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And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shailum, the keeper of the door: And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father com

manded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters.

DRUNKARDS.

Gen. ix, 20, 21. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his

tent.

1 Sam. xxv, 36, 37. And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he be

came as a stone.

2 Sam. xi,13. And when David had called him, [Uriah] he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

1 Kings xx, 12, 16. And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, (as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions.) that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array: and they set themselves in array against the city. And they went out at noon: but Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

ALLUSIONS TO PRECEDING SECTIONS.

Isa. li, 21, 22. Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunThus ken, but not with wine:

saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.

Isa. lxiii, 6. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

Jer. xxv, 26, 27. And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Jer. xlviii. 26. Make ye him drunken; for he magnifled himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision,

Jer. li, 7, 57. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts.

DINNER.

Gen. xliii. 16. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready: for these men shall dine with me at noon.

Matth. xxii, 4. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Luke xi, 37. And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

SUPPER.

Mark vi, 21. And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.

Luke xiv, 16, 17. Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at suppertime to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

John xii. 2. There they made him a supper: and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

Rev. ill, 20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Ezek. xxiii, 31-33. Thou hast Rer. xix, 9, 17. And he saith unto walked in the way of thy sister; me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. Thus saith the Lord supper of the Lamb. And he saith GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sis- unto me, These are the true sayter's cup deep and large: thouings of God. And I saw an angel shalt be laughed to scorn and had standing in the sun: and he cried in derision; it containeth much. with a loud voice, saying to all the Thou shalt be filled with drunken- fowls that fly in the midst of heaness and sorrow, with the cup of ven, Come and gather yourselves astonishment and desolation, with together unto the supper of the the cup of thy sister Samaria. great God.

Obadiah 16. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

Nahum iii, 11. Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thon also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

FOOD TAKEN AT STATED TIMES.

Ruth ii, 14. And Boaz said unto her. At meal-time come thou hither and eat.

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Judges i, 7. And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings,

having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table. . . . . .

Ruth ii, 14. And Boaz said unto Ruth, At meal-time come thou hither, . . . . and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.

1 Sam. xx, 5. And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new-moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat.....

2 Kings xxi, 13. . . . . And I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

Esther iii, 15. ..... And the king and Haman sat down to drink: but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Cant. i, 12. While the King sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

Amos vi, 7. Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

Matth. ix, 10. And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Matth. xiv, 9. And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

Matth. xv, 2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matth. xxiii, 25. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Matth. xxvi, 23. And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

Mark vii, 3, 4. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

Luke xvi, 22.... died, and was carried by the The beggar angels into Abraham's bosom.

John 11, 6. And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

them a feast, and they did eat
and drink.

1 Sam. ix, 22-24. And Samuel
took Saul and his servant, and
brought them into the parlour,
and made them sit in the chiefest
place among them that were
bidden, which were about thirty
the cook, Bring the portion which
persons. And Samuel said unto
I gave thee, of which I said unto
thee, Set it by thee. And the
cook took up the shoulder, and
that which was upon it, and set
it before Saul. And Samuel said,
Behold that which is left! set it
before thee, and eat: for unto this
time hath it been kept for thee
since I said, I have invited the
So Saul did eat with
Samuel that day.
people.

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spend money for that which is not
bread? and your labour for that
hearken
which satisfleth not?
diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your
soul delight itself in fatness.

John vi, 27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for everlasting life, which the Son of that meat which endureth unto man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Jude 12. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear. . . . .

INVITATIONS.

2 Sam. xiii, 5, 9, 10. 25-27. And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick; and when thy father I pray thee, let my sister Tamar cometh to see thee, say unto him, come and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. And she took a pan, and poured them out before him: but he refused to eat. Have out all men from me. And And Amnon said, they went out every man from him. And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine

1 Kings viii, 65, 66. And at that
time Solomon held a feast, and
all Israel with him, a great con-
gregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt,
before the LORD our God, seven
days and seven days, even four-hand.
teen days. On the eighth day he
sent the people away: and they
their tents joyful and glad of
blessed the king, and went unto
heart for all the goodness that
the LORD had done for David his
servant, and for Israel his people.

when his sons and his daughters
Job 1, 13. And there was a day
were eating and drinking wine in
their eldest brother's house.

Esther i, 3, 4, 9. In the third
year of his reign, he made a feast
unto all his princes, and his ser-
vants; the power of Persia and
Media, the nobles and princes of
the provinces, being before him:
When he showed the riches of
honour of his excellent majesty,
his glorious kingdom, and the
many days, even an hundred and
fourscore days. Also Vashti the
queen made a feast for the women
in the royal house which belonged
to king Ahasuerus.

Dan. v, 1. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

John xili, 23, 26. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dip-tain shall the LORD of hosts make Isa. xxv, 6. And in this mounped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon,

GREAT FEASTS.
Gen. xxvi, 30. And he made

unto all people a feast of fat
things, a feast of wines on the
lees; of fat things full of marrow,
of wines on the lees well refined.
Isa. lv, 2. Wherefore do ye

And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to king said to Absalom, Nay, my Amnon her brother. And the son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, not go, but blessed him. let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? But Absalom pressed him; that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

Esther V, 4-8. And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman Then the king said, Cause Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. Then answerfound favour in the sight of the and my request is; If I have ed Esther, and said, My petition king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I

will do to-morrow as the king' hath said.

Esther vi, 14. And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. Esther vii, 1, 2. So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

SPIRIT IN WHICH SUCH INVITATIONS SHOULD BE

OBEYED.

Job 1, 5. And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burntofferings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Prov. xxiii, 1, 3, 6, 8. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat. Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats. The morsel which thon hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Jer. xvi, S. Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

Luke xiv, 7-10, 12-14. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat

with thee. Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

DRESS.

ORIGIN AND NEED OF
DRESS.

Gen. iii, 7, 21. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Job i, 21. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Eccles. v, 15. As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his

hand.

Nahum iii, 5. Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

WHITE ROBES MUCH
DESIRED.

Esther vill, 15. And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

Eccles. ix, 8. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

AND A SYMBOL OF GLORY.

Matt. xvii, 2. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Rev. iii, 4, 5. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be

clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Rev. vii, 9, 13. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

ALSO PURPLE ONES, THE SYMBOL OF ROYALTY. WITH SUCH A ROBE JESUS WAS MOCKED.

Matth. xxvii, 28. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

John xix, 5. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

OF VARIOUS COLOURS. Gen. xxxvii, 3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Judges v, 30..... To Sisera a prey of divers colours. a prey of divers colours of needle-work, of

divers colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

2 Sam. xiii, 18. And she had a garment of divers colours upon her; for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

BLACK, TOKEN OF MOURNING.

Isa. 1, 3. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Rev. vi, 12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.

MATERIALS,

WOOL, FLAX, AND SILK. Lev. xiii, 47, 48. The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment or a linen garment; Whether it be in the warp or woof, of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin.

Lev. xix, 19. ... Neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

horses brought out of Egypt, and 1 Kings x, 28. And Solomon had linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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silk. Thus wast thou decked soft raiment? Behold, they that with gold and silver; and thy rai-wear soft clothing are in kings' ment as of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work: thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thon wast exceeding beautiful, and thou did prosper into a king dom.

(See under Agriculture, FLAX; under Animals, FLOCK.)

A FINER TEXTURE, WORN BY PERSONS IN HIGH

STATIONS.

Erod. xxviii, 5, 6. And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

Exod. xxxv, 25. And all the women that were wise-hearted did

spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

Josh. vil, 21. When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight,then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

1 Chron. iv, 21. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of

Ashbea.

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Prov. xxxi, 24. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

Isa. lil, 23. The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the Vails.

granted that she should be arrayRev. xix. 8. And to her was ed in fine linen, clean and whitefor the fine linen is the righteous

ness of saints.

AND A COARSER BY POORER PEOPLE.

2 Kings i, 8. And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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Job xxx. 18. By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Çant. v, 3. I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them.

Dan. iii, 21. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Zech. xiii, 4. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath pro-will sue thee at the law, and take Matth. v, 40. And if any man phesied; neither shall they wear a away thy coat, let him have thy rough garment to deceive. cloak also.

Matth. iii, 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's

hair, and a leathern girdle about

his loins....

SPECIAL DRESSES.

Gen. xxxviii, 19. And she arose, and went away,and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

2 Kings xxv, 27, 29. ... . Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison. And changed his prison-garments....

Jer. il, 32. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Matth. xxii, 11, 12. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.

Luke il, 7. And she brought forth her first-born son, wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke xxiv, 12. Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in him

self at that which was come to pass.

Acts xli, 21. And upon a set day, Herod, arrayed in royal Ezek. xvi, 13. 18..... Thy rai-apparel, sat upon his throne, and ment was of fine linen, and silk, made an oration unto them. and broidered work. And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

Matth. xi, 8. But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in

JEWISH CLOTHING CONSISTED OF TWO ROBES. 1.-THE COAT, TUNIC, OR INNER ROBE.

Matth. x, 10. Nor scrip for your shoes, nor yet staves; for the workjourney, neither two coats, neither man is worthy of his meat.

Luke iii, 11. He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

Luke vi, 29. . . . . . And him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

Now the

John xix, 23. ... coat [of Jesus] was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

John xxi, 7. Therefore that disclple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now, when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's and did cast himself into the sea. coat unto him, (for he was naked,)

Acts ix, 39. Then Peter arose, and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Doreas made while she was with them.

II. THE OUTER ROBE, OR
CLOAK.

Gen. xxxix, 12. And she caught

him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him

out.

Exod. xxii. 26. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down.

Num. xv, 38-40. Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of 1 Sam. ii, 19. Moreover, his the borders a ribband of blue:

And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the command

THIS GARMENT FORMED

THE LAP OR BOSOM.

ments of the LORD, and do them; into the field to gather herbs, and
2 Kings iv, 39. And one went out
and that ye seek not after your found a wild vine, and gathered
own heart, and your own eyes,
after which ye use to go a whor-thereof wild gourds his lap-
ing: That ye may remember and
do all my commandments, and be
holy unto your God.

Deut. xxii, 5, 12. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

full.

Neh. v, 13. Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.

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Luke vi, 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and runaing over, shall men give into your bosom. . . . .

WHEN A MAN WANTED

1 Kings xi, 29. And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the THIS UPPER ROBE, HE WAS prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment: and they two were alone in the

field.

Job xxiv, 7. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

Prov. xxv, 20. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

Micah 1, 8. Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Matth. ix, 20. And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

Matth. xxi, 8. And a very great multitude spread their garments

SAID TO BE NAKED. Exod. xxxii. 25. And Moses saw that the people were naked, (for

Aaron had made them naked unto

their shame among their enemies.)

1 Sam. xix, 24. And he [Saul] stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like that day, and all that night. and lay down naked all Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

manner,

2 Sam. vi, 20-22. Then David returned to bless his household.

prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Rev. xvi, 15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watch

eth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

REAL NAKEDNESS
INDECOROUS.

Gen. ix, 22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Exod. xx, 26. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Hab. ii, 15. Woe unto him that puttest thy bottle to him, and giveth his neighbour drink, that makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

MANY MARKED ALLUSIONS

TO IT.

Isa. xlvil, 1. Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of is no throne, O daughter of the Babylon; sit on the ground: there Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Isa. xlvii, 3. Thy nakedness shame shall be seen: I will take shall be uncovered, yea, thy thee as a man. vengeance, and I will not meet

Jer. xiii, 26. Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

Jer. xlix, 10. But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

And Michal, the daughter of Saul, How glorious was the king of came out to meet David, and said, Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before Lam. i, 8. 9. Jerusalem hath Matth. xxiii, 5. But all their the LORD. And I will yet be more grievously sinned; therefore she is works they do for to be seen of vile than thus, and will be base in removed: all that honoured her men: they make broad their phy-mine own sight: and of the maid- despise her, because they have lacteries, and enlarge the borders servants which thou hast spoken seen of their garments. her nakedness; yea, she of, of them shall I be had in hon-sigheth, and turneth backward. our. Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.

in the way.....

Mark xiii, 16. And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. John xiii, 4. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel and girded himself.

Acts xii, 8. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals: and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow

me.

2 Tim. iv, 13. The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

Job xxii, 6. For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Lam. iv, 21. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup also shall pass through unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

John xxi, 7. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him,

for he was naked.

Acts xix, 16. And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and

Ezek. xvi, 22, 36, 37. And in all abominations and thine thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. Thus saith the Lord GoD, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give

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