_Sit. Saul sat at table, and the custom of lying down was adopted only a little while before the captivity. It was recent among the Romans. (Calmet) --- Soliti patres considere mensis. (Virgil, \'c6neid vii. 170.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Throat. Restrain intemperance and talkativeness, Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 12. Septuagint, "stretch forth thy hand, knowing that thou must prepare the like; but if thou be more insatiable, (3.) desire not his meats, for he has them of deceitful life." They cannot afford real happiness, (Haydock) and to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Deceit. Poison. He wishes to discover thy secret._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prudence. Be more solicitous for this, than to acquire riches. (Calmet) --- Yet this wisdom must be sober, Romans xii. 3., and 1 Timothy vi. 9. Septuagint, "being poor, do not stretch forth thyself to the rich, but prudently retire,["] ver. 2. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Riches. Septuagint, "to him, the rich man, he no where appears. He has prepared," &c. (Haydock) --- Like. Hebrew, "as the eagle, it will fly," &c. (Haydock) --- We must therefore fix our hearts on more durable goods._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Man. Hebrew, "eat not bread of an evil eye," the envious, or rather the sordid miser._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Like. Protestants, "as he thinketh is his heart, so is he: eat," &c. (Haydock) --- He is still convinced that his guests will ruin him: or "like one guarding, or trembling for his soul." Septuagint, "swallowing a hair, he saith," &c. He is afraid of expense, and would allow himself as little as pos... [ Continue Reading ]
_Words. Thou wilt be disgusted, and repine, Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 25._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ones. Hebrew and Septuagint, "ancient boundaries."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kinsman. Hebrew Gaal, "tutor, defendant, or redeemer," the Lord (Haydock) himself, Leviticus xxv. 25._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Reins. Inmost affections._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou. Protestants, "surely there is an end." Marginal note, "reward." (Haydock) --- The testimony of a good conscience affords the greatest comfort in death. Septuagint, "if thou observe these things, thou shalt have posterity." Hebrew, "hopes."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Eat. Such feasts tend to corrupt the morals, and to misspend time._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rags. At death the insolent shall be exposed to shame._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sell. Acquire as much wisdom as possible, and keep it with care. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "do not drive wisdom from thee."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pit. It is difficult to overcome this passion, when once it has got possession of the heart. We must therefore watch over it, and consecrate it in variably to wisdom, ver. 26._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Him. Protestants, "increaseth the transgressors among men," (Haydock) and like a harpy, kills all whom she can entrap._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXIII. _ Whose father. St. Jerome has read ab avi, instead of abo, (Calmet) which is an interjection, (Bochart) alas! or it means, "trouble." Septuagint, "drunkenness," (Chaldean; Calmet) or "sorrow." (Protestants) --- Falls. Septuagint, "hath sorrows." Hebrew, "babbling," (Protestants; Hay... [ Continue Reading ]
_Yellow. Or bright, as it is said there is only one red wine in Palestine. --- Pleasantly. Hebrew, "it goeth right," and is excellent. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Basilisk, ( regulus). Hebrew Tsiphoni, (Haydock) as asp. (Cerastes, &c.) (Psalm xc. 13.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Women. Wine excites to lust. (Calmet) See chap. xx. 1. --- Shall. Septuagint, "shall these." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_When. Septuagint, "in a great wave." Never is reason more wanted, nor less able to perform her duty._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Drew. Chaldean, "plundered." Septuagint, "mocked at me." --- Again. This is the woeful effect of drunkenness, that men are not deterred from it, though they be sensible of its dreadful consequences. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]