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

To deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her words:

1611 marginal noteProu.5.3. and 7.5.

He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 28.9.

Get wisedome, get vnderstanding: forget it not, neither decline from the wordes of my mouth.

¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

Heare me now therefore, O yee children: & depart not from the words of my mouth.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.

¶ My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee.

That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

1611 marginal noteChap.5.3.

¶ Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.