An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

The general sense of this Verse is to show that his troubles were past hope of redress; they found no cure; none by speech, none by silence: Grief is sometimes eased by speaking, sometimes by silence, either our own or others.

The generall sense of this Verse is to shew that his troubles were past hope of redresse; they found no cure; none by speech, none by silence: Griefe is sometimes eased by speaking, sometimes by silence, eyther our owne or others.

To say nothing is a medicine for some mens sorrow: the sorrow of others cannot be medicined, but by saying much: A plaster of words hath cured many a wound, and the more words have been used, the more some wounds have festered, and the anguish of them hath increased.

To say nothing is a medicine for some mens sorrow: the sorrow of others cannot be medicin'd, but by saying much: A playster of words hath cured many a wound, and the more words have been used, the more some wounds have festered, and the anguish of them hath increased.

Hence Observe.