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John Trapp on Proverbs 4:27

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Proverbs4:27

Verſ. 27. Turn not to the right] Keep the Kings high-way, keep within Gods precincts,Cic. in Offic. and yee keep under his protection. The Heathen Oratour could ſay, A recta conſcientia ne latum quidem nugnem diſcedendum. A man may not depart an hairs-bredth all his life long from the dictates of a good conſcience.

Remove thy foot from evil] Beſtir thee no otherwiſe than if thou hadſt trod upon a Snake. Abhor that which is evil, Rom. 12.9. abſtain from all appearance, all ſhews and ſhadows of it, 1 Theſ. 5.22. Run from the occaſions of it; come not near the doors of her houſe, Prov. 5.8.

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