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<p>Solomon here, as often in this book, shows that the poor have in some respects the advantage of the rich; for, 1. They have a better relish of their enjoyments than the rich have. Hunger is the best sauce. Coarse fare, with a good appetite to it has a sensible pleasantness in it, which those are strangers to whose hearts are <i>overcharged with surfeiting</i>. Those that fare sumptuously every day nauseate even delicate food, as the Israelites did the quails; whereas those that have no more than their necessary food, though it be such as <i>the full soul</i> would call <i>bitter</i>, to them it <i>is sweet</i>; they eat it with pleasure, digest it, and are refreshed by it. 2. They are more thankful for their enjoyments: <i>The hungry</i> will bless God for bread and water, while those that are <i>full</i> think the greatest dainties and varieties scarcely worth giving thanks for. The virgin Mary seems to refer to this when she says (<a class="bibleref" title="Luke.1.53" href="/passage/?search=Luke.1.53">Luke 1:53</a>), <i>The hungry</i>, who know how to value God’s blessings, <i>are filled with good things</i>, but <i>the rich</i>, who despise them, are justly <i>sent empty away</i>.</p>
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