1. The prophet David taught us that we should go about in our heart as though in a large house; that we should hold converse with it as with some trusty companion. He spoke to himself, and conversed with himself, as these words show: “I said, I will take heed to my ways.” Ps. xxxix. [xxxviii.] 1. Solomon his son also said: “Drink water out of thine own vessels, and out of the springs of thy wells; ” Prov. v. 15. that is: use thine own counsel. For: “Counsel in the heart of a man is as deep waters.” Prov. xx. 5. “Let no stranger,” it says, “share it with thee. Let the fountain of thy water be thine own, and rejoice with thy wife who is thine from thy youth. Let the loving hind and pleasant doe converse with thee.” Prov. v. 17–19.