faftened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and

weary. So he died. And behold, as Barak purfued

Sifera, Fael came out to meet him, and faid unto him,

Come, and I will fhew thee the man whom thou feekeft.

And when he came into her tent, behold, Sifera lay

dead, and the nail was in his temples. So God fubdu-

ed on that day fabin, the king of Canaan, before the chil-

dren of Ifrael.

LECTURE IV.

History of Deborah.

54

Judg. v. 1-5.-Then Jang Deborah; and Barak the

fon of Abinoam, on that day, faying, Praife ye the

Lord for the avenging of Ifracl, when the people wil

lingly offered themfelves. Hear, O ye kings; give ear,

O ye princes: I, even I will fing unto the Lord; I will

fing praife to the Lord God of Ifrael. Lord, when thou

wenteft out of Seir, when thou marcheḍft out of the

field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens

dropped, the clouds alfo dropped water. The moun-

tains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from

before the Lord God of Ifrael.

LECTURE V.

History of Deborah.

66

Judg. v. 12, 13.-Awake, awake, Deborah: awake,

awake, utter a fong: arife, Barak, and lead thy cap-

tivity captive, thou fon of Abinoam. Then he made him

that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the

people the Lord made me have dominion over the

mighty.

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LECTURE

VI.

History of Deborah.

77

Judg. v. 20, 21.-They fought from heaven; the ftars

in their courfes fought against Sifera. The river of

Kifhon fwept them away, that ancient river, the river

Kifbon: O my foul, thou haft trodden down ftrength.

LECTURE

VII.

History of Ruth.

88

Ruth i. 1-5.-Now it came to pass in the days when

the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land.

And a certain man of Beth-lehem-Judah went to fojourn

in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two

fons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the

name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two fons

Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-Judah.

And they came into the country of Moab, and continued

there. And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and

She was left and her two fons. And they took them

wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was

Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth and they

dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion

died alfo both of them; and the woman was left of her

two fons, and her husband.

:

99

Ruth i. 14-18.-And they lift up their voice, and wept

again: and Orpah kiffed her mother-in-law; but Ruth

clave unto her. And fhe faid, Behold, thy fifter-in-law

is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy fifter-in-law. And Ruth faid, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goeft, I will go; and where thou lodgeft, I will lodge: thy people fhall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou dieft, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do fo to me, and more alfo, if aught but death part thee and me. When fhe faw that he was ftedfaftly minded to go with her, then The left fpeaking unto her.

LECTURE

IX.

Hiftory of Ruth.

114

Ruth i. 19-22.-So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pafs when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them; and they faid, Is this Naomi? And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: Why then call ye me Naomi, feeing the Lord hath teftified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? So Naomi returned, and Ruth, the Moabitefs, her daughter-in-law with her, which returned out of the country of Moab. And they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barleyharvest.

LECTURE X,

History of Ruth.

124

Ruth ii. 1-3-And Naomi had a kinfman of her bufband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. And Ruth, the Moabitefs, faid unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and

glean

glean ears of corn after him in whofe fight I shall find

grace. And fhe faid unto her, Go, my daughter. And

She went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the

reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the

field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of

Elimelech.

LECTURE

XI.

136

History of Ruth.

Ruth ii. 4.—And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem,

and faid unto the reapers, The Lord be with you; and

they answered him, The Lord bless thee.

LECTURE

XII.

History of Ruth.

148

Ruth ii. 5-17.-Then faid Boaz unto his fervant that

was fet over the reapers, Whofe damfel is this? And

the fervant that was fet over the reapers anfwered and

faid, It is the Moabitifh damfel that came back with

Naomi out of the country of Moab: and she said, I pray

you, let me glean, and gather after the reapers among ft

the fheaves: fo fhe came, and hath continued even from

the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the

boufe. Then faid Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not,

my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither

go from hence, but abide here faft by my maidens. Let

thine eyes be on the field that they do

reap, and go thou

after them: have I not charged the young men that they

jhall not touch thee? And when thou art albirft, go un-

to the veffels, and drink of that which the young men

have drawn. Then fhe fell on her face, and bowed

herself to the ground, and faid unto him, Why have I ̈

found grace in thine eyes, that thou fhouldeft take knowl-

edge of me, feeing I am a stranger? And Boaz anfwer-

ed

ed and faid unto her, It hath fully been fhewed me all

that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law fince the

death of thine husband: and how thou haft left thy fa-

ther and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and

art come unto a people which thou kneweft not heretofore.

The Lord recompenfe thy work, and a full reward be

given thee of the Lord God of Ifrael, under whofe wings

thou art come to truft. Then fhe faid, Let me find fa-

vour in thy fight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted

me, and for that thou haft spoken friendly unto thine

handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thy handmaid-

ens. And Boaz faid unto her, Дt meal-time come thou

hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morfel in the

vinegar. And he fat befide the reapers: and he

reached her parched corn, and fhe did eat, and was

fufficed, and left. And when she was rifen up to glean,

Boaz commanded his young men, faying, Let her glean

even among the heaves, and reproach her not.

And

let fall alfo fome of the handfuls of purpose for her, and

leave them that he may glean them, and rebuke her

not. So fhe gleaned in the field until even, and beat

out that he had gleaned and it was about an ephah

of barley.

LECTURE

XIII.

Hiftory of Ruth.

161

Ruth ii. 19-23. and iii. 1.—And her mother-in-law

faid unto her, Where haft thou gleaned to-day? and

where wroughteft thou? bleffed be he that did take

knowledge of thee. And fhe fhewed her mother-in-law

with whom he had wrought, and faid, The man's

name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz. And

Naomi faid unto her daughter-in-law, Bleffed be he of

the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the liv-

ing and to the dead. And Naomi faid unto her, The

man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinfmen.

And Ruth, the Moabitefs, faid, He faid unto me alfo,

Thou