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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
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.
Thy mouth.] Observe here the change of the person: he spake before in the third person, The Lord will not east away the perfect man, now he brings it home and applies it unto Job, Till he fill thy mouth with laughing; as if he had said, That which I spake in the third person, I meant it as appliable unto thy self, that general truth may be made good to thy person, Till he fill thy mouth. 1I do not speak speculations or fleeing notions of things that shall never come to pass; If thou follow my counsel, thy own experience will quickly teach thee, That God will not cast thee off, till he fill thy mouth with laughing.
Thy mouth.] Observe here the change of the person: he spake before in the third person, The Lord will not east away the perfect man, now he brings it home and applies it unto Job, Till he fill thy mouth with laughing; as if he had said, That which I spake in the third person, I meant it as appliable unto thy self, that generall truth may be made good to thy person, Till he fill thy mouth. 1I doe not speak speculations or fleeing notions of things that shall never come to passe; If thou follow my counsell, thy own experience will quickly teach thee, That God will not cast thee off, till he fill thy mouth with laughing.
- 1Hoc quod dixi in tantum verū est, ut in te sentieris. Aquin.Hoc quod dixi in tantum verū est, ut in te sentieris. Aquin.
Laughter is an act of joy flowing from reason.1 To fill the mouth with laughing notes great joy, such an income of joy, so much matter of joy, that the heart cannot hold it, but out it must at the mouth: joy begins at the heart, there's the seat of it: and when the heart is so full of it that it cannot hold, then it runs over at the mouth and lips; that is, we express the inward joy of the heart by some outward sign or token, speech or gesture. So then to say, I will not cast thee away, till I have filled thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing, is as much as to say, I will not leave thee, till thou hast more comfort then thine heart can hold, so much, that thou must give it vent at thy lips, and be speaking of it.