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John Trapp on Proverbs 13:25

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Proverbs13:25

Verſ. 25. The righteous eateth to the ſatisfying of his ſoul] Have hee more or leſs, hee hath that which ſatisfies him. Nature is content with a little, grace with leſs; Cibus & potus ſunt divitia Chriſtianorum. If Jacob may but have bread to eat, and cloaths to put on, it ſufficeth him; and this hee dare bee bold to promiſe himſelf. Beg his bread hee hopes hee ſhall not; but if hee ſhould, hee can ſay with Luther (who made many a meal with a broyled herring) Mendicato pane hic vivamus; Luth. in Pſal. 132. annon hoc pulchrè ſarcitur in eo quod paſcimur pane cum angelis, & vitâ aterna, Chriſto, & ſacramentis? Let us bee content to fare hard here: Have wee not the bread that came down from heaven?

But the belly of the wicked ſhall want] Becauſe their belly prepares deceit, Job 15.35. not their heads onely;Job 20.22. Mic. 6.14, 16. they take as much delight in their witty wickedneſs, as the Epicure in his belly-timber, therefore in the fulneſs of their ſufficiency they are in ſtraights, they are ſick of the bulimy, or doggiſh appetite.

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