A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon

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A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
Author
Dod, John, 1549?-1645.
Publication
London :: Printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man,
1609.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Proverbs XV-XVII -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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"A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20556.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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Verse 21. Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of vnder∣standing: but a man of vnderstanding will walke vprightly.

FOOlishnesse] Wickednesse and sinne: [is ioy] desired, and committed, and continued in with delight: [to him that is destitute of vnderstanding a full man that is without all sa∣uing knowledge, and heauenly wisdome: [but a man of vnder∣standing] such a one as is godly wise, whose minde the Holy

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Ghost hath enlightned with the sound knowledge of the word: [walketh vprightly] ordereth his conuersation aright, and that in the truth and sinceritie of his heart. Thus standeth the opposition: Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding, and therefore he walketh peruersly: but wis∣dome is ioy to him that is a man of vnderstanding, and there∣fore he walketh vprightly. See chap. 10. verse 23.

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