Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 31:26
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Proverbs31:26
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom , and in her tongue is the law of kindness .
She is neither [illegible: 1+ letters]ullenly silent, nor full of vain and impertinent talk, as many Women are, but speaks discreetly and piously, as occasion offereth itself.
Her Speeches are not froward and provoking, as those of foolish Women frequently are, but most obliging and amiable, as being guided by Wisdom and Grace, and not by inordinate Lusts and Passions. And this practice is called a law in her tongue, because it is constant and customary, and proceeds from an inward and powerful Principle of true Wisdom, which in a manner necessitates and constrains her to discourse like her self, so that in a moral sense she cannot speak otherwise, unless she offer violence to her self, or the nature of the thing require sharp and severe Expressions.
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