“Anima laborantis laborat sibi, quia compulit eum os suum.”
“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. He: Heb. The soul of him that craveth: Heb. boweth unto him”
“A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.”
“The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.”
“The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.”
Mouth. The want of food, Ecclesiastes vi. 7.
Here is a further character of good kings, that they love and delight in those that speak right. 1. They hate parasites and those that flatter them, and are very willing that all about them should deal faithfully with them and tell them that which is true, whether it be pleasing or displeasing, both concerning persons and things, that every thing should be set in a true light and nothing disguised, ch. 29 12. 2. They not only do righteousness themselves, but take care to employ those under them that do righteousness too, which is of great consequence to the people, who must be subject not only to the king as supreme, but to the governors sent by him, 1 Pet 2 14. A good king will therefore put those in power who are conscientious, and will say that which is righteous and discreet, and know how to speak aright and to the purpose.