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* 1.1And hee would haue filled his belly with the huskes, that the Swine ate, but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man gaue them to him.
IN this verse, and the next, wee haue two fore-runners of this young mans repentance, which we may cal occasions, or dores into it. The first, is the extreame necessitie that hee was in, vvith the reason thereof, in this verse: the second is his comming to himselfe, by a better looking into himselfe, and wiser consideration of his wayes in him∣selfe in the 17. verse. His extreame neces∣citie and hard hunger is testified in these words, Hee would haue filled his belly with the huskes which the Swine did eate: and the word intimates, that he faine or gladly would haue done so. The reason is added, for, no man gaue vnto him: that is, no mans eye did pittie him, and no mans hand did minister to him. Hee that (not long before) filled his belly with such costly Dishes, & Fare, is now (for a iust re∣compence of so intollerable care for, and