A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
Ver. 24. A man that hath friends, &c.] For Cos amoris amor, Love is the whetstone, or loadstone rather, of love. Marce, ut ameris, ama. a Love is a coin that must be returned in kind.
And there is a friend, &c.] Such a friend is as one's own soul, Deu 13:6 a piece so just cut for him, as answers him rightly in every joint. This is a rare happiness.
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