Proverbs 1

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of Solomon] Of his wisdome, see 1 Kings III. 12. and IV. 29, 30, 31. and X. 23, 24. Eccles. XII. 9, 10.

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to give subtiltie] Sacred sagacitie, a sharp wit, a deep reach, 1 Cor. II. 10. 2 Cor. III. 18.

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The fear of the Lord] It is Wisdome it self, Job XXVIII. 28. He sets it here in the Beginning; and he makes it the End of all, yea, the All of man, Eccles. XII. 13.

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wisdome] The wisdome of God; and Christ himself chiefly, Col. II. 3. 1 Cor. I. 30.

wisdome crieth] Iohn VII. 37. The Hebrew is, Wisdomes crieth. The plural number is here used, by way of excellencie, to denote the singular eminencie of the thing so spoken of. And so Behemoth, signifying beasts, for that singular beast, Iob XL. 15. And so, If I be masters, in the Hebrew, Mal. I. 6. And so likewise Elohim pluraly is used for one only God. Unlesse, by way of Ellipsis, we will take the meaning thus; the wisdome of wisdomes; the beast of beasts; the master of masters; the God of Gods. In like sense the plural is used, Lam. III. 22. Psal. LI 17. 2 Sam. XXII. 1.

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and ye refused] This is a step towards the sinne unpardonable.

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I also will laugh] Psal. II. 4. Then man hath cause to weep. The poyson of sinne thus working upon God, and Christ. Esay I. 24.

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Then shall they call] Prov. XXVIII. 9. 1 Sam. XXVIII. 6. Psal. XVIII. 41.

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the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.] Their prosperity are as gay cloaths, with a plague-soar in them. They shipwrack upon the sands of prosperity, as well as others do on the rocks of adversity.

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quiet from fear of evil] Psal. XLVI. 2,