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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse 30. The light of the eye rejoiceth the heart: and a good hearing maketh the bones fat.
Verse 30. The light of the eie reioiceth the heart: and a good hearing maketh the bones fat.
THE light of the eyes] The beholding of delightful aspects [rejoiceth the heart] bringeth sound gladness to the soul that is seasoned with grace, and looketh on Gods favour, with his blessings: [and a good hearing] where there is comfortable matter related, and an attentive ear to hearken unto it: [maketh the bones fat] procureth health, and good disposition of the whole body; by means whereof, the bones are replenished with marrow within, and well stored with flesh and fatness without: not that seeing serveth only for the comfort of the heart, and hearing for the health of the body; but each of them is profitable both ways. And the same may be understood also, in due proportion, of the other senses.
THE light of the eies] The beholding of delightful aspects [reioiceth the heart] bringeth sound gladnesse to the soule that is seasoned with grace, and looketh on Gods fauour, with his blessings: [and a good hearing] where there is comfortable matter related, and an attentiue eare to hearken vnto it: [maketh the bones fat] procureth health, and good disposition of the whole body; by meanes whereof, the bones are replenished with marrow within, and well stored with flesh and fatnesse without: not that seeing serueth only for the comfort of the heart, and hearing for the health of the body; but each of them is profitable both waies. And the same may bee vnderstood also, in due proportion, of the other senses.