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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
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for when we come to full tables, where there is excess, our stomachs loath the meat, and the more meat there is, the less some are able to eat, because the stomach is over-charged with the sight of it. Appetite may be dulled with abundance; but when we find only a convenient, necessary statute portion, as it were, so much as is needful to satisfy hunger, and give some moderate delight, this pleaseth most, and is more esteemed by temperate persons then the greatest feast in the world. A man doth not nauseate his necessary food, or loath what hunger craves; a crust of bread, and that which is course is pleasant then; necessary food is the sweetest food, and we are best satisfied with that which breeds no satiety. We live most comfortably with that food, without which we cannot live at all comfortably. So then, when Job saith here, I esteemed the word of his mouth more then my necessary food, it is as if he had plainly said, I took more care for, and had a higher esteem of the food of my soul, then for that food of my body, which necessity forceth every man to esteem.
for when we come to full tables, where there is excesse, our stomacks loath the meate, and the more meate there is, the lesse some are able to eate, because the stomacke is over-charged with the sight of it. Appetie may be dull'd with abundance; but when we finde onely a convenient, necessary statute portion, as it were, so much as is needfull to satisfie hunger, and give some moderate delight, this pleaseth most, and is more esteemed by temperate persons then the greatest feast in the world. A man doth not nautiate his necessary food, or loath what hunger craves; a crust of bread, and that which is course is pleasant then; necessary food is the sweetest food, and we are best satisfied with that which breeds no satiety. We live most comfortably with that food, without which we cannot live at all comfortably. So then, when Job saith here, I esteemed the word of his mouth more then my necessary food, it is as if he had plainely sayd, I tooke more care for, and had a higher esteeme of the food of my soule, then for that food of my body, which necessity forceth every man to esteeme.
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