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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Wisdom literature -- Early works to 1800.
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§. 3. Fidelitie
in performances
To God,
To man.
in faithfull eproofe.
OR whether to GOD and man. 1. FIDELITIE: both, first in performing that wee haue vndertaken: If thou haue vow∣ed a vowe to God,* 1.1 deferre not to paie it; for he delighteth not in fooles; pay therfore that thou hast vowed;* 1.2 It is better that thou shouldst not vowe; then that thou shouldst vow, and not paie it: Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne;* 1.3 Neither say before the Angell that this is ig∣norance: Wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voice, and de∣stroy
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the worke of thine hands? For,* 1.4 It is destruction to a man, to deuoure that which is sancti∣fied; and after the vowes to in∣quire. Neither this to God onely, but to man;* 1.5 They that deale tru∣ly are his delight;* 1.6 and the vp∣right shall inherite good things: yea,* 1.7 The faithfull man shall a∣bound in blessings; whereas the perfidious man as he wrongs others (for Confidence in an vnfaithfull man in time of trouble,* 1.8 is like a broken tooth, and a sliding foot) so bee gaineth not in the end, him∣selfe;* 1.9 He that rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house.
* 1.102. Jn a faithfull reproofe: Open rebuke is better thē secret loue:
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The wounds of a louer are faith∣ful,* 1.11 & the kisses of an enemy are pleasant, but false:* 1.12 so that he that reprooueth shal find more thank at the last:* 1.13and how euer the scor∣ner take it, yet hee that reproo∣ueth the wise,* 1.14 & obedient eare is as a golde eare-ring, and an ornament of fine golde.