HUNGER,

Suffered by Esau,-by the army of king Saul, by Jesus after his baptism,-by Paul in Damascus and at other times,-voluntarily borne by Abraham's servant,-by Hannah,and by king Saul in his last extremity.

FASTING IN CONNECTION WITH RELIGION,

Often observed by individuals, families, and communities, when observed to be in the right spirit of kindness to fellow-men, almsgiving to the poor, etc., opposed to the fasting of the Pharisees.

FASTS BY DIVINE AUTHORITY,

Proclaimed by prophets and rulers in seasons of calamity, as in Joel, and Esther, in Nineveh, sometimes proclaimed under pretence of piety, instanced in Jezebel,

EXTRAORDINARY FASTS,

Extending to forty days, Moses on the mount, Elijah on Horeb, and Jesus in the wilderness.

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son, manna,-eating of human flesh threaten. ed by Moses as an aggravation of famine, alluded to by the prophets, and instanced in the seige of Samaria.

THIRST,

Often mentioned in Scripture history-as in the case of Israel at Rephidim, Sisera in house of Jael, Samson at Lehi, and Jesus at the well of Sychar and on the cross, emblem of the awakened sinners longing for spiritual blessings.

DRINK USUALLY PRESENTED IN A CUP.

This vessel, therefore, the emblem of a person's lot or portion-as cup of salvation, of trembling, of astonishment, of the Lord's right hand, etc.

EATING AND DRINKING,

Denoting generally to take a meal, instanced in the language of Elijah to Ahab-sometimes feasting and indulgence, instanced in Israel sitting down to eat and drink in connection with the golden calf.

BEVERAGES,

Various, water most common-wine frequently used, strong drink, weak wine called vinegar presented to Jesus on the cross, etc.; corn and wine, often associated as the means of sustenance, and corn, wine, and oil connected together, representing the produce of the field, vineyard, and orchard.

SOBRIETY,

forced by describing the evils of intempeOften directly enjoined, and frequently enrance, namely, personal and bodily suffering, mental anguish, domestic strife and conten tion, spiritual insensibility, and if unrepented of, the curse of God in this world, and exclusion from the kingdom of heaven-instanced in Noah, Lot, and Nabal; unjust imputations in the case of Hannah, and by the Jews against Christ; and also against the apostles on the day of Pentecost.

MEALS.

Principally two-the dinner, generally light, and eaten in the forenoon; the supper, or principal meal, eaten at a late hour of the day; the former instanced in Joseph, and alluded to in the parable of the marriage feast-the latter in the feast in honour of Herod's birthday; postures observed in eating various, more gener ly recumbent, as exemplified by Jesus and his apostles in the Last Supper, John lying in his bosom.

Leeks, onions, garlic, (Egyptian) beans, pottage, fruit of the carop tree, figs, raisins, veni

JEWISH CLOTHING,

Made up of two robes; the first or inner, termed the coat or tunic; the second or outer, termed the cloak, which being gathered up formed the lap or bosom, on its being laid aside, the person

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said to be naked, as David when he danced

before the ark, and Simon Peter when Jesus came to him at the lake of Tiberias.

VARIOUS OTHER PARTS OF DRESS.

The head dress, girdle made of linen, leather. silk, etc, wrapped round the loins, for the double purpose of tucking up the loose gar ments, and for strengthening the loins, which form the weakest part of the body; hence the emblem of power or strength. To gird up the loins descriptive of readiness for travel, preparedness for labour, and emblematical of preparedness for Christ's coming shoes or sandals, generally consisting only of soles tied over the foot with a latchet, put off on entering houses, and sometimes on other occasions in token of reverence, and untying of which was assigned to the lowest servantsthe veil, important part of the female dress, used not only for covering the face, but for carrying objects, instanced in Rebekah and Ruth-ornaments consisting of rings, bracelets, earrings, jewels, worn by females, as were also used a profusion of perfumes of myrrh, etc.

DRESS IN MOURNING AND SORROW.

Strictly attended to, ornaments laid aside, or a Reuben in not finding Joseph, in Joshua and rent made in the outer robe, instanced in Caleb on hearing the report of the other spies, etc.,-sackcloth put on, and dust cast upon the head as in case of Job and his friends, etc.

CHANGES OF RAIMENT

Often referred to and frequently mentioned as given or sent in presents, as Joseph to his brethren, Naaman to Elisha, etc., implying washing, instanced in Israel when the law was about to be given from Mount Sinai, also the laying up of clothing, stated to be sometimes motheaten in the wardrobe.

PHYSICIANS,

Sometimes resorted to instead of the Lord, as Asa, and sometimes without any benefit, as the woman who had the issue of blood; the medicines and applications in use being balm, wine, oil, figs, etc.

OTHER MEANS OF CURE,

Miraculous power, as in the cures effected by Jesus and his apostles, praying over the sick; apart from miracle, disease sometimes incur. able as in Jehoram; often alluded to by the prophets while exposing the spiritual maladies of Israel.

RECOVERY FROM GOD,

In His hand the issues of death-sometimes bringing back from the grave.

DEATH.

THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE,

Dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return, pronounced by God upon our first parents after the fali, has descended also upon their posterity.

SHORTNESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE, Illustrated by many emblems and comparisons as a pilgrimage, a sojourn, a step, a handbreadth, and described as swifter than a post, a few days, a few years, grass, a flower, etc.-Its frailty appearing from many images and figures as when man is said to be dwelling in a cottage of clay, to be crushed before the moth, etc.-Teaching us to be watchful, to be redeeming the time; to be preparing for death.

DEATH THE WILL OF GOD, Asserted everywhere-He wounds and heals-· Preparation for it, of various kinds-secular, having respect to the arrangement of worldly affairs-instanced in the instruction of Isaiah to Hezekiah; solicitude for survivors-instanced in Moses on behalf of Israel; care about the

body when dead-instanced in Jacob, Joseph, and old Barzillai; spiritual, having reference to a future world-instanced in all the saints.

HAPPY DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, Characterized by peace, hope, confidence in God, assurance, introduction into the house of many mansions, and, finally, participation in a blessed resurrection.

DEATH A GREAT CHANGE,

Body laid in grave, food for worms, returns to dust, the individual forgotten in the house, the street and the city, cut off totally and for ever from the world; hence said to be gathered to his fathers.

PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL,

In anointing the body, as that of Jesus, or embalming it, as that of Jacob in Egypt, then wrapping it in fine linen, with spices, etc.

BURIAL,

The ordinary mode of disposing of the dead illustrated in every part of Scripture-body sometimes burned, as that of Saul and his sons-non-burial regarded as a disgrace, and sometimes a punishment.

MOURNING FOR THE DEAD,

Strictly attended to-instanced in the death of Sarah, Aaron, Moses, etc.; very frequently by hired mourners or minstrels, referred to by Jeremiah; cutting for dead forbidden; and mourning forbidden to the high-priest, or to such as were under the vow of a Nazarice.

BURIAL PLACES,

Of various kinds, in caves, under trees, in gardens, etc..-instanced in those of Abraham, Sarab, and Christ.-those of the kings of Judah in the city of David-monuments, heaps of stones, pillows, and erections, whited at regular periods, employed by the Saviour as images of hypocrisy.

CREATION AND FURNITURE OF GOD.

In the beginning, arranged and beautified by Him, covered with vegetation, peopled with its numerous and diversified inhabitants, and fixed it as one of the orbs of space; ilustrative of the Creator's wisdom and goodness, characterized by stability, variety, order and permanence; compared to a building having foundation, and as a tent whose curtains are the heavens above.

EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, Often referred to, the former described as removing mountains, as carrying them into the midst of the sea, as shaking the earth out of her place, the latter represented as causing the mountains to melt, the hills to smoke, etc.

EARTHQUAKES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE. At mount Sinai, in the wilderness,-in the stronghold of the Philistines, at mount

the line of Ismael,-his sons by Keturah — and his children in the line of Isaac and Esan