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A95065	An exposition with practicall observations upon the three first chapters of the proverbs: grammaticall rhetoricall, logicall, and theologicall. As they were delivered in severall expository lectures at Christ-church in Canterbury. / By Francis Taylor, B. in D.	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.	1655 (1655)	Wing T273; Thomason E847_1; ESTC R207317	415,752	563

tell him that his own life the comfort of his marriage his estate his credit his content are wrapt up in them Reason 1. That God may work upon mans judgement that so if his command will not work upon mans will as it should reason may convince their judgement 2. That he may work upon their affections Upon their love by recording former benefits and promising more as to David I annointed thee King over Israel and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul And I gave thee thy Masters house and thy Masters wives into thy bosome and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah and if that had been too little I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things Wherefore hast thou despised the Commandement of the Lord. 2 Sam. 12.7 c. Kindnesse breeds love God works upon fear by judgements and threatning more Upon hatred by seting out the ugliness of sin and the hurt it brings on all the World and in particular on our selves Upon confidence by setting out his great power and infinite mercy which are the two main Pillars of confidence Use To lament our wretched sinfull disposition that have by nature so far cast off Gods soveraignty that he is as it were forced to use reasons to perswade us to obey his Commands which we should do without any reason given Yea which is more that we will not be perswaded by a world of reasons laid down in scripture but remain disobedient who would keep a servant that neither of himself nor by perswasion would be obedient God keeps thousands of such in the World Yea the best of men are guilty of disobedience to the Commands of God against duty and known reasons David knew that though he were a King yet he might not commit adultery nor murder and therefore is said not to be ignorant of but to despise Gods Commandement 2 Sam. 12.9 And it cost him dear Hee paid for it in both kinds by the sword and the abuse of his own Concubines Let every one of us lay it to his own heart and mourne for his own known disobedience 2. Doct. Teachers should not onely informe but perswade also So Paul exhorts wives to do their duty from their subjection to the husband as to the head and from the Churches exampl● Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the Church and he is the Saviour of his body Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ so let the wives be unto their own husbands in every thing Eph. 5.22 23 24. Husbands are prest to their duty from Christs example Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the Church Eph. 5.25 From marriage union So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies Eph. 5.28 From leaving Parents for a wife For this cause shall a man leave his Father and Mother and shall be joyned to his wife and they two shall be one flesh Eph. 5.31 Children are urged to their duty from right and Gods promise Children obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right Honour thy Father and Mother which is the first Commandement with promise That it may be well with thee and that thou maist live long on the earth Eph. 6.1.2.3 Servants from reward Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters c. Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doth the same shall he receive of the Lord whether he be bond or free Eph. 6.5 8. Masters from their account to God And ye masters doe the same things unto them forbearing threatning knowing that your Master also is in heaven neither is there respect of persons with him Eph. 6.9 See the like duties pressed with reasons Col. 3.18 and 4.1 Reas 1. That the hearers may be brought to believe what is taught which bare information will not do 2. That they may be brought to obey it perswasive arguments are weights to draw to obedience Use Think not much that Ministers do not coldly deliver divine truths but earnestly presse them it were easier for them to do otherwise but ye have need of it and it is for your good Doct. 3. Correction comes from Gods love Thou shalt also consider in thine heart that as a man chastneth his son so the Lord thy God chastneth thee Deut. 8.5 As many as I love I rebuke and chasten Rev. 3.9 You only have I known of all the families of the earth therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities Ames 3.2 Reas 1. God doth it to prevent much evill that might otherwise befall them and that is a sign of love as not correcting is of hatred I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom nor your spouses when they commit adultery therefore the people that do not understand shall fall Hos 4.14 So a tender father by timely correction keeps his children from untimely ends A Physician keeps his patient from death by putting him to pain Gregory the great afflicted with the gout and other bodily infirmities cries out In hoc mi●i placent quod nihil in ho● mundo placere permittunt Herein they please me in that they suffer nothing in this world to please me By correction God keeps his children from many sins or brings them to repentance Est in eo qui corripitur à Domius aliquid quod displicet id sc propter quod eum castigat et quod emendatum cupit Jansen in Text. There is in him that is chastned by the Lord something that displeaseth God to wit that for which he corrects him and which he would have amended God also by correction keeps his from eternall perdition Afflietions are a bridle that keeps the horse from falling and the rider from breaking his neck So doth God by them keep his children from many sins that might bring on them speedy destruction The child of God may say to God with Augustine in Psal 98. Et cum blandiris pater es cum caedis pater es Blandiris ne deficiam caedis ne peream Both when thou strokest and when thou strskest thou art afather Thou strokest that I should not faint thou strikest that I should not perish And on the same Psalm Illi Deus irasciter quem peccantem non flagellat Nam cui verè propitius est non solum donat peccata ne noceant ad futurum seculum sed etiam castigat ne semper peccare delectet God is angry with him whom he doth not scourge for sin For whom he favours indeed to him he not only forgives sins that they may not hurt him in the world to come but also chastens him that he may not delight to be alwaies sinning 2. God corrects his children to do them Good hereby he exerciseth and increaseth many graces in them as faith and patience he also fits them for glory hereafter as souldiers by pains and perills are fitted

50.9 c. And if God did need how should we supply his wants that cannot supply our own for soul or body He that cannot keep his own Family cannot relieve others 3. Because God is absolute Lord over all and may command what hee list without rewarding any creature in Heaven or in Earth For the second that yet he will give a full reward appears 1. Because he is mercifull and stands upon his honor And where justice will give no reward mercy will So Fathers promise many things to their children to encourage them to do their dutie Here is long and healthful years and prosperitie and what needs a man more in this life 2ly Because God is faithful and hath promised a full reward to every good action so that mercy and truth appear in it though justice require it not Vse 1. To acknowledge that if God blesse us in soul or bodie it is of his free grace not of the merit of our obedience He might by his right over us require service without pay yet he is so merciful that he wil not So a father may look for duty freely from a child yet he provides for him and gives him an inheritance 2ly Let this encourage us to dutie we owe it to God therefore doe it we shal have a ful reward therefore do it cheerfully this is a double band kindnesse useth to work more upon mens spirits then dutie so let it do with us toward God This encouraged Moses he knew he deserved nothing yet had respect unto the recompence of reward Heb. 11.26 Doct. 2. Gods rewards are such as men like wel ordinarily He gives his people a land of brooks fountains wheat barley wines fig-trees c. Deut. 8.7 A land that had goodly houses many herds of greater cattel many flocks of lesser much silver and gold c. Deut. 8 c. Reas It appears 1. in the particulars in the Text God promises long life peace and plenty what would man have more for his body who loves not all these Men love long life for that end they are choice in meat drink apparel baths physick they spare for no cost so do worldly men dote on peace and plenty These God promises 2ly it appears by the prayers of men no doubt they pray for what they love best and God often gives it as he gave wisdome to Solomon to guide a great Kingdome when he prayed for it 3ly By Gods aditional gifts to Solomon as honour and riches which he asked not yet could not but like wel when God gave them So he gives a comfortable earthly passage to them that seek for heaven seeke ye first the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all these things shal he added unto you Mat. 6 33. Who likes not a good way to a good end It is a double mercy Use Be careful to please God and trust him for rewards he will give such as thou likest and canst no where else get Gods precepts well kept wil be in stead of Diet Physick Guard and other means of preserving life If other means fail God wil preserve by these Doct. 3. Long life is a blessing God gave Abraham a good old age Gen. 25.8 The hoary head is a crown of glory c. Chap. 16.31 It is a sweet mercy and generally desired What man is he that desireth life and loveth many daies that he may see good Psal 34.12 As if he had said every man naturally doth desire it Men love life and abhor death With long life wil I satisfie him Psal 91.16 Reas 1. Because life it selfe is a blessing therefore the continuance of it is so 2ly Because God promiseth it to his servants as in the fift commandement and God useth to promise good things and threaten bad And this promise Wisdom useth as conceiving it wil much work upon the spirits of men for by me thy daies shal be multiplyed and the years of thy life shal be incrcased Chap. 9.11 3. It is a type of heaven which had it all the perfections of joy it hath yet were it not lasting it could not afford full happinesse 4. It is a resemblance of Gods eternity who is called The antient of daies Dan. 7.13 5. Short life is accounted a curse God theatens Eli that there should not be an old man in his house 1 Sam. 2.31 Sure then the contrary is a blessing 1. Obj. How is it a blessing when wicked men often live long Ans It is a blessing in it selfe and to good men who have the more time to serve God though it may be none yea a curse to wicked men who may sin the more and have the more pain in hel 2. Obj. Good men often have it not but die soon as Josiah 1. Ans It is in perilous times when it is better to die then to live From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Rev. 14.13 It might have been a blessing to live long before in the time of the Churches prosperitie but not then in the time of her persecution then the righteous are taken away from the evil to come Isa 57.1 2. If in other times God take them away they lose not but get by it they get by death a longer and an happier yea an eternal life 3. Obj. Men may live long in miserie and that is a curse rather then a blessing Ans God wil give his servants prosperity with their long life if he see it fit for them if not he wil turn their afflictions to their good We know that all things worke together for good to them that love God Rom. 8.28 A Physician can make an healing medicine out of poison so can God make afflictions profitable to his Use 1. It shewes the folly of many men who would have long life yet look not after heavenly wisdome the means of continuing life Such shew themselves to be fooles as by adultery drunkennesse quarrels kill themselves or are killed by others because they follow not wisdome and holy directions they might live longer if they lived wisely and godlily Such complain in vain of shortnesse of life which they bring on themselves 2. It teaches us not to complain for the troubles of old age but to blesse God for the comforts we have seen more then others in the length of our daies Remember that God hath set the one over against the other Eccles 7.14 Sicut nun hirunde non facit ver nec una linea Geometram sic nec una dies vel breve tempus reddit hominem foelicem Recuperus As one swallow makes not a spring nor one line a Geometrician so neether one day nor a short time makes a man happy Doct. 4. Health in our daies is a great blessing also So it is promised It shal be health to thy navil and marrow to thy bones verse 8. They are life unto those that find them and health to all their flesh Chap. 4.22 Reas 1. Because it gives a man much comfort in

hath overcome death and with his immortall hand holds forth immortality to us If thou wilt have riches and honour be wise and he will hold out his left hand and bestow them on thee if they be fit for thee Figures The whole verse is metaphorical in the principall scope of it though verified literally to some wise and good men It intimates that as a Queen hath greater or lesser rewards for her servants so hath wisdome for hers For she hath no right hand nor left but diversity of gifts some greater some lesser some in this world some in the world to come Note 1. The greater gift 2. The lesser In the former observe 1. The gift Length of daies Long life 2. The worth of it Is in her right hand It is a right handed gift In the latter note 1. The gift it selfe which is double And riches and honour 2. The valew of it In her left hand It is a left-handed gift usefull but of lesser valew then the former Doct. 1. Many good things attend upon true wisdome This is proved in this Chapter from Verse 14. to verse 18. 1. Comparatively it is better then silver yea then fine gold yea then Rubies yea then any thing imaginable or desirable 2. Particularly she brings long life and riches to sweeten that and honour to make it more acceptable and pleasantness to comfort against crosses and peace for quiet enjoyment of what we have and life after death when all worldly comforts fail 3. Summarily It brings happinesse which contains all good things in it So he concludes ver 28. as hee began ver 13. with happinesse attending on true wisdom if it be not onely laid hold on but retained Reason Many good things attend on wisdom 1. By way of concomitancy As beads and pearles hang many on one string and many lesser attend upon one greater so other good things are joyned with and attend upon wisdom 2. By what way of efficiency Wisdome hath a plotting head If any good thing be to be had it will find it out and reach it 3. By way of remuneration from God So God rewarded Solomons desire of wisdom with riches and honour 2 Chron. 1.7 c. Use Who would not enjoy many good things Go then the nearest way to the wood get true wisdom Hee that knew what would be dear need be a Merchant but a year If one told you of a commodity would make you rich ye would get store of it quickly Do so of wisdom 2. Doct. Wisdom brings long life See on ver 2. and on ver 8. Reason 1. Because wisdome foresees what is profitable to prolong or hurtfull to shorten mens daies and carefully provides the one and avoids the other 2. Because it rules our unruly passions of fear grief anger which overrule many men that want wisdom and bring them early to their grave by murtherers robberies wantonnesse gluttony drunkennesse surfets palsies gouts plurises Apoplexies and afterwards send them to Hell for ever But wisdom makes men stout cheerfull patient which vertues help to prolong mens daies 3. Because it teacheth a man temperance and moderation in the use of meat and drink which keeps men from surfet and is the mother of health and long life Experience shews that temperate men live longest 4. Because of Gods promise of long life to such as are wise as in the text Use Let this particular mercy also stirre us up to seeke after true wisdom Long life is a sweet mercy and generally desired Seek it in the waies of wisdom Folly brings many to untimely ends 3. Doct. Wisdom brings riches also Abraham Isaack Jacob Joseph David were both wise and rich Reason 1. Because wisdom teacheth a man to make conscience to labour in his calling which is the high way to riches He knows that God requires it and his family the Church and the Commonwealth 2. Gods blessing follows it For when he gives one blessing he gives another If hee give wisdom hee can afford riches Use To blame those that would be rich but care not for being wise Wisdom can make men rich but riches cannot make men wise It is often observed that the elder brotheri carry away the land and the younger the wit So God divides his gifts when he please They that seek mony before wisdom count learning the way to beggery But God reckons otherwise 4. Doct. Wisdom brings honour also Wee see it in Joseph who for his wisdom was made ruler over the land of Aegypt Gen. 41.38 39. And Daniel for the same reason was made ruler over the whole Province of Babylon Dan. 2.48 Reason 1. Because God hath cut out such and stamped them for honour which he will not give to fooles that know not how to use it or to carry themselves suitably Honour is not seemly for a fool Prov. 26.1 He will do hurt with it as a stone in a sling Prov. 26.8 2. God causeth great men and states to advance such for they know they will be fit instruments for their service and the publick good 3. Good men will honour wise men who know best what belongs to honour Use To blame those who look not after that honour that wisdom brings but seek to get honour by basenesse flattery and humouring others in sinfull waies This honour hangs on a rotten bough It will surely fall Seek rather by wisdom to get honour which will last for ever 5. Doct. Long life is better then riches or honour Therefore it is mentioned as the greatest promise With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my salvation Psal 91.16 This crownes all the former mercies mentioned in that Psalme This is commended in good men at their death when no mention is made of riches or honour Abraham died in a good old age an old man and full of years Gen. 25.8 It is there doubled yea trebled in different expressions as a singular mercy never to be fogotten Reason 1. Because long life is the basis and foundation of the comfort of both the other Riches and honour doe little good or bring little comfort where life is short Life is an internall principle without which there is no comfort in externall things no more then to a jewell set in gold 2. Because long life may bee comfortable without either riches or honour Many live very cheerfully too and in old age that never had any great means or preferment Use To comfort us against the crosses and infirmities of old age Many are dejected because they are not so much respected nor so rich as others Think with thy self long life is better These could do thee no good if life were gone and thou maist have comfort without them 6. Doct. Riches and honour are blessings in themselves though by many abused They are wisdoms gift Riches and honour are with me Chap. 8.18 They are Gods gift I will give thee riches and wealth and honour 2 Chron. 1.12 Reason 1. Because they are reckoned up amongst