Observations on selflove.

CHRIST cir. 700.

Before CHRIST eir. 700.

a Luke 12. 19, 20. Jam. 4. 13, &c.

may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and morrow day. not thine own lips.

+ Heb. to

b ch. 25. 27. + Heb. heaviness.

+ Heb. Wrath is

3 A stone is theavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

4+ Wrath is cruel, and anger is outcruelty, and rageous; but who is able to stand beoverflowing. fore envy?

anger an

12.

1 John 3.

| Or, jealousy, ch. 6.

34.

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

d ch. 28. 23. but the kisses of an enemy are || deceitful.

Gal. 2. 14.

e Ps. 141. 5. Or, ear

Rest, or, frequent.

↑ Heb.

ireadeth under foot.

f Job 6. 7.

8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's +Heb. from friend by hearty counsel.

the counsel,

of the soul.

10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calach 17 mity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

& 18. 24. See ch. 19. 7.

h ch. 10. 1. & 23. 15, 24.

h

11 My son, be wise, and make my i Ps. 127.5 heart glad, 'that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

k ch. 22.3.

1 See Exod. 22. 26. ch. 20. 16.

m ch. 19. 13.

n1 Cor. 9. 7, 13.

o ch.30. 16. Hab. 2. 5.

12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

13 1Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15 "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 "Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

8 He that by usury and tunjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it Ecles for him that will pity the poor.

9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, 'even his prayer shall be abomination.

10 m Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: "but the upright shall have good things in possession.

11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

P

20 Hell and destruction are never +Heb. not. full; so the eyes of man are never satisp Eccles. 1. fied.

8. & 6. 7.

q ch. 17.3.

r Isai. 1. 5. Jer. 5-3. ch. 23. 35.

21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

25 Be thou diligent to know the state

Agur's confession and prayer.

Before CHRIST cir. 700.

a ch. 31. 1.

b Ps. 73. 22.

+ Heb. know.

c John 3.13.

d Job 38. 4, 3, &c. Isai.

&c. Ps 104.

40. 12, &c.

e Ps. 12. 6. & 18. 30. &

Before

a

unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of

â man.

3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

5 ¶ Every word of God is pure: 19.8.& 119. fhe is a shield unto them that put their Heb. pari- trust in him.

140.

fred.

f Ps. 18. 30.

6 * Add thou not unto his words, lest & 84.11.& he reprove thee, and thou be found a 115.9, 10, 11. liar.

g Deut. 4. 2. & 12.32. Rev. 22. 18, 19.

+Heb. withhold not from me.

7 Two things have I required of thee; +deny me them not before I die:

8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed +Heb. of my me with food †convenient for me:

h Matt. 6. 11.

allowance.

i Deut. 8. 12,

9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and 14. 17. & 31. say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, 203215 and steal, and take the name of my God Job 31.24. in vain. 25, 28. Hos. 13. 6.

Neh. 9. 25,26.

+ Heb. belie thee.

+ Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue.

k Luke 18. 11.

1 Ps. 131. 1. ch. 6. 17.

m Job 29. 17. Ps. 52. 2. &

18.

Amos 8. 4.

10 +Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

13 There is a generation, O how 1lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

14 m There is a generation, whose teeth 57. 4. ch. 12. are as swords, and their jaw teeth as Ps. 14. 4. knives, "to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, † It is enough:

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, P. 418 yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them + by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her thr. hands, and is in kings' palaces.

29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; 31 Agreyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

THE words of king Lemuel, the achi prophecy that his mother taught him.

2 What, my son? and what, the son bla of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth 17 kings.

4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

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

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. 8 h Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Before 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Cir. 1015 k Lev. 19

16. Deut. 1.

16.

1 Job 29. 12.

Isai. 1. 17.
Jer. 22. 16.

ch. 12.4

& 18. 22. & 19. 14.

11.

Rom. 12.

o Luke 12.

42.

+ Heb. Taketh.

+ Heb. She lasteta.

10m Who can find, a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart, of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

15 "She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her houshold, and a portion to her maidens.

16 She considereth a field, and † buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

18+ She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 20+'She stretcheth out her hand to Eph.48 the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her Hebr. 13. 16. hands to the needy.

· Heb. She Spreadeth.

properties of a good wife.

CHRIST cir. 1015.

21 She is not afraid of the snow for Before her houshold: for all her houshold are clothed with || scarlet.

| Or, double

22 She maketh herself coverings of garments. tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

23 Her husband is known in the 4 ch. 12.4. gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

27 She looketh well to the ways of her houshold, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, ch. 12. vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

< Rom. 8, 90. 3 What profit hath a man of all his

4 ch. 2. 22. labour which he taketh under the sun? 4¶ One generation passeth away, and 1945 another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

119.90.

f Pk. 19. 5,6.

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun pant- goeth down, and thasteth to his place where he arose.

Jokes 3.8.

6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they + return again.

9

Before CHRIST cir. 977.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and k ch. 3. 15. there is no new thing under the sun.

10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

12 'I the Preacher was king over Is- I ver. 1. rael in Jerusalem.

30. & 10.7,

1 Kings 3. 12, 13.& 4 23. ch. 2.4. en much. Pch. 2.3, 19. 1 Thes. 5. 21.

+ Heb. had

& 7. 23, 25.

dom, and to know madness and folly: I cir. 977 perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

q ch. 12. 12.

'I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, will prove thee with mirth, thereIsai. 50. 11. fore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

e Prov. 14. 13. ch. 7. 6.

J ch. 1. 17. + Heb. to draw my flesh with

wine.

+ Heb. the

number of the days of their life.

of my house.

2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?'

3 dI sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven tall the days of their life.

4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth

trees:

7 I got me servants and maidens, and +He had + servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

e 1 Kings 9. 28. & 10. 10, 14, 21, &c.

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of lemus the sons of men, as † musical instruments, ment and in- and that of all sorts.

cal instru

struments.

f ch. 1. 16.

9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced 19. in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

g ch. 3. 22.

9.

14.

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, beh ch. 1.3, hold, all wash vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold Or, in those wisdom, and madness, and folly: for have been al- what can the man do that cometh after ready done.

i ch. 1. 17. & 7.25.

things which

+ Heb. that there is an

excellency in wisdom more

than in folly, &c.

15 Then said I in my heart, As it eb. 9. 2, 3, happeneth to the fool, so it happen- +Heb. hep eth even to me; and why was I then peneth tomt more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how

dieth the wise man? as the fool.

.17 Therefore I hated life; because the

work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

24 There is nothing better for a p man, than that he should eat and drink, 1815 and that he should make his soul enjoy Or, d good in his labour. This also I saw, s that it was from the hand of God.

25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

| 26 For God giveth to a man that is good † in his sight wisdom, and know- Heb ledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giv- Gen 781eth travail, to gather and to heap up, that

he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

ready done.

13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

fare hom

Lake 1.6.

17. Prov..