graven or pourtrayed upon Tablets of Silver.
12 Asanear-ring of gold,and ornament of fine golde,
ſo is awile reprover f upon an obedient ear g.
e Highly acceprable and a great. Ornament, and not an offence,
and dithonour, as fools eſteem it. f Thar reproves an offender faith.
fully. Yer prudently in the fitteſt 'manner and ſeaſon, g To a
Man that hearkens to it, and is inſtruted and reformed by it? 13 *As the cold of ſnow b in the + time of harveſt,
ſo is a faithful meſſenger to them that ſend him: for he *Chz:i7: 7 refreſheth the. ſoul of his maſters 5. Heb.day
h Either 1. as drink cooled with Ice or Snow, as was, and is u- Gen: 2:4; ſua] in hot Countries. Or,2.as a cool Air iuch 2s is in Snowy ſeaſons. T Heb. Or, 3. as drink which is as cold as Snow. # With a true account rt mo PErp diſpatch of thoſe important affairs which were commit- —_— ted to him,
14 Whoſo boaſteth himſelf F of a falfe gift &, is like + Heb:i
* clouds and wind without rain /, » tift of k Pretending that he bath glven,or promiſing that he will g1Ve a al its Man thoſe gifts, which he neither hath given,nor intendeth to gives Jude 12] him. | Like empty Ciouds carried abour with wind,and not afford-
ing that Rain which by their appearance they promile.
15 * By long forbearing-m is a prince perſwaded », * Gen:33 and a ſoft rongue o breakeththe bone p. . 4&1Sam: m By patient ſubmiſſion and expeQation. » Or, pacifed, wheres gy as his rage is increafed by oppoſition. Compare Eccleſ:10: 4. o A Sg mild and humble anſwer. p Softneth an hearr which is as hard as & 16:14. Bone or Stone. He alludes to thoſe Oyls which fink through the
Fleſh to the very Bone. See Pſal. 109; 18. - *Verſe 2} 16 * Haſt thou found honey q,t eat ſo much as is ſuffi- + onh1 cient for thee,leſt thou be filled therewich,8& vomit it rg
q Which in thoſe parts was of: found in Woods or Fields, as '
Fuages 14: 8, Oc. 1 Sam; 14: 25. By Honeyhe underſtands, not on-
ly all delicious Meats, but all preſent and worldly delights, which
we are heretaughtto uſe with moderation. r Honey exceſhively ta=
ken diſpoſeth a Man to vomiting. || or,let thy 17 || Withdraw thy foot trom thy neighbours houſe 5, for: beſel-
leſt he be F weary of thee,and /o hate thee 7, dom inthy s Viſit him not too frequently nor unſeaſonably, ; As men are neighbours
thereisws 3 The heaven for height,and the earth for depth 4, \jearchings and the heart of kings t is unſearchabis z.
apt to loath thoſe Meats of which they ſurfeir, as was now oblerved 9995: V. Go 18 * A
10 Leſt he that heareth jr, put thee to ſhame #, and
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u Is as cruel and pernicious to him as an inſtrument of Death. The defign of the Proverb is to ſhew the wickednefs of flander,and thata falſe wirneſs is in ſome reſpeC&-as bad as a Murderer,
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in rime of trou- ble, is like a broken tooth and afoot out of joint ,
x Iris not only deceirful, but hurtful,as a broken Tooth though it may make ſhew ofhelping,yet is not only unhelpfulto Man for chewing his Meat, bur alſo iroubletome at.d paintul; ana as a Foot oit of Joynt, doth not help but hinder, and pain him that ate tempts to walk upon it. PDE
20 As he that raketh away a garment in cold wea- ther y, and as vinegar upon nitre 2; fo is he # that ſingeth ſongs to an heavy heart 6. A -
y When it is moſt ſeaſ-nable and neceſſary, 2 Which diſſolves the Nitre; and makes it uſe'eſs and ineffeQual. a He is no leſs abe ſurd and impertinents 6 Whoſe grief is nor relieved, but increaſed
by it, as common experience ſheweth, and divers learned Authors have obſerved. |
c By Bread and Water he underftands all things neceſſary for his ſubliſtence. . | | | | : : | 22 For d4thou ſhalt heap * coals of fire upon his head e, and the LORD (hal reward thee f. Foe 4 Underſtand, in ſodvzing, which words are exprefſed Rom: 12: -20. where this Text is quoted. e Either 1. ina bad ſenſe, Thou fhalr hereby aggravate his Sin, and occaſion a more ipeedy and grievous
Vengeance from God, which, like fire from Heaven, ſhal fail upon ]
his head and conſume him. Not thar he perſwades him to doa kind-
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p. Over his Paſſions, and eſpecially his Anger, which 1s ſignified by this Word, Prov. 16: 2. Feeleſ; 10: 4. q Expeſerh himſelf to manifold Dangers and Miſchiefs. |
SH AP XXVE_ *© | Rules how to carry towards Fools, 1 ——1y. The $lothful Man deſcribed, 13-——16, The Charatter of # Contentious Man, and of a Buſic-body,and Tale-bearer, 17-='23. The Evilof hypocrifie and Lying, ' 24*<=28. _ + S ſnow in ſummer, and as rain in harveſt s, ſo honour is not ſeemly for a fool b | | a Unbecomigng and unſeaſonable. 6 Becauſe he neither deſerves It, nor knows how to uſe it, but his Folly is both increaſed and publickly manifeſted by it. % 5 | | 2 As the bird by wandring c, as the ſwallow by fly- ing, ſo the curſe cauſleſs (hal not come 4. | © From, place to place, by irs perpetual Reſtleſſneſs it ſecures 18 ſelffrom the Fowler, that he cannor ſhoot at it,nor ſpread his Net over it. f To wit, upon the irinocent Perſon, but he ſhal elcape from it like a Bird, &c, - | | . -- Wt 3 * A whipforthe horſe,a bridle e for the aſs, and .pp.,,.,. I a rod f: for the fools back, - | | Ch:10: 13. i
e Which was very proper and uſual for an Aſs, when they rode Iv upon it,( as the Jews molt commonly did ) though not to reſtrain him from running away,which is the principal uſe of it in Horſes,
ct that the rider mighr rule and guide him,which was very neceſ= ary+-for thar ſtupid Creature, Aithough: the ancient Interpreters render it s Goad, or Spur, or ſomething of the like Narure and Uſe. f Which is moſt proper and neceſlary for him. Not Words, but Blows, muſt make him better. 7 C 4Anſwer not a fool g according to his folly h,Jeſt thou alſo be like unto him 3. RR
. How can theſe contrary Rules be reconciled anſwer him not, and
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