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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

sinning the more greater a sinner he is Verse XXIX Doct. Though wicked men deride the words of God yet they cannot escape the execution of them CHAP. 20. VERSE I. Doct. THey that giue themselues to drunkennesse doe cast themselues into many mischiefes Verse III. Doct. It is a laudable vertue to be of a quiet disposition and to auoid contentions Verse IIII. Doct. 1. Light occasions will hinder carelesse men from the doing of necessary duties Doct. 2. He that will take his ease when he ought not shall feele misery when he would not Verse V. Doct. 1. Malicious men haue further reaches and plots in their heads then the world knoweth of Doct. 2. There be none so crafty but others may be as wise to sift them Verse VI. Doct. The best works of vnfaithfull men be of no value with God Verse VII Doct. 1. Whosoeuer is sincere honest the same is also righteous Doct. 2. Faithfull Parents haue no cause to dread the state of their children after their decease Verse VIII Doct. A vigilant Ruler is a restraint and terrour to vicious persons Verse IX Doct. The best shall haue corruptions and sinnes cleauing to them so long as they liue Verse XI Doct. It concerneth the young as well as the olde to be religious and to liue vertuously Verse XII Doct. Our members and senses are the workmanship and gift of God Verse XIII Doct. The abuse of lawfull things is vnlawfull hurtfull Verse XIIII Doct. 1. The Lord doth take notice of all the behauiour of men in their trafficking one with another Doct. 2. Carnall men direct not their tongues so much to speake truth as to seeke their owne aduantage Verse XVI Doct. They that rashly cast themselues into debt are not so fauorably to be dealt with as they that fall there-into through necessitie Verse XVII Doct. 1. Nothing is so pleasant to the wicked as that which is most hurtfull Doct. 2. Though iniquity and wickednesse yeeld pleasuree at the beginning yet they will put men to paine in the end Verse XVIII Doct. 1. A mans wisedome serueth him for best vse when hee will not rest vpon it alone but be holpen by the counsell of others Doct. 2. Wisedome and counsell are as needefull and auaileable for warre as strength and power Ver. XIX Doct. 1. It is good wisedome not to trust a slanderer or tell-tale with thy secrets Doct. 2. Both consultation and conuersation with flatterers is to be auoided Verse XX. Doct. Rebellious children and such as vilifie their Parents are subiect to some not able mischiefe and punishment Verse XXII Doct. All kinde of reuenge is vnlawfull for Christians Verse XXIIII Doct. God hath a prouident hand in the disposing of all mens waies Verse XXV Doct. Sacriligeous persons cannot long prosper Verse XXVI Doct. It is no cruelty for the Magistrates sharply to punish lewde and disordered persons Verse XXVII Doct. 1. That onely is to be esteemed a life which is sanctified with grace Doct. 2. Where God worketh grace he also giueth knowledge and vnderstanding Verse XXVIII Doct. The best way for Princes to confirme and strengthen themselues is to be good to their subiects Verse XXIX Doct. God doth adorne men with seuerall gifts according to the diuersity of their conditions Verse XXX Doct. Seuere corrections are sometimes to be vsed as good medicines against great sinnes AN EXPOSITION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF THE PROVERBS CHAPTER XVIII Verse 1. For his desire a man will seeke separating himselfe and deale in euery matter FOr his desire a man will seeke Euery man will applie his minde and indeuour to get that which hee affecteth separating himselfe auoiding all the lets impediments which are like to crosse his desire and will deale in euery matter hee will attempt all such courses as may serue for the accomplishment of his purpose ¶ Whatsoeuer anie man best loueth that he will with greatest Doct. diligence and prouidence labour for That which the heart most wisheth whether it be good or bad the tongue hand and head with all the other members are ready to procure Ieremie complained of the wicked which delighted in wickednesse that they gaue themselues to fraude Ier. 9. 5. and falshood and tooke great paines to do wickedly And Esay commendeth the godly which set their mindes on godlinesse that with their soules they desired the Lord in the night and therefore with their spirits within them they would seek him in the morning When Achab had apprehended an hope of glorie and wealth to be wonne at Ramoth in Gilead he presently casteth about how to come by it and then he soliciteth Iehosaphat to beare him companie and then he appointeth his flattering prophets to giue him incouragement and then he scorned at Micaiah that foretold the perill and then he goeth on obstinately rather then resolutely to trie the successe And Dauids principall care was to please the Lord and to procure comfort to his owne soule and therefore he resolued for that purpose to walke in the lawes of the Lord and to banish from him all corrupt and pernicious companions Away saith he ye wicked for I will keepe the commandements of my God In which examples aswell of the one as of the other our text is verified though in contrarie manner For both these kings were inflamed with contrarie desires the one of his owne glorie the other of the Lords both of them separated themselues the one from good counsell the other from bad both of them practised that which they deemed best for their turnes the one contempt against Gods word the other obedience to it Reasons 1 First it is the nature of loue to make men industrious and painefull to compasse that which they couet for the satisfying of their wills as appeareth by generall experience Secondly they that be good and delight in goodnes shall be assisted and directed by Gods holie spirit in godly proceedings and they that be sinfull and take pleasure in sinne shall be driuen forwards and prompted by the suggestions of Sathan in mischieuous practises Vse 3 Confutation of the colourable glosses whereby innumerable guilefull professours illude their owne soules and deceiue the opinion of others They thinke themselues zealous for the truth and desirous of saluation but are idle and take no paines to purchase grace they are barren and bring not forth the fruits of loue they are carelesse and flie not from the baites of sinne The leaudest companions are as acceptable to them as the honestest Christians the most infectious speeches displease them no more then the wholesomest instructions they are as well contented to be present where the wickedest practises are plaied as where the godliest seruices are performed If the seate of loue were in the mouth and not in the heart if saying in word were sufficient to declare a sound affection without shewing the same indeed we might beleeue such men that they had vpright desire for none are more forward to brag and boast