The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XXVII.

1 BOast not thy selfe of toa 1.1 morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bryng for the.

2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lippes.

3 * A stone (is) heauie, and the sand weightie:* 1.2 but a fooles wrath (is) heauier then them bothe.

4 Angrie (is) cruel, and wrath (is) ragyng: but who can stand beforeb 1.3 enuie?

5 Open rebuke (is) better then secret loue.

6 The wordes of a louer (are) faithful, and the kisses of an enemie (are)c 1.4 pleasant.

7 * The persone that is full, despiseth an honie combe: but vnto the hungrie soule euerie* 1.5 bitter thing is swete.

8 As a birde that wandereth frō her nest so (is) a man that wandereth from his owne place.

9 (As) oyntement and perfume reioyce the heart, so (doeth) the swetenes of a mans fri∣ende by heartie counsel.

10 Thine owne friend and thy fathers friende forsake thou not: nether entre into thy bro∣thersd 1.6 house in the daye of thy calamitie: (for) better is a neyghbour (that is) nere, thē a brother farre of.

11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answer him that reprocheth me.

12 e 1.7 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hi∣deth him selfe: (but) the foolishe go on still, (and) are punished.* 1.8

13 * Take his garment that is suretie for a stran ger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

14 He that” 1.9 praiseth hys friend with a lowde

voyce, risingf 1.10 early in the morning, it shalbe counted to him as a curse.

15 * A continual dropping in the day of rayne,* 1.11 and contentious woman are a like.

16 He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and (she is as) the oile in his right hand, that vtte∣reth it self.

17 Yron sharpeneth yron, so doethg 1.12 man shar∣pen the face of his friend.

18 He that kepeth the figgetre, shall eat the frute thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shal come to honour.

19 As in water face (answereth) to face,h 1.13 so the heart of man to man.

20 The graue and destructiō can neuer be ful, so * the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

21 * (As is) the fining pot for siluer and the for∣nace* 1.14 for golde, so (is) euerie man according* 1.15 to hisi 1.16 dignitie.

22 Thogh thou shuldest braye a foole in a mor ter among wheat brayed with a pestel, (yet) wil not his foolishnes departe from him.

23 Be diligent to know the state of thy flocke, and take hede to the heards.

24 For riches (remaine) not alwaye, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

25 The heye discouereth it self, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountai∣nes are gathered.

26 Thek 1.17 lambes (are) for thy clothing, and the goates (are) the price of the sield.

27 And let the milke of the goats (be) sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustinance of thy maides.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Delave not the time, but take oc casion when it is offred.
• * 1.2

  Eccle. 22. 18.
• b 1.3

  For the enui∣ous are obstinate and can not be reconciled.
• c 1.4

  They are slatte∣ryng, and seme friendfull.
• * 1.5

  Iob. 6. 6.
• d 1.6

  Trust not to a∣nie worldlie hel pe in the daye of thy trouble.
• e 1.7

  Read Chap. 22. 3.
• * 1.8

  Chap. 20. 16.
• ” 1.9

  Ebr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• f 1.10

  Hastelye and without cause.
• * 1.11

  Chap. 19. 20. and 21 9.
• g 1.12

  One hastie mā 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ano∣ther to 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• h 1.13

  There is no dif ference betwene 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and man by 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the grace of God maketh the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.14

  Eccle. 14. 9.
• * 1.15

  Chap. 17. 3.
• i 1.16

  That is, he is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 knowen 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be ambitious ād glorious, or hum ble and modest
• k 1.17

  This declareth the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 good∣nes of God tow∣ardes man, and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 requireth of hym for the pre∣seruation of hys giftes.