in the wilderness, When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work," &c. Ps. xcv. 7-9, &c. "As the Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years," &c. Heb. iii. 7-9, &c. See also Heb. iv. 7.-" Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end," Ps. cii. 25-27. "He (God) saith, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail," Heb. i. 10-12.— Who maketh his angels flaming fire," Ps. civ. 4. spirits, his ministers a "And of the angels he his angels spirits, and (God) saith, Who maketh his ministers a flame of fire," Heb. i. 7.-" They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause," Ps. cix. 3. "But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause," John xv. 25.-"Let another take his office," Ps. cix. 8. "For it is written in the book of Psalms, His bishopric let another take," 36. Acts i. 20. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies. thy footstool," Ps. cx. 1. "He (Christ) saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord? saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool," Matt. xxii. 43, 44. "For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool," Mark xii. "And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool," Luke xx. 42, 43. See also Heb. i. 13. "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek," Psalms cx. 4. "As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedec," Heb. v. 6. "For He testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedec," Heb. vii 17.-" He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever." Ps. cxii. 9. "As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor; his righteousness remaineth for ever," 2 Cor. ix. 9.-"I believed, therefore have I spoken," Ps. cxvi. 10. "According as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken," 2 Cor. iv. 13. "O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people," Ps. cxvii. 1. "It is written, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him all ye people," Rom. xv. 11.-"The stone. which the builders refused is become the headstone of the corner. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes," Ps. cxviii. 22, 23. "Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes,' Matth. xxi. 42. See also Mark xii. 10, 11; Luke xx. 17.—“ The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne,” Ps. cxxxii. 11. "Therefore (David) being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne," Acts ii. 30. Adder's poison is under their lips," Psal. cxl. 3. "It is written, The poison of asps is under their lips," Rom. iii. 13.* See further Ps. i. 3.-Jer. xvii. 8. Luke xxiii. 33. John xix. 23, 37. xxii. 18.-Matt. xxvii. 35. Mark xv. 24. Luke xxiii. 34. Ps. xxii. 18.-John xix. 23, 24. xxxii. 5.-1 John i. 9. xxxiv. 15. iii. 10. iii. 12. XXXV. 5.-Hos. xiii. 3. Xxxvii. 11.-Matt. v. 5. xxxix. 12.—1 Chr. xxix. 15, Heb. xi. 18. xl. 6.-Is. i. 11. xlix. 4.-Matt. xiii. 35. 26. Proverbs.] mon, we read both of his Proverbs and of his Songs. (1 Kings iv. 32). And we are further informed by certain proverbs in this collection, that they were copied out by the men of Hezekiah. (Prov. xxv. 1). That Solomon their author received preternatural communications from heaven, is affirmed more than once in the history of his life. (1 Kings iii. 5; ix. 2). His wisdom is adverted to by our Saviour in Matt. xii. 42,when he spake of the queen of Sheba's visit to him. That they were mainly, if not universally, the productions of Solomon, is evident, not from their extrinsic, but, what is much stronger, their incorporated title in the first verse of the first chapter that kind of title, which is denominated εyygapos, and of which we have many examples, in the books both of the Old and New Testament. When any of the sayings in this book of Proverbs In the direct history of Solo Ps. lv. 22.-1 Pet. v. 7. John xix. 29. Ps. cx. 1.-Acts ii. 34. ix. 10. cxiii. 3.-Mal. i. 11. cv. 9.-Luke i. 73. cvii. 35.-Is. xli. 18. are alleged in the New Testament, it is not most assuredly according to the manner in which Christ or His apostles would quote a merely human composition but with the obvious respect due to canonical scriptures. The following are a few instances." For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood," Prov. i. 16. "Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood," Isaiah lix. 7. "It is written, their feet are swift to shed blood," Rom. iii. 15.-" My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth," Prov. iii. 11, 12. " And ye have forgotten the exhortation, which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth," Heb. xii. 5, 6.-" Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly," Prov. iii. 34. "Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble," James iv. 6.-"Love covereth all sins," Prov. x. 12. "Charity shall cover the multitude of sins," 1 Peter iv. 8. The following is very distinct and decisive." If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee," Prov. xxv. 21, 22. "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves; but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is |