John Trapp on Proverbs 7:5
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Proverbs7:5
Verſ. 5. That they may keep thee] The wiſdome from above can and will preſerve a man from hankering after ſtrange fleſh. The worlds wiſards have been moſt of them tackt and tainted with this vice, and that by a juſt hand of God upon them, for the contempt of Religion, Rom. 1.28. which is indeed the moſt excellent preſervative. Hence when the Apoſtle had ſaid, 1 Tim. 4.7. exerciſe godlineſs, hee adds (as a motive) Godlineſs is profitable to all things, verſ. 8. See further for this, Prov. 23.26, 27. and 2.16. and 6.23, 24. with the Notes there.
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