...should give him the same. On their agreement to the proposal, he told them his riddle, which was, " Out of the eater " came forth meat, and out of the " strong came forth sweetness." After they had long, to no purpose, endeavoured to guess at its meaning, they urged his wife by entrea'ties,...

...circumstance to be overlooked. Samson was raised up to be a type of Christ. When he enigmatically said, "out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness," referring to his killing the lion, &c. be proposed that riddlewhich has perplexed many besides Samson's...

...garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that...

...ingenuity in the proposition and solution of obscure and ambiguous problems. Samson's enigma was this : " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of " the strong came forth sweetness."* If this enigma were proposed to us to-day, might * Judges xiv. 5, 6. 13. 14. we not justly apply it...

...garments. And they said unto him, Put Forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said unto them, live, and 'utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that...

...is to be obtained in the earth. Thus Samson's riddle is most eminently fulfilled, Judsjes xiv. 14. " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." And thus the true Samson does more towards the destruction of his enemies at his death than in his...

...Am°rchris. *f tnev could not, they were to forfeit the like to him. The words of the riddle were, HIS, He. " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness ;" which or ma' _so puzzled the young men, that they could not for their hearts devise what it meant;...

...garments. And they said unto him, Put torth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said unto them, e of the armed men that •acere in the host. 12 And the Midianites, and the And they coula not in three days expound the riddle. 15 .And it came to pass on the seventh day, that...

...an instance, we think, of an overstrained accommodation of Scripture. The text is Judges ziv. 14, " Out of the eater, came forth meat ; and out of the strong came forth sweetness . " and from these words it is proposed to illustrate the general doctrine of Providence, and to answer...

...redemption and religious liberty, ever produced. Thus did he give a practical exposition of Samson's riddle- — " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." Nor was he called upon merely to write in vindication of what he taught, but on more occasions than...