[524] James v. 13, "Is any merry? Let him sing psalms."
[525] Otiosum verbum est quod justæ necessitatis aut intentione piæ utilitatis caret. Gregor. Moral.
[526] 1 Cor. iii. 20; Rom. i. 21.
[527] Job xxxv. 16. Saith Hugo, there is a time when nothing, and a time when something should be spoken; but never a time when all should be spoken.
[528] Eccles. v. 23, The Spartan banished an orator for saying, he could speak all day of any subject. Erasm.
[529] See the Manual of Prayers printed at Antwerp. 1658. pag. 507.
[530] Megabyzus, a great Persian lord, was told by Apelles, that while he was silent they reverenced him for his gold and rich attire, but when he talked of what he understood not, the boys in the shop laughed at him. Plutarch de Tranquil. Anim. pag. 154.
[531] See Ezek. xxxiii. 30. Sollius Apollinar. Sidon. in his description of king Theodoricus saith that at his feasts, Maximum tunc pondus in verbis est: quippe quum illic aut nulla narrantur aut seria.
[532] Difficile est cum iis durare qui neque otii neque negotii tempora distinguere norunt. Theophrastus.
[533] Col. ii. 8.