Chap.i 2. An Expofitionupon the Bookofj9B. lied. r r Itrrsment oftafting. Moli give it to the whole reouth,forne to the palate, others to the tongue, not a few to the tip of the tongue; there is a fifth opinion which arc: ibes it to the nerves which diiffisfe themfèlvcs,.quite through the tongue ; a Gxthplaces it in the throat. Hence Ariflotle reports of Thiloxenus an Epicure, loft. 1.3 Erh who withed that he had a neck as long as a Crane, that he might cap. to. thelonger taft the pleaf lre,and take the more delight in hismeat. Which way foever it is in nature, the Moral truth is the fame, which you may take in this brief Note. Every fence bath a difinei office, the Ear is for hearing, the Mouth for tatting, the Eye for teeing,the Noftrils for finelüug ; Thus the Lord hath mede aPolicy in the body Natural. The bo- dy ofman is a kind of corporation, every officer ftandeth in his place, and bath his duty. Thecomelinefs ofthe bodynatural, and thecomlinefs ofa body Politique, whether'civil or fpiritu- al,., (nines in thedue difcharge of each members office : every member needs thehelp of his neighbour member, and the ope- ration ofevery member is to help * the whole; Thy eye fees, s duris vies theear hears, theMouth tafis, as a fervent, and for the fervice meus baud ma, ofthe whole body, la. Anemia.' There is yet another tranflation (obferved by Chryfoflome) Druf. in tòme of the Greek verfons; where it is read thus, Theear try- eth sròrds ; andthe mind tafethmeats. One letter added in the Greek, changes the fignification from the mouth to the mind, ta- king it with that literal addition, there wordsare an explication of the foriner: As the ear tryeth words or founds, fo the mind tryeth 'mitts. Whatmeats ? Truth is themeat ofthemind,the non- rifhment 4fthe underfianding. Hence theword of truth is often competed to thingsedible andpotable,to meat and drink,to ho- ney, and the honey comb. And the want of the word of truth is called a 1 amine by the Profit. The foul ftarves where the word of truth is not rightly divided, cut our, or carved to it. All the excellencies of Godthat are held forth in the worc?,tre, the fouls food, (Pfal.34 8.) Otafl andfee that theLord good ; what is it that tafleth how Tweet theLord is ? lt is the mind working, me- ;ditating, and aetingfaith upon him., Faith is the fouls taller, faith is the mouthof the foul, which notonly tafteth, but chew- eth the promifes and maanifeftationsofGod ro his people,and fo makes meat ofthem; Meditation turns the promifesinto marrow. My foul ( faith David, Plal. 63. 5, 6. (hall be fatisfted G g 2 rt3 227
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