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for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

Deut. xxviii, 39. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms shall eat them.

Neh. ii, 1. And it came to pass in the month Nisan. in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Çant. viii, 2. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

Isa. v, 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.

Isa. xxiv, 9. They shall not drink wine with a song, strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Ezek. xliv, 21. Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

Esther i. 8. And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: tor so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do accord-lots ing to every man's pleasure.

Jer. xxxv, 2, 6. Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever.

Mark xv, 23. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

Luke v, 37-39. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also, having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.

John ii, 3.

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

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Joel iii, 3. And they have cast for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Amos vi, 6. That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

1 Tim. v, 23. Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often

infirmities.

Rev. xiv, 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

AND STRONG DRINK.

Deut. xiv, 26. And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul

desireth: and thou shalt eat there

before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine

household.

Isa. Ivi, 12. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Prov. xx, 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not

wise.

Prov. xxxi, 6. Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Isa. v, 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Isa. xxviii, 7. But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way: the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they

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Num. vi, 3. He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried."

Judges xiii, 4. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

Luke i, 15. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Isa. xxix, 9. Stay yourselves, and wonder, cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

WEAK WINE CALLED VINE

GAR, SOMETIMES USED. Ps. Ixix, 21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

him vinegar to drink mingled with Matt. xxvii, 34, 48. They gave gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

ON THESE ACCOUNTS, CORN AND WINE ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED, AS THE MEANS

OF SUSTENANCE. Gen. xxvii, 28, 37. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

Deut. xvi, 18. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine. I

Deut. xxxiii, 28. Israel then shall

dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Ps. iv, 7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

Hosea vil, 14. And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

Zech. ix, 17. For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine

the maids.

AND CORN, WINE, AND OIL, OR OLIVE FRUIT, ARE ALSO OFTEN PUT TOGETHER, REPRESENTING THE PRODUCE OF THE FIELD, VINEYARD,

AND ORCHARD.

Deut. vii, 13. And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Deut. xii, 17. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds, or of thy flock: nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, or heave offering of thine hand.

Deut. xviii, 4. The first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him.

Deut. xxviii, 51. And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have de

stroyed thee.

and their houses, also the hun-I dredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Neh. x, 39. For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Hosea il, 8, 22. For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, Jezreel. and the oil; and they shall hear

Haggai i, 11. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle. and upon all the labour of the hands.

SOBRIETY.

Eph. v, 18. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.

likewise, that they be in behaviour Titus ii, 3. The aged women as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things.

EVILS OF DRUNKENNESS.

Deut.xxix,19-21. And it come to of this curse, that he bless himself pass, when he heareth the words in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will not spare him; but then the anger of the LORD, and his jealousy, shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the LORD shall separate him unto according to all the curses of the evil out of all the tribes of Israel, of the law. covenant that are written in this

2 Kings xviii, 32. Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vine-book yards, a land of oil-olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Heze

kiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 2 Chron. xxxii, 28. Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

Neh. v, 11. Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards,

hath woe? who hath sorrow? who Prov. xxiii, 29, 30, 33-35. Who bling? who hath wounds without hath contentions? who hath babcause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things: Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They 153

have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

crown of pride, to the drunkards Isa. xxvili, 1, 3. Woe to the of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet.

Joel i, 5. Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

folden together as Nahum 1, 10. For while they be thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

nor

no thieves, nor covetous, 1 Cor. vi, 10. Know ye not that drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

UNJUST IMPUTATIONS.

1 Sam.1,12-16. And it came to pass, as she continued praying be. fore the LORD, that Ell marked her.

mouth. Now Hannah, she spake therefore Ell thought she had but her voice was not heard: in her heart; only her lips moved, been drunken. And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said, No my lord; I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk have poured out my soul before neither wine nor strong drink, but the LORD. Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial; for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

Acts ii, 13-15. Others mocking, said, These men are full of new with the eleven, lifted up his voice, wine. But Peter, standing up and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at For these are not drunken, as ye you, and hearken to my words: Jerusalem, be this known unto suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

THE RECHABITES. house of the Rechabites, and Jer. xxxv, 2-8. Go unto the speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazamah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which cas above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters.

D DRUNKARDS. S. Gen. ix, 20, 21. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

1 Sam. xxv. 36, 37. And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

2 Sam. xi,13. And when David had called him. [Uriah] he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

1 Kings xx, 12, 16. And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, (as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions,) that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array: and they set themselves in array against the city. And they went out at noon; but Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

ALLUSIONS TO PRECEDING
SECTIONS.

Isa. li, 21, 22. Therefore bear now this, thou afflicted, and drunThus ken, but not with wine:

saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy
God that pleadeth the cause of
his people, Behold, I have taken
out of thine hand the cup of
trembling, even the dregs of the
cup of my fury; thou shalt no
more drink it again.

Isa. Ixiii, 6. And I will tread
down the people in mine anger,
and make them drunk in my fury,
and I will bring down their
strength to the earth.

Jer. xxv, 26, 27. And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Jer. xlviii. 26. Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Jer. li, 7, 57. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts.

DINNER.

Gen. xliii. 16. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and stay, and make ready: for these men shall

dine with me at noon.

Matth. xxii, 4. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Luke xi, 37. And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

SUPPER.

Mark vi, 21. And when a convenfent day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, higli captains, and chie estales of Galilee.

Luke xiv, 16, 17. Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at suppertime to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

John xii, 2. There they made him a supper; and Martha served:: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

Rev. ill, 20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Rev. xix, 9, 17. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriagesupper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true saythouings of God. And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of hea ven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God.

Ezek. xxiii, 31-33. Thou hast
walked in the way of thy sister;
therefore will I give her cup into
thine hand. Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sis-
ter's cup deep and large:
shalt be laughed to scorn and had
in derision; it containeth much.
Thou shalt be filled with drunken-
ness and sorrow, with the cup of
astonishment and desolation, with
the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Obadiah 16. For as ye have
drunk upon my holy mountain, so
shall all the heathen drink con-
tinually; yea, they shall drink, and
they shall swallow down, and
they shall be as though they had
not been.

Nahum iii, 11. Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

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POSTURES AND CUSTOMS.
Exod. xxxii, 6. . . . ..
The people
sat down to eat and drink.....

Judges i, 7. And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table.

· Ruth ii, 14. And Boaz said unto Ruth, At meal-time come thou hither, and dip thy morsel

in the vinegar.

1 Sam. xx, 5. And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new-moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at

meat.....

2 Kings xxi, 13. . . . . And I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. Esther iii, 15... And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Cant. i, 12. While the King sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

Amos vi, 7. Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

Matth. ix, 10. And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Matth. xiv, 9. And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

Matth. xv, 2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matth. xxiii, 25. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion

and excess.

Matth. xxvi, 23. And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

Mark vil, 3, 4. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

Luke xvi, 22. ... The beggar died, and was carried by the

angels into Abraham's bosom.

John ii, 6. And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

them a feast, and they did eat | spend money for that which is not
and drink.
bread? and your labour for that
which satisfleth not? hearken
diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your
soul delight itself in fatness.

1 Sam. ix, 22-24. And Samuel
took Saul and his servant, and
brought them into the parlour,
and made them sit in the chiefest
place among them that were
bidden, which were about thirty
the cook, Bring the portion which
persons. And Samuel said unto
I gave thee, of which I said unto
thee, Set it by thee. And the
cook took up the shoulder, and
that which was upon it, and set
it before Saul. And Samuel said,
Behold that which is left! set it
before thee, and eat: for unto this
since I said, I have invited the
time hath it been kept for thee
Samuel that day.
So Saul did eat with
people.

a

1 Kings iii, 15. And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

John vi, 27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for everlasting life, which the Son of that meat which endureth unto man shall give unto you: for him

hath God the Father sealed.

Jude 12. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. . . . ..

INVITATIONS.

2 Sam. xiii, 5, 9, 10. 25-27. And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick; and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him,

I

pray thee, let my sister Tamar come and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. And she took a pan, and poured them out before him: but he retime Solomon held a feast, and Have out all men from me. And 1 Kings vili, 65, 66. And at that fused to eat. And Amnon said, all Israel with him, a great con- they went out every man from gregation, from the entering in of him. And Amnon said unto, Hamath unto the river of Egypt, Tamar, Bring the meat into the before the LORD our God, seven chamber, that I may eat of thine days and seven days, even four-hand. And Tamar took the teen days. On the eighth day he cakes which she had made, and sent the people away: and they brought them into the chamber to blessed the king, and went unto Amnon her brother. And the heart for all the goodness that son, let us not all now go, lest we their tents joyful and glad of king said to Absalom, Nay, my the LORD had done for David his be chargeable unto thee. And he servant, and for Israel his people. pressed him: howbeit he would let my brother Amnon go with said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, not go, but blessed him. Then us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? But Absalom pressed him; that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

when his sons and his daughters
Job i, 13. And there was a day
were eating and drinking wine in
their eldest brother's house.

Esther 1, 3, 4, 9. In the third
year of his reign, he made a feast
unto all his princes, and his ser-
vants; the power of Persia and
Media, the nobles and princes of
the provinces, being before him:
his glorious kingdom, and the
When he shewed the riches of
honour of his excellent majesty,
many days, even an hundred and
fourscore days. Also Vashti the
queen made a feast for the women
in the royal house which belonged

to king Ahasuerus.

Dan. v, 1. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

John xiii, 23, 26. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dip-tain shall the LORD of hosts make Isa. xxv, 6. And in this mounped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

GREAT FEASTS.
Gen. xxvi, 30. And he made

unto all people a feast of fat
things, a feast of wines on the
lees; of fat things full of marrow,

of wines on the lees well refined.
Isa. lv, 2. Wherefore do ye
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Esther v, 4-8. And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet

that I have prepared for him. Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet

that Esther had prepared. And

the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. Then answerfound favour in the sight of the and my request is; If I have ed Esther, and said, My petition king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I

will do to-morrow as the king hath said.

Esther vi, 14. And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esther vii, 1, 2. So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

SPIRIT IN WHICH SUCH INVITATIONS SHOULD BE

OBEYED.

Job 1, 5. And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burntofferings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

thee.

When

Prov. xxiii, 1, 3, 6, 8. thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat. Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Jer. xvi, 8. Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

DRESS.

'ORIGIN AND NEED OF DRESS..

Gen. iii, 7, 21. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, made themselves aprons. and Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Job 1, 21. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Eccles. v, 15. As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Nahum ii, 5. Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

WHITE ROBES MUCH
DESIRED.

Esther viii, 15. And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

Eccles. ix, 8. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

AND A SYMBOL OF GLORY. Matt. xvii, 2. And was transbefore them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his ralment was white as the light.

ALSO PURPLE ONES, THE SYMBOL OF ROYALTY. WITH SUCH A ROBE JESUS WAS MOCKED.

Matth. xxvii, 28. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

John xix, 5. Then came Jesus crown of forth, wearing the thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

OF VARIOUS COLOURS. Gen. xxxvii, 8. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Judges v, 30. . . . . To Sisera a prey of divers colours. a prey of divers colours of needle-work, of

divers colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

2 Sam. xiii, 18. And she had a garment of divers colours upon her; for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins Then his servant apparelled. brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

BLACK, TOKEN OF MOURNING.

Isa. 1, 3. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sack

cloth their covering.

Rev. vi, 12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.

MATERIALS,

WOOL, FLAX, AND SILK.

Lev. xiii, 47, 48. The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment or a linen garment; Whether it be in the warp or woof, of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin.

Rev. iii, 4, 5. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: Lev. xix, 19.... Neither shall for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and Ia garment mingled of linen and will not blot out his name out of woollen come upon thee. the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Luke xiv, 7-10, 12-14. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honour-figured able man than thou be bidden of him; And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest oom; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Rev. vii, 9, 13. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are white robes? and arrayed in whence came they? 156

1 Kings x, 28. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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Prov. xxxi, 13, 22. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. eth herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

Ezek. xvi, 10, 13. I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with

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