y He repeateth this again as a Powerful Argument to prevail with all Chidren,rhat are nor void of natural aff:f&ion to labour to be wife and good, that ſo they may glad the hearts of their Parents to whom they have ſuch high and indelible obligations. s With ſo great pain and hazard, and brought thee up with ſach tender care, whom thou canſt not better require.
26 My ſon,give me thine heart ?, and let thine eyes obſerve « my ways x-
et Receive my Counſels with thy whole heart. Solomon ſpeaking in Gods Name, and cauſe, requires the heart to be given to him. u Let thy mind ſeriouſly and pra&ically conſider. x Either 1. The ways in which I have walked, my evil praQices : take warning by my ſad example. Or 2. The ways which-*T preſcribe, to you; as the Apoſtles called the Goſpel which they preached, their Goſpel x T hefl: : 5. 2 Tim: 2: 8+
27 * For a whore is a deep ditchyz and a ſtrange
woman 1s a narrow pit. , In which a man is in evident danger of Perdition, and ont ef whichit 1s exceeding difficult to eſcape.
28 * She allo licth in wait [| as for a prey z, and in- *Ch:1412; creaſcth the tranſgreſſors among men 9. ES || Or, as 4 z Watching all opportunities of eninaring young men to their de- 70%6r-
ſtruftion, # Sheis the cauſe of innumerable finsagainſt God, and againft the Marriage-Bed, againſt the Sou] and Body roo,and by her oy 39 Example and Arts, involveth many perſons in the guilt of : her 1ins, 29 * Who hath woe b ? whohath ſorrow? who hath : contentions? who hath babling c ? who hath wounds *Ifa:s: rr,
without cauſe 4? who hath redneſs of eyes ? 22, b From the ſin of Iuſt he proceeds to that of drunkenneſs, which doth frequently accompany it. c The fin of much and impertinent talking : or, tumul:uous noiſe 'or clamour, which is uſual among Drunkards, See Prov: 21. 1. d Upon every flight occaſion, which men epflamed with Wine are very apt to take, "$0 They that tarry long art the wine ; they that go
to ſeekimixc wine e. e Either mixed with Water,or with other ingredients to make it ſtrong and delicious. Heb. mixturs, mixed drinks of ſeveral ſorts ſuited to their Palats. 31 Look not thou upon the wine f when it is red g, - when it giveth his colour in the cup ; when * it moveth *ean: 138
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f Earneſtly, fo as to enflame thine Appetite towards it ; in which ſenſe men are forbidden 70 look upon a Woman, Job 3 1.1, Mat: 5: 28: g Which was the colour of the beſt Wines in that Country,which therefore are ca]led Blood, Gen: 49: 11. D-ut: 32: 14. and ſuch were uſed by them in the Paſſover, 4+ Whea it ſparkleth and frisketh, and ſees to ſmile upon a Man. ;
22 At the laſt it bitterh like a ſerpent, and ſtingeth
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z Ir hurts the Body in many reſpets, impairs the vigor of the Mind, waſtes the eſtate and Reputation, wounds the Coatcience,and without Repentance, willdeſtroy the Soul.
33 Thine eyes ſhall behold & ſtrange women, and
thine heart ſhall utter perverſe things /.
k With evil intent, or luſtfully, which is the effe& of drinking much Wine, as is noted in Scripture, Gen: I9.31, 35. Hoſ: 4: 184 and other Authors. ! Thine Heart, which when-thou hadſt theuſe | of thy wit, concealed, will then diſcover its wickedneſs, by filthy
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falls upon their own Heads.
3 Through wiſdom is an houſe built, and by under-
ſtanding itis eſtabliſhed c.
c There is no need that thou ſhouldſt raiſe thy ſelf and Family by ruining others. as the manner of wicked men 1s,which thou maiſt mare eaſily and effeually do by Wiſdom,and the fear of God.
4 And by knowledge 4 ſhal the chambers be filled with all precious and pleaſant riches.
d Which in Scripture Phraſe includes the love and praftice of that which we know,
5 * A wiſe man Þ is ſtronge; yea,a man of know- ledge f encreaſeth ſtrength. *h:21022 eo Is couragious and reſolute, and able by Wiſdom to do greater
(bap- %X1LV. 25 They have ſtricken me p, ſhalt thou (ay ; and | was | t Hb. 1 not fickgzthey have beaten me,ondÞ 1 f:lt it not: when be 17%” T ſhal awake, I willſeek it yer again r.
p Icimnort deny thit Texpoſed my ſelf by my Drunkenneſs to manifo!d abuſes and injuries, q I was not then ſenſible of it, ne1- ther do I now find any great hurt by it, it wasbur the effeCt of 2 preſent frolick,at which I have no cauſe to be much troubled r Ar preicntT find ſome 1nconvenience,and mycondition requiresſleep to ſ:ttle my ſ-1%,1nd when Iam compoſed and refreſhed, I purpoſe to return t my former courſe. Bur that which So/omox here exprefleth
ſeems rather to be the Langnage of their Hearts or Lives, than of their Tongues. Compare Prov: 1: 11. | - P.. XXIV.
Eccl:9:16 things than others can accompliſh by their own ſtrength. {Heb i: 6 * For by wiſe counſel thou ſhalt make thy war ;
frngth. and in multitude of counſellors there is ſafety.
tH _ ;þ F War is better managed by Wiſdom than by ſtrength. So this pry f proves what he ſaid in the laſt Verſe,
"1:14 7 Wiſdom 5s too high g for afool b; he openeth not
& 15:22. his mouth in the gate z.