holy wisdome and auoide all euill vnder one comprehending all sortes of naughtines is as a deepe ditch vz. out of which a man can hardly get see Chapter 22.14 and a strange woman i. an harlot this word hath been expounded sundrie times before is as a narrowe pitte vz. wherein a man cannot stirre himselfe to deliuer himselfe out of danger hee is so shut in on euerie side q.d. a man may easilie fall into whoredome but when they are once gotten into that same bottomles pit and narrowe hole they can hardlie or not at all come out againe see Chap. 2.19 Vers 28. Also she lieth in waite vz. secretly and closelie as for a praye i. as it were to catch a pray see Chap. 7.10 and she increaseth vz. by her intising and wickednes the transgressors i. the number of transgressors among men vz. vppon earth q.d. although without whoredome there were infinit wicked persons vpon the earth yet whores by intisements make thousands wicked also and vnfaithfull to GOD and man Vers 29. To whom is woe to whom is sorowe the words here turned woe and sorowe are in the Hebrue tongue particles or interiections of mourning and exclamation q.d. who haue cause to mourne complaine and crie out euen dronkards to whom is strife to whom is murmuring i. who is a contentious brabbling and repining or murmuring person euen a dronkard For dronken men raise vp strifes and braulings see Chapter 20.1 to whom are wounds without cause who abound in stripes and are much beaten and hurt euen dronkards and that speach without cause may bee interpreted thus either that they haue them not in warfare and fighting with others but because they many times fall so hurt themselues or els whilest that without any cause rashly powring out contentious words against other persons they doo slaunder reproch them and so receiue stripes and wounds for the same and to whom is the rednes of the eyes i. abundance of hot humors in the eyes q.d. who by their very countenances bewray themselues to bee great drinkers of wine and strong drinke but dronkards And in this verse is comprehended the question the answer followeth in the next Vers 30. Euen to them that tarrie long at the wine i. to such as sit drinking and swilling wasting that time which they should imploy in their ordinarie affaires in quaffing to them vz. also that goe vz. from their owne houses to other places and trot as it were vp and downe from house to house and seeke vz. carefully and curiously enough I warrant you mixt wine He speaketh this according to the custome of the countries of the East which are hot where they did not drinke wine but well mingled and alaied meaning thereby that they satisfied their pleasure greatly in the same Vers 31. Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red i. take heede thou be not deceiued with the pleasant colour of the wine and withstand euill in the beginning and when it sheweth his colour vz. gloriouslie and faire to the eye in the cuppe i. when it is put into the goblet glasse c. or goeth downe vz. through thy throte into thy stomacke pleasantly i. swéetly and with delight to thee that art the drinker q.d. withstand euen the very beginnings prouocations to dronkennes and al the meanes whereby thou maiest be prouoked thereto Vers 32. Jn the end thereof I take this verse to bee a reason why dronkennes is to bee auoyded because it bringeth with it many griefes and sorowes and it is as much q.d. thy wine may be pleasant for a while but at the length it will sting thee and bite thee in the head stomacke and whole bodie it will bite vz. thee like a serpent he meaneth by this speach very sore yea so grieuouslie that it will infect thee and hurt vz. thee thy selfe as a cockatrise I had rather reade with some a viper which yéeldeth forth her yong ones with the destruction of her selfe meaning by these two similitudes the great