...wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there ; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON A WISE son maketh a glad father: But a foolish...

...punifh'd hereafter. Stollen Ptov. ix. Caters, faith the wife man, are fweet, and bread eaten in fecret if pleafant, but he knoweth not that the dead are there,...Pleader of the widow's caufe, an accomplice to his oppreffioa, and would have his thriving villany 8 Otx 'i^ Crtg. Nyjjfen. de Orat. Doin. both both encourag'd...

...dear a rate. " Stolen waters are " fweet, and bread eaten in fecret is pleafant ; but he kno.w" eth not that the dead are there ; and that her guefts are in " the depth of hell," Prov. ix. ly, 18. Pliny tells us that the mermaids have moft enchanting, charming'voices,...

...underftanding, fhe faith to him, 1 7 Stolen waters are fweet, and bread eaten in fecret is pleafant. 1 8 But he knoweth not that the dead are there : and that her guefts are in the depths of hell. CHAP. X. THE proverbs of Solomon. A wife fon maketh a glad father; but a foolBb ifh ifh foil is the...

...in. hither—and as for him that wanteth underftanding, fhe faith to him, ftolen waters are fvveet, and bread eaten in fecret is pleafant. But he knoweth...there, and that her guefts are in the depths of hell. Mai. 2, ch. 14. 15> v. 3. The Lord hath been witnefs between thee and the wife of thy youth, againft...

...fire of \vrath : Prov. ix. 17. 18. "Stolen waters are fwett, and bread eaten in fecret is plcafant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guefts are in the depths of hell."' Pleafure is a necellary ingredient in happinels, and man cannot but feck it ; hence God propofeth it...

...her vice, " Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten "in secret is pleasant;" the Preacher adds, " But he knoweth not that the dead are " there, and that her guests are in the depth " of hell." While, in chap. xii. 28, we are told, " In the way of righteousness...

...understanding, she saith lo him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eatfii in secret is pleasant 18 all the cattle guests are in the depths of hell. CHAP. X. Prom this c hapterto tlufive andttaentieth, are sundry obtcrvatioii/t...

...understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there ; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. CHAP. X. THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father:...

...blindness and in consideration that any man is entangled in the snares of the foolish woman— Ver. 18. But he knoweth not that the dead are there ; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We are naturally starving creatures, and cannot find happiness within...