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IMAGERY.

2 Sam. xxii, 6. The sorrows of bell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me.

Ps. cxvi, 3. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found

trouble and sorrow.

Isa. xiv, 9, 10. Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto

us?

Isa. xxx, 33. For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made deep and large, the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Back, xxx1, 16, 17. I made the

Jonah ii, 2. And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

nations to shake at the sound of
his fall when I cast him down to
hell with them that descend into
the pit; and all the trees of Eden,
the choice and best of Lebanon,
all that drink water, shall be com-
forted in the nether parts of the opened the fourth seal, I heard
Rev. vi, 7, 8. And when he had
earth. They also went down into the voice of the fourth beast say,
hell with him unto them that be Come and see. And I looked,
slain with the sword; and they and behold a pale horse: and his
that were his arm, that dwelt un-name that sat on him was Death,
der his shadow in the midst of and hell followed with him: and
the heathen.
power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to
kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the
beasts of the earth.

Ezek. xxxii, 21, 27. The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised. slain by the sword. And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war; and they have laid their swords under their heads; but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

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Rev. xx, 13-15. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of ilfe was cast into the lake of fire.

MAN AND WOMAN. Gen. ii, 21-23. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adain, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.

Gen. v. 2. Male and female cre

ated he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Matth. xix. 4. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female.

Mark x, 6. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

BEAUTY IN BOTп.

Gen. vi, 2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Gen. xii, 11-15. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. And it came to pass, that. when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behield the Woman, that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Phraoli: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Gen. xxix, 16, 17. And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger tras Rachel. Leah was tender-eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.

MARRIAGE.

that he had in Joseph's hand; and
he knew not ought he had, save
the bread which he did eat. And
Joseph was a goodly person, and

well-favoured.

Exod. ii, 2. And the woman
conceived, and bare a son: and
when she saw him that he was a
goodly child, she hid him three
monthis.

1 Sam. ix, 2. And he had a son,
whose name was Sanl, a choice
young man, and a goodly; and
there was not among the children
he: from his shoulders and
of Israel a goodlier person than
ward he was higher than any of
the people.

turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecal, (who had taken her for his daugh ter,) was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegal the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed: and Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Job xlil, 13-15. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima, and the name of the up-in all the land were no women second, Kezia, and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. And found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

1 Sam. xxv, 3. Now the name of the man was Nahal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish, and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

2 Sam. xi, 2. And it came to pass in an even-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

2 Sam. xiv, 25, 27. But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

1 Sam. xvii. 42. And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

1 Kings 1, 6. And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

Esther ii, 7, 15. And he brought up Hadassah, (that is, Esther,) his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai (when her father and mother were dead) took for his Gen. xxxix, 6. And he left all own daughter. Now, when the

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Cant. i, 5, 6. I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Çant. iv, 8, 7. Thy lips are liko a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. Thou art all fair, my love: there is no spot in

thee.

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loved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

Çant. vii, 6. How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

Ezek. xvi, 7, 13-15. I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.. And thou wast exceeding beautiful. . . . . And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it

was.

months, that she returned unto
her father, who did with her
according to his vow which he
had vowed: and she knew no
man. And it was a custom in
Israel, That the daughters of
Israel went yearly to lament the
daughter of Jephthali the
Gileadite four days in a year.

Ruth iii, 2, 3. And now is not
Boaz of our kindred, with whose
maidens thou wast? Behold, he
winnoweth barley to-night in the
thrashing - floor. Wash thyself
therefore, and anoint thee, and
put thy raiment upon thee, and
get thee down to the floor: but
make not thyself known unto the
man until he shall have done
eating and drinking.

1 Kings i, 3, 4. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. the damsel was very fair, and And cherished the king, and ministerEzek. xxviii, 17. Thine hearted to him; but the king knew her was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

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Num. xxxi, 15-18. 35. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved Behold,

all the women alive?

not.

to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women.) Then thus came every maiden unto the king, whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashigaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept. the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Ps. lxxviii, 63. The fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Rev. xiv, 4. These are they which were not defiled with woare they which follow the Lamb men; for they are virgins. These whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb.

LOVES-VARIOUS.

Esther ii, 1-4, 8, 9, 12--14. After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was kissed Rachel, and lifted up his Gen. xxix, 11, 18--20. And Jacob decreed against her. Then said voice, and wept. And Jacob the king's servants that minister- loved Rachel; and said, I will ed unto him, Let there be fair serve thee seven years for Rachel young virgins sought for the king: thy younger daughter. And And let the king appoint officers Laban said, It is better that I give in all the provinces of his king- her to thee, than that I should dom, that they may gather to-give her to another man: abide gether all the fair young virgins with me. And Jacob served unto Shushan the palace, to the seven years for Rachel; and they house of the women, unto the seemed unto him but a few days, custody of Hege the king's for the love he had to her.

chamberlain, keeper of the purification be given them: women; and let their things for let the maiden which pleaseth the And And the thing pleased the king, king be queen instead of Vashti. and he did so. So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and

when

these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of the LORD in the matter of Peor, Balaam,to commit trespass against and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women-children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for your-of selves. And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying

with him.

Judges xi, 37-40. And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. And he said, Go. And be sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. And it came to pass, at the end of two

many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan that Esther was brought also unto the palace, to the custody of Hegai, the king's house, to the custody Hegal, keeper of the women. And the maiden pleased him, and he speedily gave her her things she obtained kindness of him; and for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. Now, when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, 424

Gen. xxxiv, 3. And his soul Jacob; and he loved the damsel, clave unto Dinah the daughter of sel. and spake kindly unto the dam

afterward, that he loved a woman Judges xvi, 4, 15. And it came in the valley of Sorek, whose

name was Delilah. And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I not with me? thou hast mocked love thee, when thine heart is me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

Saul's daughter, loved David: and 1 Sam. xviii, 20, 28. And Michal, they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

pass after this, that Absalom the 2 Sam. xiii, 1, 2. And it came to son of David had a fair sister, Amnon the son of David loved whose name was Tamar; and her. And Amnon was so vexed,, that he fell sick for his sister

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Tamar, for she was a virgin: and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

1 Kings xi, 1, 2. But king Solomon loved many strange women, (together with the daughter of Pharaoh,) women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave

unto these in love.

Esther i, 17. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Prov. vii, 13, 18. So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning, let us solace ourselves with loves.

Cant. viii, 6, 7 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which have a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Dan. 37. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify

himself above all.

Cant. 1, 2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy

love is better than wine

Cant. i, 5. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples;

for I am sick of love.

Cant. iii. 4. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived

me.

Cant. iv, 9. Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

Cant. v, 8. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that yo tell him, that I am sick of love.

Cant. vii, 10. I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

Cant. viii, 1. Oh that thou wert

fas my brother, that sucked the
breasts of my mother! when I
should find thee without, I would
kiss thee; yea, I should not be
despised.

Luke vii, 45. Thou gavest me
no kiss: but this woman, since the
time I came in, hath not ceased to
kiss my feet.

Rom. xvi, 16. Salute one another
of Christ salute you.
with an holy kiss. The churches

1 for xvi, 20. All the brethren
greet you. Greet ye one another

with an holy kiss.

2 Cor. xiii, 12. Greet one another with an holy kiss.

1 Thess. v, 26. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

1 Pet. v, 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

COURTSHIP IN SUNDRY

FORMS.

Gen. xxiv, 51, 57-59 Behold, and go, and let her be thy mus Rebekah is before thee, take her, ter's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth

down; and he will tell thee what

thon shalt do. unto her, All that thou s yest And she said unto me I will do. And she went down unto the floor, and dii according to all that her mother-inlaw bade her. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

midnight, that the man was afraid, And it came to pass at and turned himself: and, behold, said, Who art thou? And she a woman lay at his feet. And he answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt. over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. Blessed be thou of the LORD, my And he said, daughter; for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for know that thou art a virtuous all the city of my people doth woman. And now, it is true that I am thy near kinsman howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. bekah, and said unto her, Wilt in the morning, that if he will perAnd they called Re-Tarry this night, and it shall be thou go with this man? And she form unto thee the part of a kinsaway Rebekah their sister, and man's part: but if he will not do said, I will go. And they sent man, well, let him do the kinsher nurse, and Abraham's servant, the part of a kinsman to thee, and his men. then will I do the part of a kinsthe father of Shechem went out Gen. xxxiv, 6-11. And Hamor man to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. And And the sons of Jacob came out unto Jacob to commune with him.ing: and she rose up before one she lay at his feet until the mornof the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved; and they were very wroth, becauso he had wrought folly in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter; Which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed Shechem longeth for your daughthem, saying, The soul of my son wife. ter: I pray you give her him to ask one petition of thee, deny me 1 Kings ii, 16-22. And now I And make ye marriages not. unto us, and take our daughters thee, unto Solomon the king, (for with us, and give your daughters on. And he said, Speak, I pray And she said unto him, Say unto you. And ye shall dwell he will not say thee nay) that he with us: and the land shall be be-give me Abishag the Shunamfore you; dwell and trade yemite to wite. And Bath-sheba therein, and get you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father, and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

with

Judges xiv, 7. And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

Ruth ill, 4-14, 18. And it shall shalt mark the place where he be, when he lieth down, that thou shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee

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said, Let it not be known that a

could know another. And he

said she, Sit still, my daughter, woman came into the floor. Then until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on caused a seat to be set for the his throne, and king's mother, and she sat on his right hand. Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I the king said unto her, Ask on, pray thee, say me not nay. And my mother; for I will not say thee nay. And she said, Let Abishag

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Judges xxl, 20-23. Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every

man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjunin. And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheri tance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

2 Sam. xiii, 11-14. And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Como lie with me, my sister. And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. And I, whither shall I cause iny shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in

Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king for he

will not withhold me from theo. Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

Isa. xiii, 16. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

Lam. v, 11. They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

Zech. xiv, 2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the

city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

ITS PUNISHMENT. Deut. xxil, 25-27. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die: But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

MARRIAGE.

ITS ORIGIN.

Gen. ii, 18, 24. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the mau should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Therefore shall a man leave his father

and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Matth. xix, 5, 6. And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall c.eave unto his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

Mark x, 7, 8. For this cause shall a nian leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

Jer. il, 2. Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying. Thus saith the LORD, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Hosca i, 19, 20. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever, yea, I will betroth thee uato me in righteousness, and in judgment, aud in loving-kindness, and in mercies: I will even betroth theo

unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.

brethren, ye also are Rom. vii, 4. Wherefore, my become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

shall a man leave his father and Eph. v, 31, 32. For this causo mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mys tery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

and rejoice, and give honour to

Rev. xix, 7, 9. Let us be glad

in: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And he saith unto me, Write, blessed are they which are called unto the mar he saith unto me, These are the riage supper of the Lamb. And true sayings of God.

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Nahor took them wives: the name Gen. xi, 29. And Abram and of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. the daughter of Haran, the father

Gen. xxiv, 6-8. And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither Thou shalt take a wife again. . . . unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be Clear from this my oath only bring not my son thither again.

Gen. xxv, 20. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of the Syrian of PadanBethuel aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Exod. ii, 1. And there went a

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