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¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.

If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:

¶ My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my words, and hide my commaundements with thee;

Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:

1611 marginal noteHeb. giuest thy voice.

If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:

1611 marginal noteMat.13.44.

¶ Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.

¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he steale to satisfie his soule, when hee is hungry:

But if he be found, he shall restore seuenfold, he shall giue all the substance of his house.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it.