...cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty Sheets and thirty change of 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...

...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...

...declare it me, then M^kinp shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty 5' change of garments. And they said r, that it over against Egypt. 8 And 'he took Agag the king of said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they...

...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...

...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...

...change o? garments. And they said unto him, Put torth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said the outside of the armed men that •acere in the host. 12 And the Midianite sweetness. And they coula not in three days expound the riddle. 15 .And it came to pass on the seventh...

...cannot declare it. me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said hat every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD s said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they)...

...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,...

...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...

...us therefore perplex ourselves no longer to find out and explain the meaning of Sampson's riddle ; Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness, J udg. xiv. 1 4. For the church of God, unto whom Jesus Christ, her beloved spouse, hath...