...Bramble faid unto the Trees, * If in truth you anoint me King over you, then c come and put your truft in my Shadow ; and ' if not, let Fire come out of the Bramble and * devour the Cedars of Lebanon.' I NAMED a third Sort of Mythology that would perhaps furprize you at firft hearing, and which will...

...trees ? Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, " Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble " faid unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me " king over you, then come and put your truft " in my fhadow: and if not, let fire come " out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of " Lebanon'."...

...come and fhel» * Judg. viii. ad fin. » Judg. ix. ver, 7, adzi. ter themfelves under its fhadows; if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon." Some interpreters fuppofe, that by the olive, the figtree, and the vine, he alluded to Othniel, Deborah,...

..." And the Bramble faid if in truth ye.annoint " me King, come and put your truft in nrty " fhadow, and if not, let fire come out of " the Bramble and devour the Cedars of La•" baiion : The fire of the Bramble, (fo fhort and momentary in the Eaftern Countries,) was to...

...promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint...of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. And Jotham ran away and fled for fear of Abimelech his brother. When Abimelech reigned three years...

...power and protection. To trust in the shadow of Egypt, means to rely on the protection of Pharoah. " If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in the shadow of my wings," were the words of the bramble to the trees, which had assembled to elect a...

...to be burned ; but it accepted the firo/wsal without hesita15 tion, and began to look big. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint...you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow ; give up yourselves wholly to my conduct, and rely on my protection, and I mill be ture to secure...

...7. ...Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. Aad the bramble faid unto the trees, if in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come, and put your truit in my fludow ; and if not, let fire come out of the brajrible and devour the cedars cl Lebanon....

...subjection, submission and obedience. So much fhe phrase plainly implies ; Judges i'x. 15. " And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint...of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon." We have an account of the fulfilment of this parablfe in the sequel. ...How the men of Shecherti did...

...subjection, submission and obedience. So much the phrase plainly implies ; Judges ix. 15. • " And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint...over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; ami, if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon." We have an account...