Proverbs 7:1
_Words. As dangerous temptations always threaten, the same instructions are frequently inculcated. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Words. As dangerous temptations always threaten, the same instructions are frequently inculcated. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thine. But another's, ver. 19. Give thy heart to wisdom, that it may be guarded against impure love._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lattice. No glass was used, on account of the great heat. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ones. Not in age, but prudence. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Attire. Covered with a veil, (Genesis xxxviii. 15.) though different from that of honest women. (Calmet) --- The wanton are commonly the most gaudy; nullarum fere pretiosior cultus est quam quarum pudor vilis est. (St. Cyprian, de Habitu.) --- Prepared, &c. Hebrew, "guarded," (Calmet) or "subtle of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Not....quiet. Is not in Hebrew. (Calmet) --- "She is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- Chaste women are guarded in their speech, and keep at home. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prosperity. Or thy welfare, (Cornelius a Lapide; Tirinus) so great is my love for thee. (Menochius) --- Vows. And therefore I have a feast prepared. People might carry home the greatest part of the victim to eat, if they were clean, Leviticus vii. 29. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cords. For greater ease, instead of boards, (Menochius) or the curtains are hung with precious cords from Egypt. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Aloes. Of Syria, (John xix. 39.) different from ours, Numbers xxxiv. 6. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Inebriated. Protestants, "take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves." (Haydock) --- This passion is a sort of intoxication. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_My. Literally, "the man." (Haydock) --- She speaks thus out of contempt. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_The day. Septuagint, "after many days." Hebrew, "at the day concealed," or when the people will dwell under tents, (Chaldean; Calmet) or "at the new moon," when it does not appear. (Piscator) --- He will not return for a long time, so that we need apprehend no danger from him. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lamb. Protestants, "fool to the correction of the stocks," (Haydock) or "like a shackle ( abs.) for the chastisement of a fool." (Mont.[Montanus?]) --- Interpreters have read different words. (Calmet) --- Sinners who have given way to temptations, are as inconsiderate as oxen, or birds which hasten... [ Continue Reading ]
_Her. Solomon gave a melancholy proof of this, as well as David, and Amnon. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Death. There can be no precaution too great, chap. ii. 18. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VII.... [ Continue Reading ]