...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...

...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....

...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 ed came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on...

...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...

...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...

...recognizance of 20 /. with two sureties to be forth-coming upon notice, and to live peaceably. " But," saith he, " our restraint was not strict, for we had liberty...of the strong sweetness ; and we found honey in the * Hit crime.'] His crime was the disobeying an act of parliament. The writer, when it suits his purpose,...

...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 th came forth sweetness. And they coula not in three days expound the riddle. 15 .And it came to pass...

...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...

...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...

...(faid he) our reftraint was not ftri£t, for we had liberty of prayer and conference together, tooar mutual edification. Thus out of the eater came forth meat, and out >f the strong fweetnefs s and we found honey in the carcafe of the •lion." At Lady-Day, 166(5, the...