CONTENTS
Under the similitude of a surety Solomon opens this chapter, with
shewing the consequence of such engagements. He follows up the chapter
with divers cautions, which are founded in much wisdom.
Proverbs 6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast
stricken thy hand with a str... [ Continue Reading ]
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which
having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O
sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a
little slumber, a littl... [ Continue Reading ]
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He
winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his
fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief
continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come
suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken w... [ Continue Reading ]
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination
unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift
in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he
that soweth discord among b... [ Continue Reading ]
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy
mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it
shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For
the commandment is a lam... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS.
PRECIOUS Lord Jesus! I feel constrained while reading what is here
said of a surety, and the sad state in which such an one involves
himself, to call to mind what thy love must have been, which prompted
thine infinite breast to enter into suretyship engagements for thy
people, and what... [ Continue Reading ]