The vvell of wisedome, conteining chiefe and chosen sayinges vvhiche may leade all men to perfect and true vvisedome, as vvell to Godvvard as to the vvorlde Gathered out of the five bookes of the olde testament, especially belonging to vvisedome, that is to say, the prouerbes of Salomon, Ecclesiastes, Canticum, Sapientia and Ecclesiasticus, and bestowed in usuall common places in order of A. B. C. By T. C.
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The vvell of wisedome, conteining chiefe and chosen sayinges vvhiche may leade all men to perfect and true vvisedome, as vvell to Godvvard as to the vvorlde Gathered out of the five bookes of the olde testament, especially belonging to vvisedome, that is to say, the prouerbes of Salomon, Ecclesiastes, Canticum, Sapientia and Ecclesiasticus, and bestowed in usuall common places in order of A. B. C. By T. C.
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Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Vautroullier for VVilliam Norton,
1577.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Selections -- Early works to 1800.
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"The vvell of wisedome, conteining chiefe and chosen sayinges vvhiche may leade all men to perfect and true vvisedome, as vvell to Godvvard as to the vvorlde Gathered out of the five bookes of the olde testament, especially belonging to vvisedome, that is to say, the prouerbes of Salomon, Ecclesiastes, Canticum, Sapientia and Ecclesiasticus, and bestowed in usuall common places in order of A. B. C. By T. C." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19071.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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Lavve of God and man.
* 1.1 THe law is a wel of life vnto the wise, that it may keepe him from ye snares of death.
* 1.2 Be not hasty to goe to the lawe, lest happly thou doe some offence after the strife be ended, whereby thy neighbour put thee to shame. Handle thy matter with thy neighbour him selfe, and discouer not an o∣ther mans secret, lest when men heare ther∣of, it turn to thy dishonour, and lest thine e∣uill name doe not cease.
* 1.3 They that forsake the law praise the vn∣godly: but such as kepe ye law abhorre them.
* 1.4 Whoso keepeth the lawe is a childe of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
* 1.5 He that turneth away his eare from hea∣ring the lawe, his prayer shall be abomina∣ble.
* 1.6 If a wise man goe to lawe with a foole, (whether he deale wt him frendly or rough∣ly
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he getteth no rest.
* 1.7 When the worde of God is not pree∣ched, the people perish but well is him that keepeth the lawe.
* 1.8 All the wordes of God are pure and cleane, for he is a shield vnto all them that put their trust in him. Put thou nothing vn∣to his wordes, lest he reproue thee and thou be found a liar.
* 1.9 Let thy minde be vpon the commaunde∣ments of God, and be earnestly occupied in his lawes, so shall he establish thy heart and geue thee wisedom at thine owne desire.
* 1.10 Goe not to lawe with the iudge, for he will iudge according to his owne honour.
* 1.11 A crafty subtell man can be wise, but he is vnrighteous, and with giftes he wrasteth the open and manifest law.