Salomons diuine arts, of 1. Ethickes, 2. Politickes, 3. Oeconomicks that is; the gouernment of 1. Behauiour, 2. Common-vvealth, 3. Familie. Drawne into method, out of his Prouerbs & Ecclesiastes. With an open and plaine paraphrase, vpon the Song of songs. By Ioseph Hall.

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Salomons diuine arts, of 1. Ethickes, 2. Politickes, 3. Oeconomicks that is; the gouernment of 1. Behauiour, 2. Common-vvealth, 3. Familie. Drawne into method, out of his Prouerbs & Ecclesiastes. With an open and plaine paraphrase, vpon the Song of songs. By Ioseph Hall.
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Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
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At London :: Printed by H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Eleazar Edgar, and Samuel Macham,
1609.
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"Salomons diuine arts, of 1. Ethickes, 2. Politickes, 3. Oeconomicks that is; the gouernment of 1. Behauiour, 2. Common-vvealth, 3. Familie. Drawne into method, out of his Prouerbs & Ecclesiastes. With an open and plaine paraphrase, vpon the Song of songs. By Ioseph Hall." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02588.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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§. 12. Iustice To man on∣ly: First to
  • others 1. in
    • Mercy
      • The qualitie,
      • The gaine of it.

LEt not mercy and trueth for∣sake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart; this suffereth not to stop thine eare at the cry of the poore: yea, the righteous man regardeth the life of his

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beast; no vertue is more gainfull: for By mercy and trueth iniquity shall bee forgiuen; and By this thou shalt find fauor and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man: Good reason; For he honoreth God that hath mer∣cy on the poore: yea he makes God his debter; He that hath mer∣on the poore lendeth to the Lord, and the Lord will recom∣pence him: So that The merci∣full man rewardeth his owne soule; for Hee that followeth righteousnesse and mercy, shall find righteousnesse, and life, and glory; and therefore is blessed for euer.

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