[Section. 3] Thirdly, The Mouth is the Distinguisher, or Sentence-giver.
PAlatum gustat escam: The Mouth tasteth meate: Iob 34.3. It distinguisheth betweene bitter, and sweete; between that is sowre, and that is unsavourie;
Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God, & man A treatise compendiously describing the nature of God in his attributes, with a lively pourtraiture of his wisedome in ordering, and disposing of the celestiall, and terrestriall bodies. Containing much variety of matter ... and apt applications singular for brevity, and perspicuity. By Henry Church.
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- Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God, & man A treatise compendiously describing the nature of God in his attributes, with a lively pourtraiture of his wisedome in ordering, and disposing of the celestiall, and terrestriall bodies. Containing much variety of matter ... and apt applications singular for brevity, and perspicuity. By Henry Church.
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- M.DC.XXXVII. [1637]
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"Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God, & man A treatise compendiously describing the nature of God in his attributes, with a lively pourtraiture of his wisedome in ordering, and disposing of the celestiall, and terrestriall bodies. Containing much variety of matter ... and apt applications singular for brevity, and perspicuity. By Henry Church." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18711.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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that is moist, and that is drie; that is stale, and that is new. The Mouthes Roofe is of sinewes, so hard, that everie meate cannot hurt it; so soft, that tis sen∣sible: hollow, and round; for the moving of the meate, and the drawing-in the breath, the Mouth is so ap∣prehensive, that if you put hot, or cold into it: or if you put a haire in your meate, tis felt; the smallest gravell, or fish-bone is discerned; the Mouth will quickly give sentence, what is pleasant, and what is offensive.