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B12458	A plaine and familiar exposition of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon / by Iohn Dod and Robert Cleaver.	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.	1610 (1610)	STC 6965; ESTC S109745	131,853	182

throne shall be established for euer First God exalteth and depresseth he setteth vp and plucketh Reas 1 downe he maketh men to stand fast or to fall from their places according to his owne will and are not righteous rulers then sure of best protection who do him best seruice and most please him in their gouernment Secondly no might or munition no Warlike skill or armes or whatsoeuer else may seeme defensiue are of such force for the safegard of any potentate as are the hearty and feruent prayers of the faithfull and what vpright and mercifull gouernour is not euery where continually inuironed with them Thirdly the Lord out of his goodnes in loue to his people wil vphold and defend a worthy ruler as he that is prouident for his flocke will keepe and maintaine a skilfull and faithfull sheepeheard See other proofes reasons and the vses in the sixteenth Chapter v. 12. Verse 29. The glory of young men is their strength and the honour of the aged is the grayhead THe glory of the young is their strength It is an ornament vnto them and praise for them to be strong valiant and full of agility and courage if they vse these gifes wel and exercise them profitably in their callings and for the good of the common wealth wherein they line for otherwise if they bee boisterous violent and giuen to fighting and quarrelling especially if they imbolden themselues therewith to robberies or such like villanies they are no more commendable in them then is the strength of great Beares or other wilde beasts which are noysome and hurtfull Goliah and Og and the Anakims and other Gyants were tall men yea huge and strong and yet are neither praise worthy nor praised and the honour of the aged is the grayhead the white haires which publish their aunciency and the multitude of yeares which they haue liued doe bring credite and reuerence vnto them so that they be garnished with grauity wisdome and other vertues as it is sayed Old age is a crowne of Glory when it is found in the way of righteousnesse Chap. 16. v. 31. ¶ God doth adorne men with seuerall giftes according to Doct. the diuersity of their conditions Some are decked with iudgement and wisedome some are armed with fortitude and power some excell in one grace and some in another I haue written vnto you fathers saith S. Iohn because ye haue knowne him that is from the beginning 1. Iohn 2. 14. I haue written vnto you young men because ye are strong and the word of God abideth in you and ye haue ouercome that wicked one And as seuerall ages haue their seuerall ornaments for them that are Godly so haue seuerall states or at least the Lord doth qualifie his people with vertues and graces such as are fit for their present estates and therefore Saint Iames incourageth the brother of lowe degree to reioyce in that he is exalted againe him that is rich in that Jam. 19. 10 he is made lowe That poore Christians shold comfort themselues in their spirituall promotion and the wealthy in their gratious humiliation First thereby the Lord dooth set forth the riches of his Reas 1 goodnesse and power who hath such choise of robes in his Wardroppe to cloath his children and of iewels to adorne them that he can decke so many yea all and euery one of them if neede were with different sorts Secondly it is expedient for the common good both of Church and Common-wealth for the promoting of Christianity and the preseruation of humane society that there should be variety of gifts among men and some to excell in one kinde and some in another It was commodious for Israel that Dauid was puissant warlike and victorious against his enemies that God had girded him with strength Psal 18. to battell and taught his hands to fight so that he could breake a Bow of Brasse with his armes And it was a great benefite to them that Salomon was wise wealthy and peaceable and freed the land from warres and troubles S. Paul bestowed well neare a whole Chapter in this Argument to the Corinthians in declaring and proouing and amplifying of the matter To one saith he is giuen the word of Wisedome to another the wordes of Knowledge to another the gifts of Healing to another diuersities of tongues some are Apostles some are Prophets some Teachers some workers of miracles some helpers some Gouernours c. Instruction that no man be proude and high-minded for Vse ought that he hath in himselfe more then his brethren neyther yet repine or be discouraged at the gifts of his brethren beyond his owne for no man excelleth as chiefe and principall in euery faculty but he that taketh place before all in some things must be content to giue place and come behinde many in other things The eye is honoured with that necessary and noble sense of seeing and so is the eare with that worthy and needfull sense of hearing and the nose is preferred before them both in that profitable and vsefull sense of smelling And likewise is each member apparelled and decked with such vestures and ornaments as are most seemely for it and proper vnto it the hand requireth not shooes as the foote doth nor the foot needeth gloues as the hand doth a garter is vncomely about the necke and so is a chaine about the legge If the members then of the naturall body of man be satisfied with those induments which nature hath allotted vnto them and doe willingly yeelde to their fellow members that which belongeth vnto them and in loue one to another and for their own sake helpe to inuest them with the same why should the members of the mysticall body of Christ be discontented with those indowments where with grace hath qualified them or disdain that their fellow brethren should in any respect be made equall or superiour to them when it is for the publique good of many Let yong men therfore how fresh in wit or strength soeuer they be yet honour and not despise the ancient who by long experience and obseruation are of deeper iudgment and better able to giue counsell though they be weaker in body and haue defects in their senses and let the aged giue countenance and good encouragement to them of younger yeares if they be honest and vertuous and not scorne them as greene heads and vnskilfull if they be ingenuous and teachable for albeit they haue lesse vnderstanding to speake and giue direction yet they may haue greater power to practise and put matters in execution as the one sort will serue for the eyes and tongues of the Common-wealth to finde out and declare what is meete to be done so will the other for feete and handes to goe to the places whither they shall be sent and to performe the seruices whereunto they shall be called Verse 30. The blewnesse of the wound serueth to purge the euill and the stripes within the bowels of the bellie THe