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you, I will make knowen my wordes vnto you.

²⁴ ¶ ** Iſa.65.12. and 66.4. ier.7.13. ezech.8.18 Becauſe I haue called, and yee refuſed, I haue ſtretched out my hand, and no man regarded:

²⁵ But ye haue ſet at nought all my counſell, ⁊ would none of my reproofe:

²⁶ I alſo will laugh at your calamitie, I wil mocke when your feare commeth.

²⁷ ** Iob.27.9. iſa.1.15. ier.11.11. & 14.12. When your feare commeth as deſolation, and your deſtruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when diſtreſſe and anguiſh commeth vpon you:

²⁸ ** Micah.3.4 Then ſhall they call vpon mee, but I will not anſwere; they ſhall ſeeke me early, but they ſhall not finde me:

²⁹ For that they hated knowledge, and did not chooſe the feare of the Lord.

³⁰ They would none of my counſel: they deſpiſed all my reproofe.

³¹ Therefore ſhall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuices.

³² For the ǁǁ Or, eaſe of the ſimple. turning away of the ſimple ſhall ſlay them, and the proſperity of fooles ſhall deſtroy them.

³³ But who ſo hearkneth vnto mee, ſhall dwell ſafely, and ſhall be quiet from feare of euil.

CHAP. II.

1 Wiſedome promiſeth godlineſſe to her children, 10 and ſafety from euill company, 20 and direction in good wayes.

Y ſonne, if thou wilt receiue my words, and hide my commaundements with thee;

² So that thou incline thine eare unto wiſedome, and apply thine heart to vnderſtanding:

³ Yea if thou cryeſt after knowledge, and †† Heb. giueſt thy voice lifteſt vp thy voyce for vnderſtanding:

⁴ ** Mat.13.44. If thou ſeekeſt her as ſiluer, and ſearcheſt for her, as for hid treaſures:

⁵ Then ſhalt thou vnderſtand the feare of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶ ** Iam.1.5. 1.king.3.9. For the Lord giueth wiſedome: out of his mouth commeth knowledge, and vnderſtanding.

⁷ He layeth vp ſound wiſedome for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walke vprightly.

⁸ He keepeth the pathes of iudgement, and preſerueth the way of his Saints.

⁹ Then ſhalt thou vnderſtand righteouſneſſe, and iudgement, and equity; yea euery good path.

¹⁰ ¶ When wiſedome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleaſant vnto thy ſoule;

¹¹ Diſcretion ſhall preſerue thee, vnderſtanding ſhall keepe thee:

¹² To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that ſpeaketh froward things.

¹³ Who leaue the pathes of vprightneſſe, to walke in the wayes of darkeneſſe:

¹⁴ Who reioyce to doe euill, and delight in the frowardneſſe of the wicked.

¹⁵ Whoſe wayes are crooked, and they froward in their pathes.

¹⁶ To deliuer thee from the ſtrange woman, ** Prou. 5.3. and 7.5. euen from the ſtranger, which flattereth with her words:

¹⁷ Which forſaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

¹⁸ For her houſe inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead:

¹⁹ None that goe vnto her, returne againe, neither take they hold of the pathes of life.

²⁰ That thou mayeſt walke in the way of good men, and keepe the pathes of the righteous.

²¹ ** Pſal.37.30. For the vpright ſhall dewll in the land, and the perfect ſhall remaine in it.

²² ** Iob.18.17. pſal.104.35. But the wicked ſhall be cut off from the earth, and the tranſgreſſours ſhalbe ǁǁ Or, pluckt vp. rooted out of it.

CHAP. III.

1 An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7 to mortification, 9 to deuotion, 11 to patience. 13 The happy gaine of wiſedome. 19 The power, 21 and the benefits of wiſedome. 27 An exhortation to charitableneſſe, 30 peaceableneſſe, 31 and contentedneſſe. 33 The curſed ſtate of the wicked.

Y ſonne, forget not my lawe; ** Deut.8.1. & 30.16. but let thine heart keepe my commaundements:

² For length of dayes, and †† Heb. yeeres of life. long life, and peace ſhall they adde to thee.