of the Earth were laid, Pfal. Q. Why are the Righteous compared to a Palm-Irie ? A. Becaufe as the Wood of that is fweet, fo ought they to be Tweet Wood for the Building of GOD's Church. As the Leaves of it are green, fo ought their Words alfo to be virtuous. As the Fruit of it is lafting, fo their good Deeds ought to be without ceafing. Q. How is GOD made vifiblė to our mortal Eyes ? A. By his Creatures: The Light is his Cloathing: He moves upon the Wings of the Wind His Meffengers : I lames of fire: His Throne is Heaven and his Foot-Stool is. the Earth. are Q. Why doth not the Sea oefl the Earth ? A. Because GOD hath fet its Bounds, which it fhall not over País, Pful. 104... Q. What is the best Service of Flatterers? A. To reward Evil for Good, and Hatred for Friendship, Ff cix. 5. Q. What is the Inconvenience of an evil Tongue? A. It woundeth like the fharp Arrows of a mighty Men; and Durneth like Coals of Juniper, Pfal. cix. 5. Q. How is GOD to be praised? 4. With the whole Heart, Pfalmix. 1. Q. How is he prayed unto? Who is our best Guide? Q. What is the LORD to them that t ut in Him? AA Fortrefs, a Bulwark, and a Shield, Pfal. 144. 2. Now after all the bloody typical Sacrifices were abolish'd by the Offering which CHRIS I made of Himfelf, the Sacrifice of Praife alone remained, as the principal Service of the Chriftian Church: Several Perfons being infpir'd not only to pravo divinely, but to prophecy alto or to fing Palms and Hymns of Praife, as we read in the Epistle to the Corinthians, Ch. I. 11. 5. 14, 15. 26. And in the Book of the Revelations we find the Apostles and Elders thus employ'd Rev. 4. 9, 10, 11, in which the People bare a Part, as we lean from the next Chapter. Ver. 9. 13. and 14. 1, 2, 3. THE Queftion. W Hat is a Proverb? A. A fhort Saying including, much Matter. Q. What doth it teach us? A. Wisdom and Understanding. Q. What is the Beginning of Wisdom? A. The Fear of the Lord. Chap. i. 7. Q. Who embraceth Instruction? A. The Wife. Q. Who refufeth it? A. The Fool. Ver. 7. Q. How doth Wiflem adorn? 4. Like a Chain of Gold about the Neck. Ver. 9. Q. When Sinners entice us, what must we do? A. Not give our Confent. 10. Q. How are Sinner's difpofed? A. Their Feet are Twife to Evil. Ver. 16. Q. If we seek after Wisdom, what will he do? 1. Pour out her Mind unto us, and give as Understanding. Q. If we defpife Wisdom, what will he do? A. Laugh at our Deftruction. Ver. 16. Q. How cometh Destruction? A. Suddenly like a Whirlwind. Q. What is the Hinderance to be obtained of Wisdom? A. Sloth. Q. How doth Sloth reward thofe that love it? A. With Death and Confufion. Ver. 32. Chap. II. Q. In what Sort must we Seek after Wisdom? A. As after Gold and Silver. Q. From whence comer b Wisdom? 4. From the Mouth ofGod. v.6. Q. What is the Effect of Wisdom? A. It will preferve us from all Vices. Q. What is the Property of an Harlot ? A.To flatter with her Lips. v. 16. Q. Whither leads her Acquaintance? A. To Hell, Ver. 18. OBS. Salomon was the Son of David and Bathsheba, born in the Year of the World 2971, before CHRIST 1029, and 1033, before the vulgar Era. The Name of Solomon fignifies peaceable and is as much as Fredrick in High Dutch. The LORD loved him, and fent the Prophet Nathan unto David, to affure him of his Affection towards the Child, and to give Solomon the Name of Jedidiah, or the Beloved of the LORD. Toward A. In paying our first Fruits and Tenths. Q. What is the Reward if that Honour? A. 4. Our Barns fhall be filled with Abundance, and our Preffes burit with new Wine. Ver. 10. CHAP. IV. of Parents to their Children? Q. What is the chiefet Dut A. To ufe the Means to give them Wifdon andUnderstanding, By whofe Example? 7. DAVID's to his Son Soomun. Chipl1⁄44. 4. Q. How are the Wicked fed? A With the Bread of Extortion and the Wine of Violence: Q. What infected the whole Q. In obat Sort muft Men Courfe of Life? be wife? A. Not in their own Conceit. . Q. What be the landmaidi of Wisdom 1 ai A. Long Life, ver. 16, plea, fant Days, ver.7 Security of Soul and Badyl ver. 23, 24, 25. Q. What Vices eife are forbidden in this Chapter?. ว 10 A. A corrupt Heart, falle Lips, and wanton Eyes. What puriferb the whole Course of Life? sed A clean Heart aVitre Tongue, and a chaft Eye. 23 24 25 . Q. What then hould we most diligently keep and care for? A. Our Hearts for out of them are the flues of Life. v. 23. Toward the End of David's Reign, Adonijak, David's eldeft Son, be... gan to make him elf popular, to fet up a Court, and to act as if he was. to fucceed his declining Father and was fupported by Joab, Abiathar, and feveral other principal Men of the Court; all which was brought by Nathan to Bathsheba, the Mother of Solomon 3. and not only advis'd her to represent the fame to David, but promised he would advance while the was fpeaking nd fupport her Account. Bathsheba A. Asfweet as Honey. v. 3. H.As bitter as Wormwood. v 4. Q. What Hurt bringeth it to the Body? 2. A.It confumeth the Flefh. Q. Is there any Thing elfe, to be learned out of this Chapter? A. To live upon cur own La-* bour, . 15. to be charitable to others, v. 16. to keep Wedlock unviolated. v. 18, 19. Q. Why ought we to be careful of hefe Things? A. Because we always walk in the Sight of the Lord. v. 20. CHAP. VI. Q. In what Cafe is be that is Surety for another Man? A. Snared with the Words of his own Mouth. 検索 ly, Feet fwift to fhed blood fifthly, Falfe Witnefs; fixthly, all Sowers ofContention.v. 17,18,19. Q. What is our especial Duty to our Parents ? A. Obedience, to follow their Inftructions. Q. What doth Solomon call the Word of God? A. A Lamp, and Light, and the Way of Life. ver. 23. Q. How many Ways doth a wicked Woman tempt? A. With the Beauty of her Face, the Flattery of her Tongue, and the Wantonnefs of her Looks. ver. 24, 25. Q. Is Adultery worse than A. Because Theft may be redeemed; but Adultery deftroyeth the Soul, and the Re proach thereof can never Q. What learn we by the put away. v. 31, 32, 33. Pifmire? d. To labour in Summer to prevent the Wants of Winter. Q. How cometh Poverty upon the Slotbful? A. Like an armed Man. Q. Which be the fix Things that God hate:b? A. First, haughty Eyes; fecondly, a lying Tongue; thirdly, an Heart imagining Evil; fourth be Q. of whom is the most merciless Revenge? A. Of the jealous Man. For he will not fpare nor regard any Ranfom. v. 33. CHAP. VII. Q. Why is Luft called a Deed of Darkness?. A. Because commonly it pra&tifeth in the Night, when the Air is dark and black. v. 9. Q. The Reafon of that? A. Such Bathsheba followed Nathan's Council, and perfuaded David to order Zaddock the High Prieft, Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the Son f Fehoida, 60 to fet his Son Solomon upon his own Mule, and conduct him to Gihen, and anoint him King and found the Trumpet before him, faying, "Long live King SOLOMON!" They obey'd his Orders, and brought him back again amidst the Acclamations of all the People, and caufed him to fit upon the Throne of David, This A. Such is the Guilt of Confcience that it covets Darknets to cover the filthiness thereof. Q. What are the Marks of an Harlot? 4. A wandering Foot, v. 12. an impudent Face, v. 13. and an inticing Tongue. v. 15, 16, 17. Q. What is be like that yields to the Inticement of Luft? A. An Ox led to the Slaughter, a Fool that goeth to the Stocks, or a Bird thar hafteth to the Snare. v. 22, 23. CHAP. VIII. Q. Is Wisdom any Nigard of ber good Graces ? A. No. She crieth out unto Q. What doth fhe promise? A. By promiling unto them, that her Doctrine fhall be eafy and plain. v. 9. Q. What in this Book is underflood by the Name of Wisdom? 4. The Word of God, and the Doctrine of his Preachers: Which is eafy to all that have a Defire to learn. Q. Of what Continuance is Wisdom? A. Even from Eternity, be fore the Earth was made, the Depth begotten, or the Moun tains fetled. v. 23, 24, 25. CHAP. IX. Q. In this Chapter bow dotb Wisdom allure her Followers? A. By calling them to a fumptuous Banquet. Q. What is meant by that Banquet ? Q. In the 13th ver. it is faid, A foolish Woman is troublefome., Q. What underfand we by the· foolish Woman? A. Ignorant Preachers. Q. What is their Doctrine like? A. Like ftolen Waters; fweet to the Flesh, but unpleasant to the Spirit. v. 17, 18. CHAP. X. Q. What are the Virtues and Vices decyphered in bis Chapter for our Instruction? A. The This Succefs drove Adonijah to Bee for Refuge to the Horns of the Aitar, and to beg his Life of the new King. Solomon promifed, That if he behaved himself for the future like a good Man, and a "faithful Subjes, one Hair of his Head fhould not fall to the Ground, but "if he should ever be detened of any evil Practices, he fhould furely • die." When David was dead, Adonijab projected all Ways to dethrone. Solomon; but perceiving he had too fmall Intereft of himself, requested his Brother to permit him to marry Abifhag, who had been Wife to David, hoping by her Intereft and Policy to attain his Euds. Salomon prefently. faw the Drift of that Requeft; and therefore ordered him to be put to death, banished his Councellor Abiathar, and flew Joab in the very Place where he had filed for Sanctuary at the News of Adonijah's Death/ |