...practice will be agreeable to the counsel of the wise man, in Prov. ii. at the beginning, " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments...understanding : If thou seekest her as silver, and searches! for her as for hid treasures : Then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find...

...before him, he read these verses from the Proverbs. " ' My son, if thou wilt receive my words — " ' So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply...thy voice for understanding ; " ' If thou seekest after her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; " ' Then shalt thou understand the...

...life, " and they are they which testify of me:"* and also " the instructions of Solomon: " My son, if thou " wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments...and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou cri" est after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for under" standing; if thou seekest her as silver,...

...thee : she shall give to thine head an ornament of grace ; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures. Well may be it so ; for the Lord giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh understanding. Should our notions...

...thou " wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments u with thee; so that thou incline thine ear to wisdom, *' and apply thine heart to understanding..." voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as sil" ver, and searches! for her as for hidden treasures,; A LEIGH in PARKHURST. " then shalt thou understand...

...the exhortation of the wise man; which each person may regard as if addressed to himself: " My son, if thou " wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments " with thee; so that thou incline thine ear to wisdom, " and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if " thou criest after knowledge, and liftest...

...the world, but also the excellency of true wisdom, says^^ftf thou c'iest after knowledge, and lifteth up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her «^/f(>r hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of...

...earnest and diligent seeking : ' My son, if thou .' wilt receive my words, and hide my command' ments with thee ; so that thou incline thine ear ' unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to under« standing; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, •' and liftest up thine heart for understanding...

...themselves ; nor can the subject be better closed than with the following important passage, " My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and " hide my commandments...so that " thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and ap" ply thy heart to understanding ; yea if thou " criest after kiio'vled^e, and liftest up thy voice...

...concealed treasure; than which there can hardly be any more difficult and painful task : " If," saith he, " thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, then shalt thou understand. — Otherwhere he compareth the same work to assiduous watching and waiting, like that of a guard or...