Of wisdom, folly, riot, &c. CHAPTER X....XI....XII. Directions for charity. Before snared in an evil time, when it falleth 'suddenly upon { bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which cir. 977. r 2 Pet. 2, 12. s Luke 17, 16. 1 Thes. 5, 2, S. t 2 Sam. 20, 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came " a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. hath wings shail tell the matter. CHAPTER XI. 1 Directions for charity..... The day of judgment to be C AST thy bread a thought on. Before CHRIST cir. 977. 2 Cor. 9, 7. upon the waters: for thou shalt & Luke 6,90 bafter many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, Kings7,1. and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet nothou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 1 Pet. 5, 8. man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: * Mat. 2,20. nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and y Pr. 11,11. his words are not heard. 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchant-stars, be not darkened; nor the clouds return after 2 Chr. 13, ment; and a babbler is no better. n Eph. 4,20. o Ps. 53, 1. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is pActs 24, 1. foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. q James 4, 13. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him who can tell him? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of Pr. 13, 16. them; because he knoweth not how to go to the city. 16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, Acts 9, 6. 7. Chr. 13, and thy princes eat in the morning! t Ps. 72, 1. 7 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh 2Sam. 16, merry: but money answereth all things. 21,23 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almondtree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the e Job 17, 13. streets: 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be brokens or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern: 7 Then shall the 'dust return to the earth as it was; f Gen. 3, 19. and the spirit shall return & unto God who gave it. g Phil. 1,25 81 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is h Ps. 62, 9. 20" Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; } vanity. her and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: fora 9 And, moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave CHRIST good heed, and sought out, and set in order, many proverbs. Jer. 23, 28. Mat. 3, 7. Acts 2, 37. The hope and calling of the church. Before 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much CHRIST study is a weariness of the flesh. k Luke 16, 1311 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole mat- 29. 2 Tim. 3, 16, 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, eventer; Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this 17. words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are 2 Cor. 10,4. given from one shepherd. cir. 1014. a 1 Kings 4, 32. CHAPTER I. is the whole duty of man. 1 Mat. 12, 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, Acts 17, 3. with every secret thing, whether it be good, or Rom. 216. whether it be evil. The SONG of SOLOMON. 4 He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his 1 The church's love unto Christ....5 She confesseth her banner over me was a love. a deformity. THE Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: bJohn 3,29. for thy love is better than wine. c Eph. 5, 25. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments, d 2 Cor. 2, thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 14. e Phil. 2, 9. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee. The King f Rev. 14,4. hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. g John 14? 2 Cor. 4, 5. m Isa. 28 17. Micah 7, 9. Mat. 25, 31 Luke 12, 2 John 5, 29 Rom. 14,10 1 Cor. 15, 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples; The 10 for I am • sick of love. 17. 2 Thess. 2, Jam. 2, 13. 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right 10. hand doth embrace me. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by drom the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye & stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Je-window, shewing himself through the lattice. 6 Look not upon me, because I am 'black, because 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where 13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the 16 11 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feed- r Ps. 157, 9. eth among the lilies. 17 Until the day † break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved; and be thou like a roe, or a 12 While the King sitteth at his table, my spike-young hart, upon the mountains of Bether. nard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; 1 Pet. 2,2. he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. CHAPTER III. The church's fight and victory in temptation. camphire Bloveth 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou u Hab. 1, 13. art fair, thou hast doves' eyes. Phil. 3, 7. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Gal. 4, 25. also x our bed is green. Col.16 1 Pet. 1, 23. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our Eph. 1, 2. raters of fir. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city; in the streets, and in the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, a Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? d Mat. 2, 3, c Isa. 56, 10. 4. 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into Gen. 32, my mother's house, into the chamber of her that Prov. 4, 15 AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.conceived me. the daughters. 3 As the apple-trec among the so is my beloved among the sons. CI Thess. 1, his shadow with great delight, 10 sweet to my taste. trees of the wood, I sat down under and his fruit was Eph. 3, 18. f Rom. 10, 5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by 10. the roes, bes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not Gal. 4, 19. up, nor awake my love till he please. 61 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness & Rev. 12, 6 like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frank- The graces of the church. Before 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore } drunk my wine with my milk: eat, Ofriends, CHRIST valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. h Heb. 1,14. 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of Neh. 4,22 fear in the night. Mat. 13, 25. Eph. 6, 12. 9 King Solomon made himself a || chariot of the Or, throne, wood of Lebanon. Rev. 3, 21 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Before 'CHRIST cir. 1014 c John 15, 21 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, 14. my sister, my love, my dove. my undefiled: for my drev. 3, 20 head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? e Luke 11,7 k Rev. S. 12. bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple; } I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them ? 1 Mat. 12, 50. the midst thereof being paved with love for the daugh- 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother mRev. 11, m crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. Christ setteth forth the graces of the church. & 12, 35. 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the Luke 11, door, and my bowels were moved for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 61 opened to my beloved; but my beloved had g Ps. 24, 7. withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed h Mat. 28, when he spake; I sought him, but I could not find 75. BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thouhimi thou hast doves' eyes within 1 Cor 11, locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from c John 5, 41. d 1 Cor. 1, mount Gilead. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even dshorn, which came up from the washing; whereof James 3,16. every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy * speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. e Col. 4, 6. f2 Cor 10, 4. g Isa. 66,11. 1 Pet. 2, 2. b Acts S, 21. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David, builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, 2 Pet. 1,19 I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the Rev 14,3. k Rev. 21, 2. hill of frankincense. 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon : look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' Rev. 17,14. 1 dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast † ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy † love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell m Rev. 19,8. of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. i Lam. 3, 8. I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers Jer. 18,18. of the walls took away my vail from me. am 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I sick of love. 9 What is thy beloved 'more than another beloved, 11sa. 63, 18. more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us. 15, 16 n Dan. 7, 9. o Phil. 2, 9. 11 His head is as the most fine gold; his locks are Rev. 19, 11. bushy, and black as a raven : 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters washed with milk, and fitly set: p Rev. 1, 14. 4 Rev. 1,14 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling Luke 4,22 myrrh: 2 Cor. 7, 15, 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires : s Luke 1,78. 15 His legs are as pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold; his countenance is as Lebanon, Re excellent as the cedars: † Heb. Rom. 15, 4. 16 His mouth is † most sweet; yea, he is alto- sweetnesser, gether + lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside, that we may seek him with thee? 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the bbeds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. 41 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah ; comely as Jerusalem; terrible as an army with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead : 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep, which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore qucens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. † Heb. desires, Isa. 32, 14. 1 Cor. 1, 28. Christ awaketh the church with his calling. 23 The church's graces. ISAIAH. Her love to Christ. Before only one of her mother, she is the choice one of hers and the pomegranates bud forth: thore will I give Before CHROST that bare her: the daughters saw her, and blessed thee my loves. cir. 1014. fGal. 4, 16, CHRIST cir. 1014. her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates Ezek. 20, Eph. 5, 16. praised her. g 1 Pet. 1, 2. h 2 Pet. 1, 19. i Rev. 12, 1. 10 Who is she that looketh forth as the fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and an army with banners? 11 1 morning, terrible as went down into the garden of nuts, to see the k Ps. 149, 6, fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. 7. 8. Isa. 13, 12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the 1 Ps. 92, 12, chariots of Ammi-nadib. 13. 13" Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, m Hosea 1, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two n Ex. 32, 1. armies. 11. 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my clsa. 60,11. mother's house, who would instruct me: I would d Gal. 4, 26. cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his e ch. 2, 6. right hand should embrace me. 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. 2 Cor. 12, 5 (Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Rev. 12, 8. b21 Cor. 4, els, the work of the hands of a cunning workman:leaning upon her beloved?) I raised thee up under g Isa.63,11, 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, asa seal upon h h 2 Tim. 2, thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is i Isa. 40, 11. cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, 49, 15, 16 which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can k Mat. 7, 27. the floods drown it: if a man would give all the sub- Rom. 8, 39. stance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: 1 Eph. 1, 10. what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be " spoken for? m Acts 11, 19, 22, 23. n Rev. 21, 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her 12, 14, 19. with boards of cedar. o Eph. 2, 22. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found † favour. 11 Solomon had P vineyard at Eaal-hamon; he Rom. 5, 1. a † Heb. peace, 10. let out the vineyard unto keepers: every one for the 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for { fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 53. mActs 2,4, lips of those that are asleep to speak. 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, Rev. 2,1. O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that Mat. 21, keep the fruit thereof two hundred. 11. r 1 Cor. 5, 6, 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the com- 7. panions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. s Rev. 22, 14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like22 to a roe, or to a young hart, upon the mountains of t Luke 19, spices. The BOOK of the Prophet ISAIAH. CHAPTER I. Isalah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion. THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he *saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the 12. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will h Jer. 9, 3. the whole heart faint. 2 Pet. 1,21. days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings { revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and g Jer. 7, 26. Mat. 2, 7 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me: 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his mas- 4 Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, Isaiah exhorteth Judah to repentance : CHAPTER II. He prophesieth of Christ's kingdom. Before vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a { of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, CHRIST cir. 760. Or, watch || besieged city. 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a edor, wast- very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. ed, 29. 10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye Prulers of Roni. 9, Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye o-Gen. 19, 24. people of Gomorrah : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your Deut.$2,52. sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of p. Job 34, 18. and none shall quench them. CHAPTER II. Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christ's kingdom. cerning Judah and Jerusalem. Beloru cir. 760. b Rev. 1.4, 19. 10. b Rev. 11, 1. c Dan. 2.14. THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw con- Rev. 11, 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that 20 Jer. 23, the mountain of the LORD's house shall be establishyoured in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the e Zec. 2, 20 house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of fRev. 2 25. his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for & out of g Luke 24, Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the 17. LORD from Jerusalem. the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; Ezek. 16,46. and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of 2. Mat. 28, 20 lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more " vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, Jer. 7, 22. the calling of assemblies, * I cannot away with: it is u Mat. 15, 9. iniquity, even the solemn meeting. x Ps. 50, 16. 14 Your new-moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am y Zec. 11, 8. 2 weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands I will * hide mine eyes from you; yea when ye make b1 Tim. 2, prayers I will not hear: your handsare full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 8 c Jer. 4, 14. d 1 Pet. 3, d 17 Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed; judge the fatherless; plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: Though your sins be as scarlet, they Rev. 1,14. shall be as & white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 1 ch. 43, 28. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land : 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured h Titus 1,2. with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 1 2 Chr. 15, 12. k Jer. 2, 20. 1 Mic. 3, 2, 3. 21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment: righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy m2 Chr. 2, with water: 17. wine mixed 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy 'tin: 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called. The city of righteousness, The faithful city. 27 Zion shall be "redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake • Rev. 22, the LORD shall be consumed. 8 Their land also is fuil of idols: they worship q Jer. 2, 21. the work of their own hands, that which their own r Rev. 9, 20. fingers have made. 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. s ch. 27, 11 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, Rev. 6, 15. for "fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. u Heb. 12, 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. Rev. 18, 10. x Psy 149, 8 Mal. 4, 1. Rev. 19, 13. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every y Ps. 110, 5. one that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low; & 131, 1. 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon 4. all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon {all pleasant pictures. |