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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
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Verse 13. A joyful heart maketh a good countenance: but by the sorrow of the heart, the spirit is broken.
Verse 13. A ioifull heart maketh a good countenance: but by the sorrow of the heart, the spirit is broken.
A Joyful heart] A glad and merry mind, especially having peace with God, and pardon of all his transgressions: [maketh a good countenance] causeth the whole body to be more healthful, but most of all showeth it self in the cheerfulness of the face: for the affections of the mind pierce into the parts of the body, and chiefly appear and work in the countenance: [but by the sorrow of the heart] when it is carnal or excessive, [the spirit is broken] as the looks are marred, so the spirits are dulled, and men by sighings and griefs are often brought to such extremities, as that they can hardly draw their breath. The opposition standeth thus: A joyful heart maketh a good countenance, and by the comforts of it, the spirits are refreshed: and a sorrowful heart maketh an heavy countenance, and by the griefs thereof the spirits are oppressed.
A Ioifull heart] A glad and merry minde, especially hauing peace with God, and pardon of all his transgressions: [maketh a good countenance] causeth the whole body to be more healthfull, but most of all sheweth it selfe in the cheerefulnesse of the face: for the affections of the minde pierce into the parts of the body, and chiefly appeare and worke in the countenance: [but by the sorrow of the heart] when it is carnall or excessiue, [the spirit is broken] as the lookes are marred, so the spirits are dulled, and men by sighings and griefes are often brought to such extremities, as that they can hardly draw their breath. The opposition standeth thus: A ioifull heart maketh a good countenance, and by the comforts of it, the spirits are refreshed: and a sorrowfull heart maketh an heauy countenance, and by the griefes thereof the spirits are oppressed.