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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1752 edition. Excerpt: ... shew how restless, and wakeful men are in their old age; so that that which is faid of the abundance of the rich man, may as truly be faid of the infirmity of the old man, it will not suf er him to pep, Eccl. v. 12. In the night time possibly he may have some unquiet drowsings, but when the morning approacheth, that time wherein man, in his perfect state, taketh the greatest refreshment, and the soundest sleep; then shall he be broad awake, and rising up He jhall rise up at the voice os the bird; that is, at that time when they utter their voices; not (as some have interpreted it) causa vocisavicula, by reason of the voice of any bird, as the crowing of the cock, or the like, as if the voices of them should wake them from their sleep; for it is not faid, he shall wake at the voice of the bird, hut he shall rise at the voice of the bird, presugosing his being awake long before, it may., be all the night: Beside the ensuing words, as you shall immediately hear, do demonstrate the deafness of old men, and therefore it is not to be thought that they should easily be startled, as it were, and awaked at the voice of any bird; therefore it must of necessity be understood, as it is elsewhere phrased, At the time when the finging of the birds is came, Cant. ii. 12. Now the time of the singing of the birds may be faid to come annually, or diurnally. The yearly coming of the singing of the birds is in the spring of the year; to which allusion is had in that place of Solomon's Song: And the daily coming of the singing of the birds is in the spring of the day, or very early in the morning; by which time the decrepit old man is very weary of his bed, having in it neither ease, nor sleep. The singing of the birds, and the sighing of old men, are early...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150190100 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150190108 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $18.27 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 110 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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