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ons of the ſame words, ſuch as thoſe, # man cannot rell, &c+ and who can tell, &c. Or 2- A confutation of folly in promiſing or | boaſting of things which are wholly out of his p ſhall be, no man can either himſelf foreknow,
others. 15 The labour o them p,becauſe he knoweth not how togo to the cityg. p Fools diſcover their folly, as by their words, of which he hath hitherto ſpoken, ſo alſo by their aRions,and by their endleſs and fruitieſs endeavours after things which are too high and hard. for them, q For he is ignorant of thoſe things which are moſt ea- fie and moſt neceſſary for him, as of the way ro the great City whither he is going, or obliged by his buſi a great and beaten road, 1s known even to fools, ,
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and thy princes eats in the morning ?.
r Eicher »- In Age. Or, 2: C Which 1s morea ; following clauſe _} in Childith Qualicies, as Ignorance, Inexpert- ence, Injudicioutneſs, Rafhnels, Frowardneſs, Fickleneſs,or Wil- fulneſs, and the like: in which ſenſe this word is uſed, 2 Chr:13: 73 compared with 1 Kin: 14* 21s Iſa: 3. 4, 12. 1 Cor. 14. 20. Eph: 4: 14 5s Give up themſelves to eating and drinking exceſſively and intemperarcly as it is explained in the next Verſe, + The fitteſt time for Gods ſervice, and for the diſpatch of weighty affairs, and for ſircing in judgment, Pſa. 101: 8: Fer 21: 12. Which circum- ſtance is added as a plain evidence of men that wholly devote them» ſelves to vanity and Luxury ; which muſt needs occaſion groſs ne- gic& of the great concerns of the Kingdom, the oppreſſion of the peo- ple ro ſupport ſuch extravagancies, and a woful and general corrup< tion of the people by their example, and otherwiſe ; which makes him ſay, Wo to that people. ; BY 17 Bleſſed art thou, O land, .when thy king is the
n of nobies «, and * thy princes eat in due ealon *,
for ſtrength y, and not for drunkennels 2. [ |
u Not ſo much by Birth, as even the worſt of Kings commonly | are, and have been, as by their noble and worthy ditpoſitions,znd endowments. and carriages ; for ſuch an one is oppoſed to the Py in the former Verſe. Sons of nobles are put for noble perſons, as rhe ſons of men for men, and the ſons of Phyſicians for Phyſicians. So as! may further a*:d not hinder their main bufinels. y To refreſh and ſtrengthen their Natures,that they may be fir for ation and buſineſs. z Nor 0a'y nor chiefly. to pleaſe their Palates, and indulge them- ſelves in tenſualicy.
18 By mug} lothfulneſs the building decayeth, and through idleneſs of the hands the houſe droppeth
through 4. s That Houſe which is negle&*d by its owner, and not repaired, mult needs come to ruine. Whereby he intimates, that the ſloth and careleſneis of Princes in the management of publick affairs,which is at uſual attendant upon thatLuxury,of which he hath now diſcour- *Pl.roq'r; 106, is moſtdeitruthive both rothemielves, and to their people. FHob ina? ' 19 A feaſt is made for laughter, and *X Wine | ma-
kerh glad keth merry b : but money an{wereth all :bings c,
the life, b The deſign and effe& of feaſting and drinking Wine, 1s, that Mer: may exhilerate their Minds with the fociety of their Friends, 2nd with the uſe of the Creatures. «c It procures not only Meat and Drink for Feating, but for all other things ;as the Heavens are ſaid to anſwer the Earth, when they give it thoſe ſhowers which it deſires and n-eds to make it fruitful, Hoſ: 2:21- And this clauſe ſeems to be added is an aggravation of the fin and folly of Luxury, becauſe
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