4 | Wrath'ss cruel, and anger is outragious,but who + Hes. 15 able to ſtand before || envy ee Wrath i _ e Envy is worſe than both of them,partly becauſe it is more un< 7*lty,and Juſt and unreaſonable, asnot cauſed by any provocation, as wrath ger an & anger are, but only proceeding from a malignity of mind, wheres V7fewing by a Man is grieved for another Mans bappineſs,in which he ſhould || Or, Je» reJoyce ; partly becauſe it is more deeply rooted and implacable, ouſie, whereas the other paſſiens are common!y allayed ; and partly be- caulſs it 15 more ſecret and undiſcernible and therefore the miichie- vous effeCts of it are hardly avoidable;whereas wrath and anger dif. " ver themſelves, and ſo forewarn and forearm a man againſt the
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5 Open f rebuke is better g than ſecret þ love.
f Heb, which is manifefed or diſtovered, either, 1. Publickly and before others, when it is needful,in which caſe though it pur a man to ſome ſhame, yet it doth him good. Or, 2. Privately,and to the offenders face. a plain and down=rigtt Reproof.* g More deſirable and beneficial. þ Which lies hid in rhe heart, and duth not ſhew it ſelf by friendly A&ions, and particularly by free and faithful Re- proof, whick is a principal End and Benefit of Friendſhip.
6 * Faithful ares: the wounds k of afriend; but th
kiſles] of an enemy are [| deceitful ms Fan ? They proceed from an upright, and truly loving, and faithful ,,g , : Soul, and really promote the good cf the perſon reproved. k The Pequent or tharpeſt Reproofs which for the preſent wound his Spirit andRepu- depruable } tation, 1 All the fair Speeches and outward Profeſſions of Friend» ſhip, »: Or, are to be deprecated; are perfidious and pernicious, and ſuch things as one may pray to God to be delivered from them.Or, are forced, like things which are.procured with great difficulty, and many intreaties. '7 The full foul s tloatheth an honey-comb o SM
* to the hungry ſoul every bitter thing is ſweet, res » A man whoſe appetite or deſire ( which1s oft expreſſed in Scri« + Job 67, pture by the name of Soul ) is fully ſatisfied. o The moſt delicious
meats: The deſign of this Proverb is to ſhew the inconvenience that
oft times attends upon plenty, and the advantage of Poverty, that
the Rich might learn moderation, and the Peor content.
8 Asabird that wandereth from her neſt p, ſo is a
man that wandereth from his place q.
Þ Thar flies very much abroad from place to place, whereby ſhe 1s expoſed to all the arts of Fowlers, and to Birds of Prey, from which the is ſafe whileſt ſhe keeps her N=ſt. q That through vanix ty or lightneſs changeth the placz ofhis zbcde,or,hisCailing&courſs of Life, the ill effects whereof have been frequently obſerved and _ evenin vulgar Prove: bs, as when we ſay, A rolling ſtone gathers no Moſs.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoyce the heartr; ſo deth |
theſweetneſs of a mans friend + by hearty counſel 5s THeb: r By increaſing and comforting the ſpirits. « No leſs grateful and =
pleaſant is the company and converſation of a true friend,in reſpect counſel of
of his good and faittful counſel which comes from his very Heart the Jeuls
and Soul, and contains his moſt inward and ſerious Thoughts, where-
as deceitful perſons give ſuch counſels,not as they think co be beſt,
but as moſt lerve their Luſts or Deſigns.
10 Thine own friend and thy fathers friend t forſake not ; neither go into thy brothers houſe. « in the day of thy calamity for * better is a neighbour x that is near «qi thana brother far off. © &18:246 : Of whoſe friendſhip thou haſt had long experience. « To wit, for comfort and relief, and ſo as to forſake or negl:& thy friend for him. x The friend mentioned in the beginning of the Verſe, who hath ſhewed himſelfto be a true and good neighbour, y Either 1, In place by cohabiration. Or rather 2, In affection, in which reſpect God is off ſaid to be neer to the righteous» and far from the Wick=
ed. 11 *My ſon, bewiſe,and make my heart glad, that I may anſwer him that repfoacheth me z.
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him as a curſe from God, or made him ſo by my example,or by the negleC& of his education. See Ezek: 16; 44: 1 Tim. Z: 4+ ;
12 Aprudent.wan forſeeth the evil, and hideth him- ſelf, bat the ſimple paſs on, and are puniſhed 5.
a This was delivered Chap. 22.3. andis here repeated to enforce the foregoing Exhortation, by repreſenting the great advantage cf Wiſdom.
12 * Take his garment that is ſurety for a ſtranger,
and take a pledge of him for a ſtrange woman 9».
b Pcflibly this is here repeated asa part of the Fathers counſel] to his Son begun v- 11. to avoid raſh Suretyſhip.to which young Men are moſt prone, and by which they are expoſed in the beginning of their days ro many ſins and miſeries, which they carry with them to their graves. ; .
14 He that bleſſeth his friend c wich a loud voice d, riſingearly in the morning e, it ſhal be counted a curle tohim f.
c Thar Calureth or praiſeth. and applaudeth him to his face, as the manner of flatterers is. 4 Thar both he, and others may be ſureto tk: norice ofit, e To perform this Office. to ſhew his orcat forwardnels, and diligence, and zeal in his Service, which was the cuſtom of the Romans afrerward, and poſſibly of ſome of the Jews at this time. f His friend will value this kind of bleſſing no more thn a curſe, becauſe it plainly diſcovers a baſe deſign, and is an high refle&ion upon him, as if hee:ther did nor underſtand ſuch grots and palpable flattery, or were ſo ridiculoully vainglori- ous as tO be pleaſed wich it. : :
I5 ” A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike g-
g Are c<qually troubleſome, the firſt not ſufferinga man to go a- broad wirh comfort, rheslatter not permitting him not to ſtay at
home with quietneſs. Hs 15 Whoſoever hideth her h,hideth the wind z,and the
ointment of his right hand & which bewrayeth 3t ſelf.