...assembled at wedding feasts to amuse themselves by proposing riddles. Samson proposed the following : — Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. Judges xiv. 14. This riddle was suggested to Samson by his adventure with the lion ; and it proved...

...animal filled with bees and honey, which gave him the idea of proposing, as an enigmatical question, " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." This important intelligence was immediately communicated to the guests ^ and they, toward the close...

...forth thy riddle, that we may 14 hear it ; thus they agree to the conditions. Arid 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 15 days expound the riddle. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that...

...that afforded him matter of an excellent riddle, which he put forth to his wedding guests, saying, " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out " of the strong came forth sweetness, Judgxiv. 5, 0, -8, 12, H. With how much more propriety may believers say of Christ Jesus, — who came...

...garments. And they said unto hirii, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it 14 And he said unto them, hine arHX5 And they could not in three days expound the • riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day,...

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

...salvation and blessing. Let us therefore not be any longer puzzled to find out the meaning of Samson's riddle ; " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness," Judg. xiv. For the church of God, unto whom Christ hath discovered the most excellent secrets of his...

...salvation and blessing. Let us therefore not be -any longer puzzled to find out the meaning of Samson's riddle ; " Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness," Judg. xiv. For the church of God, unto whom Christ hath discovered the most excellent secrets of his...

...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 guesa at its meaning, they urged his wife by entreaties,...

...garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. ,, 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 day:expound the riddle. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they...