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<p>Two things are here pronounced pleasant:—1. It is pleasant to have a good prospect to see the light of the sun (<a class="bibleref" title="Eccl.11.7" href="/passage/?search=Eccl.11.7">Eccl. 11:7</a>) and by it to see the wonderful works of God, with which this lower world is beautified and enriched. Those that want the mercy know how to value it; how would <i>the light of the eyes rejoice their hearts</i>! The consideration of this should make us thankful for our eyesight. 2. It is more pleasant to have <i>a good name</i>, a name for good things with God and good people; this <i>is as precious ointment</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Eccl.7.1" href="/passage/?search=Eccl.7.1">Eccl. 7:1</a>. <i>It makes the bones fat</i>; it gives a secret pleasure, and that which is strengthening. It is also very comfortable to hear (as some understand it) <i>a good report</i> concerning others; a good man has no greater joy than to hear that his friends walk in the truth.</p>
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