WE have here a new way of writing, wherein Divine wisdom is
taught us in Proverbs or short sentences, which contain their whole
design within themselves, and are not connected with one another. And
these Proverbs of Solomon are not merely a collection of the wise
sayings which had been formerly delivered, but were the dictates of the
Spirit of God in Solomon: so that it is God by Solomon that here speaks
to us. I say, to us: for when Solomon speaks to his son, St. Paul says,
The exhortation speaketh to us, as unto children. The nine first
chapters are as a preface exhorting us to the study and practice of
wisdom, and warning us against the things that would hinder it. We have
then the first volume of Solomon's Proverbs, chap. 10-24. After that a
second volume, chap. 25-29. And then Agur's prophecy, chap. 30. And
Lemuel's, chap. 31. The scope of all is, to direct us so to order our
conversation, that we may see the salvation of God.
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