I.--Feed an ass once, and he will know the place again. Feed a sinner
all his life, and you only make him more capable of rebellion (verses 2
and 3.)
II.--There are no wounds smart like those given by God's rod (verses 6
and 8.)
III.--Sin manufactures dunces so stupid, that even God's rod cannot mend
them (verse 5.)
IV.--Religion without piety sickens God (v. 11, 14.) There are folk in
church and chapel more hateful to God than those in the public-house.