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A19309	A godly and learned exposition vppon the Prouerbes of Solomon: written in French by Maister Michael Cope, minister of the woorde of God, at Geneua: and translated into English, by M.O.; Sur les Proverbes de Salomon. English	Cope, Michael, fl. 1557-1564.; Outred, Marcelline.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1580 (1580)	STC 5723; ESTC S108673	1,131,578	1,352

¶ IMPRINTED AT London by Thomas Dawson dwelling at the three Cranes in the Vintree for George Byshop 1580. A Godly and learned Exposition vppon the Prouerbes of Solomon Written in French by Maister Michael Cope Minister of the woorde of God at Geneua And translated into English by M. O. Imprinted at London for George Bishop 1580. NON VI SED VIRTVTE CT ¶ TO THE RIGHT HOnorable Sir VVilliam Cecil Knight Baron of Burleygh Lorde high Treasurer of Englande Maister of the Queenes Maiesties Courtes of Wardes and Liueries Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and one of her Highnesse most honorable priuie Counsel continuance of health with prosperitie and increase of honour IT hath bin reported Right Honourable and my verie good Lorde and is founde true of al men that the Bee when she hath gathered her hony flieth immediatly to the hiue wher she leueth the same as in the place of sauegarde for her fruite and as a gaine of her labour whose paine as it is commended of al so also is it diligently folowed but of a few who whilest they come to the sweete flowers and wise sentences of the worde of God doe but basely reade and negligently consider the same whereas they shoulde drawe and sucke out yea and laye vp euen with the Bee to their best vse most pleasant hony And this they should doe not onely for themselues but also for other For huing to the profite of the Church of God they imparie their labours to the benefite there of yea besides the foode to their own soules other are comforted by them as amongst other Right honorable Maister Michael Cope Preacher of the word of God in Geneua deserued not the least praise who painfully trauelling in the Prouerbes of Solomon did not onely read them for his owne delight but also sucked out of euerie flower of the same Garden most sweete honie which beeing faithfully gathered and disposed in the Hiue he left as a fruite of his labour to al posteritie for al the godly to be partakers of Now for that it is not the gift of euery man to driue the Hiue wherin the Bee gathereth her honie although I knowe that many can amongest whome your honour may bee equal with the best yet because it was preached and then written in the Frenche tongue which most vnderstande not I thought it vnmeete that so sweete a nourishment should be with holden from my countrie men therfore haue bin bold vnder your honors protection to communicate it as wel as I coulde for their profite and commoditie which I am bolde the rather to dedicate to your honour because you loue those that liue to other because you are a Patron so haue shewed yourselfe of al honest labors who albeit you vnderstande the tongue yet are you glad to haue it made known vnto others These things cōsidered for that also I haue receiued benefit heretofore at your honours hands I thought it my bounden duetie to dedicate the translation of this Comentarie vpon the Prouerbes of the wise King Solomō to your honor assuring my selfe that your care wil be no lesse in the protecting of so good a woorke then there shal happen profite to the wise reader thereof for what woulde any man desire for the full accomplishement of knowledge belonging to all estates that is not handled in the Prouerbes Or what woulde he desire for his profit that is not cōteined in the Prouerbes for therin shal euerie man finde from the highest to the lowest his duetie prescribed most notably as for Kinges godlinesse iustice and mercy for Magistrates and Iudges wisedome and true dealing for rich men liberalitie to the poore againe that the poore be contented with his estate without murmuring to be short he teacheth the husbande fidelitie the wife obedience children reuerence seruants diligence finally he setteth downe a punishment for the proude a reward for the lowlie a dangerous estate for scorners and disdainers of the word of God the life of a lier altogether vnlawful the vsurer couetous and vnchast cleane condemned Contrariwise he exhorteth that the merciful liberal and wel doers be imitated and folowed al which and a thousande more then I am able to repeate as they are most notably set downe by the wise King Solomon so are they verie learnedly and most plainely declared by Maister Cope Wherefore Right honourable since that the maiestie of the matter is so great and the wisdom of the wise man so vnsearchable I trust your Lordship wil beare with my rudenesse and supporte mine endeuour in publishing and making manifest this simple translation to al men And although I am not a translator of suche rypenesse in iudgement and perfection in style as the matter requireth and as I my selfe coulde haue wished notwithstanding I hope I haue rendered it at the leaste sense for sense and where the Frenche and our tongue doe agree verbatim that out of the wordes one may gather the sense and out of the sense the reason and so obtaine the trueth most humblie beseeching your honour to take in good part this my rude labour bold enterprise the which if it shal please your honour of your accustomed clemencie to doe you shal not onely incourage me to greater thinges but also shew yourselfe a comfort to al the godly And thus beeing loth to offend your honour by tediousnes or to withhold you from your graue most waightie affayres I beseech the Almightie God by Iesus Christ our Sauiour long to preserue your honour in health wealth and godlinesse to the glorie of his name profit of his Church good of this our common weale countrie to your own euerlasting comforte in him Amen Your honours most humble to commaund Marcelline Outred ¶ An ample and large Index or Table comprising al the principal points of Doctrines and circumstances as wel Moral as Diuine conteined in this Booke very necessarie and beneficial for all estates euen from the highest to the lowest The number noteth the leafe A standeth for the first side and B for the second side of the leafe A. Abstinence THe Abstinence or fasting of the Papists detected 474. a. Admonition Against such as cannot abyde Admonition though it be needful 134. a The necessitie of Admonition and what benefit repentant sinners doe reape therby 139. a. b Aduauncement That we must not refuse promotion Advauncement if we be called therunto 545. b The behauiors of such as are raised to Advauncemet out of a vile base estate 619. b Adulterers The dealings of Adulterers set foorth by notable comparisons 618. b. 619 a Adulterers compared to souldiers that go to warre in danger of their liues 27. a Of Adulterers that cannot repent and in what hellish case they be 27. a That Adulterers offend not only against mē but against God and why 26. a In what reproche and infamie Adulterers shoulde be if things were ordered as they ought 98. b Adulterers and

woorke the which doeth seeme for to surmount our power and capacitie Hee laboureth to turne vs away from distrust which doeth torment vs although with great boldnes we imploy and occupie ourselues about our duetie but wee thinke that the labor that wee take shal not bring foorth such fruite as wee desire or that it shal come to nothing and that wee shal loose our paines and our thoughts shal vanishe into smoke Therefore for to remedie these three vices pride weakenesse and distrust hee woulde haue vs to referre ourselues to the pronidence of God They which haue committed themselues thereto haue come to the ende of their affaires whereas other haue beene made voide of their hope Adam and Gen. 3. 6. Eue did not commit their affaires vnto the Lord but to the Diuel and therefore they did not obteine their desire Noe contrarily referred himselfe vnto the prouidence of God building an Arke at his commandement for the sauegarde of his housholde and his thoughts were directed for as hee hoped so came it to passe Let them then which feele thēselues weake voide of al mens help not bee discouraged nor dispaire as though it were vnpossible that they coulde obteine their wishe and desire but in working as God giueth them let them rest vpon the prouidence of God and hee wil giue vnto them prosperite as shal be necessary for them Solomon is not onely a witnesse hereof but his father Dauid before him seeing the worldly prosperitie of the wicked the which was a greate temptation vnto the faithful and innocent which were in aduersitie doeth admonish them also saying Trust thou in the Lorde and be Psal 37. 3 55. 23. 1. Pet. 5. 7. doing good Cast thy care vpon the Lord and hee shall relieue thee And after them Saint Peter And heerein we must not scatter with ehe wolues nor feare if wee become sheepe that the wolues should tate vs but knowing the prouidence of God and the care that hee hath ouer vs let vs bee patient and gentle and let not the wickednesse of men prouoke vs to be like vnto wilde beastes which reuenge themselues with their teeth feete nailes and hornes for to keepe that which they haue or to spoyle other of theirs Let vs then bee at peace and quietnesse in our consciences and mindes and towardes our neighbours let vs bee soft modest gentle and lowly Concerning the rest though wee must commit our affaires and cast our burden vpon the Lorde yet is it not to say that God woulde haue vs to bee like vnto stones and that wee shoulde bee voide of al iudgement Solomon doth signifie it when he saith Commit thy workes and Dauid when he saith And giue thy selfe to doe well They doe not preache vnto vs that God careth for vs for too leade vs vntoo idlenesse slouthfulnesse and carelesnesse but least that wee shoulde bee ouercome with feare and that ouer muche thought shoulde driue vs vnto impaciencie for the knowledge of the prouidence of god doth not deliuer vs frō al care so that it is lawful for men to be without care and to liue after the pleasure of their sensualitie and lust Wee must not for the prouidence of God suffer our fleshe to haue his ease but that our faith should make vs quiet and peaceable and that wee shoulde prouoke ourselues neither inwardly nor outwardly against our neighbours When euery one of vs shal be careful to folow his vocation in a good conscience beholding that God doth commande vs so to doe and hoping that God wil blesse our labour as he shal see expedient committing our workes vnto the Lorde then shal our thoughts bee directed for wee shal not be made voide of our hope but shal obteine our desires as the scripture doth shew in diuers places Therfore let vs vnderstande that Solomon woulde haue vs to bee careful and that we shoulde diligently imploy ourselues vnto work and that we should doe our workes not thinking that of ourselues wee can finishe to make our enterprise prosperous or that in our worke wee must trust vpon some body and that one of vs shoulde stay himselfe vpon an other scattering our workes heere and there and committing them to many as doe the poore miserable Papistes which haue their recourse and trust in many Patrones and Aduocates but contenting ourselues with one onely Aduocate wee must make as it were a scroule of our workes binde them vp together and commit all the charge to him without distrusting him Thus doing our thoughtes shal bee directed and established that wee shall obteine as wee desire Solomon hath so vnderstoode it when hee saide Commit thy workes c. 4 The Lorde hath made al things for his owne sake yea euen the wicked for the day of euill The names and titles which are attributed vnto God in the scripture doe shewe that he is of suche vertue maiestie and might that hee hath no neede of any creature for to borrowe that which hee wanteth or to make him more perfect in himselfe The scripture doeth name him the Almightie The Lorde The Almightie the highest the holy one not after the maner of men which for to flatter the great men and to bee welcome towardes them wil giue thē titles which might wel agree vnto their estate but they withstād their manners and kinde of doings as some wil cal the Pope their holy father and yet there is neither holinesse nor fatherlinesse in him except hee beget bastardes or children to the Diuel by doctrines and mens traditions Other shal be called Catholike and most Christian and yet notwithstanding they shal haue neither faith nor Christianitie but shal labour for to abolishe the faith and religion as the interim doeth giue witnesse and the prisons banishmentes confiscations and burninges doe shewe it in Poperie But our God is of such nature that no man can giue vnto him titles and names too excellent yea it is altogether vnpossible that wee should expresse by words what he is for hee surmounteth infinitely al things both heauenly and earthly both corporal and spiritual so that wee cannot worthily enough either thinke or speake of him Wherefore let vs with al humblenesse feare and reuerence thinke and speake of our God knowing that of ourselues we are not fit nor meete thervnto Now for to thinke or speake wel thereof let vs beleeue cōfesse that which was saide at the beginning That hee is of suche vertue and power that hee hath no neede of any creature to borrowe and take of him what he needeth He hath wel shewed this same when Gen. 1. Psal 33. 6. Esay 40. 12. of nothing hee created al things by his onely worde Esay also doth wel shew it who is he that hath measured the waters with his fist counted heauen with the span comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure and waighed the mountaines in a waight and the hilles in a ballance Who hath instructed the

of thy trouble and I wil deliuer thee And as hee hath promised so wil hee also perfourme the same faithfully as diuers Saintes haue tried it by experience Nowe both folowing of the promise and also experience Solomon pronounceth But hee that trusteth in the Lorde shal be exalted Hee compareth trust in the Lorde vnto a strong and high Tower or vnto so sleepe and so high a rocke that no man can ascende vp to the same so that if a man can come thither hee shal be out of the dangers of his persecuters And heerein hee doeth welshewe vs that it is in God that wee ought to put our trust and confidence if we wil be deliuered from feare and set out of daunger and be in safetie And it is not in this place onely that the scripture vseth this comparison to teache vs where we ought to put our trust but also in diuers other places it calleth God Psal 18. 3 31. 4. 71. 1. Pro. 18. 10. a strong and wel fenced Citie a strong Tower a Rocke an high place and suche like names The name of the Lorde is a strong Tower the righteous flyeth vnto it and is deliuered And also without comparison the scripture doth openly declare vs that if we put our trust in God we shal not perishe but shal be deliuered from al dangers And albeit that in trusting in the Lorde we Psal 33. 34. 91. haue cause to be assured and to be farre from feare because we haue an Almightie Sauiour yet distrusting ourselues let vs worke out our saluation in feare and trembling Phil. 2. 12. 26 Many doe seeke the face of the ruler but euerie mans iudgement commeth from the Lord. The Kinges Princes Rulers and Superiours of the earth are of a great Maiestie as wee ought to vnderstande when God placeth them in his throne and that hee calleth them Gods and sonnes of the most highest And therefore we must take good heede from making Psal 82. 6. the rest of men his companions for besides this that we shuld sport and iest with God the which is in no wise lawful but ought chiefly to be auoided we should be in danger to be consumed For as a litle whelpe thinking to playe with a Lyon would at the last anger him hee should be deuoured by him euen so a King or a Ruler wil not long delight to haue a person of a meane and lowe state to be his familiar and as it were his companion Yea also though for a certaine time a King hath counted a man for his father and shal so haue called him at the last hee wil be grieued and cause him to be taken as we haue seene in our time the example therof The Kings and great Lordes of this worlde are like vnto wilde beastes and are Pro. 16. 14. 19. 12. 20. 2. compared vnto Lyons and vnto such as bring the message of death But albeit they are such and that there is but too much experiences thereof yet forasmuche as they counterfaite the magnifical and liberal in giuing great giftes presents vnto their whores bawdes flatterers and tale bringers and where there is no neede for this cause many desiring to goe forwarde and make their profite and to waxe riche labour to come neere vnto them and to please them And as wee haue seene many doe bowe before the face of the Prince and euerie man is friend to him that giueth And according Pro. 19. 6. hereunto Solomon saieth nowe Many doe seeke the face of the Ruler c. Thus dooing they thinke to belitle Kinges and to be raised vp but forasmuch as the Kinges heart is in the handes of the Lorde and that he turneth it as best pleaseth him wee must not therefore thinke to make our state better yea though the Kinges and Rulers did beare vs the best face and countenance in the worlde for the Lorde turneth the heart of Pro. 21. 1. the King to whatsoeuer pleaseth him And according thereunto hee saieth now But euerie mans iudgement commeth from the Lord. And thus hee can obteine nothing of the Ruler whose fauour hee desireth but what God hath giuen him The iudgement then in this place is taken for that that God hath iudged and sent to euerie man as it is so taken Deut. 18. verse 3. What fauour soeuer the great mē of the world do beare vs let vs take heed vnto the prouidence of God and let vs depende wholly vpon this same and so dooing he wil iudge vs and sende vs suche so prosperous state as hee shal knowe to be expedient for vs. 27 A wicked man is abhomination to the iust hee that is vpright in his way abhomination to the wicked Albeit that al men are of one flesh and of one blood and that more is al are created and made like to the image and likenesse of GOD the which wee ought to haue in great reuerence and to holde it deare and for this cause doe wee beare honour one vnto an other and doe not contemne no man howe vile and lowe soeuer he be before the world yet there are some which of set malice and of a shameful obstinacie do drowne themselues in al dissolutenesse leaudnesse are delighted to despight God by their misdeeds and transgressions and to oppresse their neighbours by wrong dooings and cruelties by polling and pilling by lying and slaundering false swearing and false witnesse bearing and chiefly rise vp against the weake and feeble against the simple and innocent And in this manner so muche as in them lyeth they corrupt and put out the image of God in them and also in their neighbours whom they labour to loose destroy And so they shew themselues wicked and vngodly and vnworthie of that image and therefore they are abhominable before God as hee hath wel shewed when hee cursed Caine destroyed the world by the flood ouerthrew Sodome and Gomorrhe and drowned Pharao al his armie in the red sea and that he rooted out the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before the face of his people and when by the infidels he tormented the children of Israel and sent them into captiuitie amongst the idolaters and that nowe they are stil in an horrible confusion And as we see this same by examples euen so also may wee knowe it by the testimonies of the scriptures amongst other places by the curses that God pronounced and by the threatnings that he maketh in diuers places by his Prophetes We haue had diuers sentences also thereof in this booke of the Prouerbes And as such wicked men are abhominable before God the Lord euen so are they which giue themselues to walke in the right wayes of the Lorde and delight and take pleasure therein not wel pleased with these wicked men but as Solomon saith A wicked man is abhomination to the iust And this commeth chiefly because that the wicked are enemies of God as is shewed vs. For