Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 7:5

5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wi[illegible: 1+ letters]e , than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Which though it causeth some grief, yet frequently brings great benefit, even Reformation and Salvation, both from temporal and from eternal Destruction, both which are the portion of impenitent sinners.

The flatteries, or other merry discourses, which are as pleasant to corrupt Nature, as Songs or Musick.

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