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The .xvj. Chapter.

[unspec A] 1 A Man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

2 * 1.1A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that * 1.2 iudgeth the myndes.

3 * 1.3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.

4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath.

5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished.

6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed.

7 When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

8 Better it is to haue a litle with rygh∣teousnesse, then great rentes wrong∣fully gotten.

9 * 1.4A man deuiseth a way in his heart:

but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.

10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

11 * 1.5A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

12 “ 1.6Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

13 Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh * 1.7 the trueth shall he loue.

[unspec C] 14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

16 * 1.8To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vn∣derstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

17 The path of the ryghteous is to es∣chewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

18 Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.

19 Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, thē to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

20 He that handleth a matter wisely ob∣teyneth good: and * 1.9 blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

[unspec D] 21 Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

25 * 1.10There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

26 * 1.11A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.

27 An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte bur∣nyng fyre.

28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

29 A wicked man beguyleth his neygh∣bour, [unspec E] and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:

30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

31 Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.

32 A patient man is better thē one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.

33 The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Pro. xxi. a. Psal. 33. b.
• * 1.2

  Or, wayeth
• * 1.3

  Psal▪ 3•• a.
• * 1.4

  Prou. xix. ••.
• * 1.5

  Prou xi. ••.
• “ 1.6

  Or, it is an abhomination when kynges are wicked.
• * 1.7

  Or, right thynges.
• * 1.8

  Prou viii. a.
• * 1.9

  Psal. ii. b.
• * 1.10

  Prox. xi••▪ ••. Deut. xii ••. Esai▪ lv b.
• * 1.11

  Or, the labouryng soule trauay∣leth for it selfe▪ for his mouth constrayneth hym vnto it.