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Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 23:3

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Proverbs23:3

3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are▪ deceitful meat .

Either because they do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them, but rather load thee with ill humors & the seeds of divers diseases; or because they are not provided for thee with sincerity and good Will, but with some evil design upon thee, either to discover and betray thee, or to enslave thee▪ See below v. 6, 7.

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