day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cup-bearer. Jer. xxxv, 5. And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 1 Cor. xi, 25-27. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Isa. li, 17. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury: thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. Jer. xvi, 7. Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourn ing, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. Jer. xxv, 15, 17, 28. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me, Take the wine-cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink. Jer. xlix, 12. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, they whose judg ment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night: and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. Ezek. xxiii, 31-33. Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; Exod. xxxii, 6. And they rose therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. Thus saith the Lord up early on the morrow, and offer. Gop, Thou shalt drink of thy sis-ed burnt-offerings, and brought ter's cup deep and large: thou peace-offerings: and the people shalt be laughed to scorn and had sat down to eat and to drink, and in derision; it containeth much. rose up to play. Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. Hab. ii, 16. Thou are filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. Mark vii, 4. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels and of tables. Mark x, 38, 39. But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? And they say unto him, And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized. We can. Exod. xxxiv, 28. And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread nor drink water and He wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 2 Sam. xi, 11. And Uriah sald and Judah, abide in tents; and my unto David, The ark, and Israel lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As thon livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 2 Sam. xix, 35. I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil can thy servant taste what I est or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing-women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 1 Kings 1, 25. For he is gone down this day, and hath slain drink of the wine of the wrath of abundance, and hath called all the Rev. xiv, 10. The same shall oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in God, which is poured out without king's sons, and the captains of the mixture into the cup of his indig-host, and Abiathar the priest; and nation; and he shall be tormented behold, they eat and drink before with fire and brimstone in the him, and say, God save king Adopresence of the holy angels, and nijah. in the presence of the Lamb. Rev. xvi, 19. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Rev. xvii, 4. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarletcolour, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication. Rev. xviii, 6. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double, according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double. HENCE TO EAT AND DRINK, said unto Ahab, Get thee up, cat 1 Kings xviil, 41. And Elsh and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 2 Kings vil, 8. And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold. and raiment, and went and hid it: and came again, and entered in another tent, and carried thenc also, and went and hid it. and drink before the LORD on that 1 Chron. xxix, 22. And did ent day with great gladness, and ther made Solomon the son of Davi king the second time, and anointe him unto the LORD to be the clus governor, and Zadok to be priest. 2 Chron. xxvill, 15. And the men, which were expressed by name, rose up, and took the cap Gen. xxiv, 54. And they did eat tives, and with the spoil clothed TO TAKE A MEAL. all that were naked among them, I shall I say to you? shall I praise and arrayed them, and shod them, you in this? I praise you not. and gave them to eat and to Neh. vill, 10. Then he said unto , Go your way, eat the fat, d drink the sweet, and send tions unto them for whom thing is prepared: for this day is y unto our Lord: neither be ye cy for the joy of the LORD is strength. Ether iv, 16. Go, gather together the Jews that are present in shan, and fast ye for me, and at nor drink three days, gher day. 14 And his sons went and aded in their houses, every one say, and sent and called for Jer three sisters, to eat and to with them. Jr., 15. Shalt thou reign, as thou closest thyself in der Did not thy father eat and and do judgment and , and then it was well with Advil, 6. And when ye did when ye did drink, did eat for yourselves, and faktor yourselvest ri, 25. Therefore I say Take no thought for We what ye shall eat, or htye shall drink; nor yet for ody, what ye shall put on. the life more than meat, Ibe body than raiment? alexii, 19, 45. And I will say sy sal, Soul, thou hast much dataid up for many years; take se, eat, drink, and be But and if that servant his heart, My lord delaycoming, and shall begin Bas the men-servants and and to eat and drink, be drunken. xvii, 8, 27. And will not say unto bim, Make ready eith I may sup, and gird and serve me, till I have ad drunken; and afterward i shalt eat and drink. They nt, they drank, they married they were given in marritil the day that Noe ento the ark, and the flood and destroyed them all. xxii, 30. That ye may eat nk at my table in my kingand sit on thrones, judging twelve tribes of Israel. for. ix, 4. Have we not power and to drink? Cor. xi, 22. What! have ye not to eat and to drink in? or eye the church of God, and them that have not? What WATER THE COMMON BEVERAGE. Gen. xxiv, 43. Behold, I stand by the well of water, and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink. Exod. vii, 21, 24. And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. Exod. xv, 23. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. Exod. xvii, 6. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses Israel. did so in the sight of the elders of Num. xx, 5, 17. And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomewater to drink. Let us pass, I granates; neither is there any pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, of the wells; we will go by the neither will we drink of the water king's high-way, we will not turn until we have passed thy borders. to the right hand, nor to the left, Deut. 11, 6. Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 1 Kings xvii, 10. So he arose, and went to Zarephath: and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks; and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 2 Kings iii, 17. For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. Jonah ill, 7. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh, (by the decree of the king and his nobles,) saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water. John iv, 7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 2 Kings xviii, 31. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agree ment with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat yo every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern. Job xxii, 7. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. Prov. v, 15. Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Jer. ix, 15. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. Mark ix, 41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. WINE ALSO SOMETIMES DRUNK. Gen. xix, 32-35. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may they made their father drink wine preserve seed of our father. And that night; and the first-born went perceived not when she lay down, in, and lay with her father, and he And it came nor when she arose. to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, father: let us make him drink Behold, I lay yesternight with my wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Gen. xliii. 34. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.. Num. vi, 20. And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. Deut. xxvill, 39. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms shall eat them. Neh. i, 1. And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. Cant. viii, 2. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. Isa. v, 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink. Isa. xxiv, 9. They shall not drink wine with a song, strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. Ezek. xliv, 21. Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court. Esther 1, 8. And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his Joel iii, 3. And they have cast house, that they should do accord-lots for my people; and have given ing to every man's pleasure. a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. Jer. xxxv, 2, 6. Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever. Mark xv, 23. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. Luke v, 37-39. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also, having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better. John ii, 3. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Num. vi, 3. He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinega of wine, or vinegar or strong drink neither shall he drink any liquo of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, dried." beware, I pray thee, and drink n Judges xiii, 4. Now therefor wine nor strong drink, and eat no any unclean thing. in the sight of the Lord, and sha Luke i, 15. For he shall be gres drink neither wine nor stron drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from M mother's womb. Isa. xxix, 9. Stay yourselve! and wonder; cry ye out, and ery they are drunken, but not wit wine; they stagger, but not wil strong drink. WEAK WINE CALLED VINI GAR, SOMETIMES USED. Ps. Ixix, 21. They gave me ale thirst they gave me vinegar t gall for my meat; and in m drink. him vinegar to drink mingled wit Matt. xxvil, 34, 48. They g gall: and when he had tastes thereof, he would not drink. As straightway one of them ran, ar took a spunge, and filled it wit vinegar, and put it on a reed, s gave him to drink. ON THESE ACCOUNTS, COR AND WINE ARE OFTEN AS SOCIATED, AS THE MEANS OF SUSTENANCE. Gen. xxvii, 28, 37. Theref God give thee of the dew of he ven, and the fatness of the eart and plenty of corn and wine. At Isaac answered and said or Esau, Behold, I have made b thy lord, and all his brethren hav I given to him for servants, at with corn and wine have 1tained him: and what shall I now unto thee, my son: Deut. xvi, 13. Thou shalt serve the feast of tabernacles sev days, after that thou hast gathe ed in thy corn and thy wine. Deut. xxxiii, 28. Israel then shal vel in safety alone: the fountain Jacob shall be upon a land of rn and wine; also his heavens drop down dew. iv, 7. Thou hast put gladin my heart, more than in 1- time that their corn and their increased. Be vii, 14. And they have not ridanto me with their heart, en they howled upon their they assemble themselves *m and wine, and they rebel bust me. Ath ix, 17. For how great is dess, and how great is his * Corn shall make the cheerful, and new wine ND CORN, WINE, AND OIL, OLIVE FRUIT, ARE ALSO STEN PUT TOGETHER, RERESENTING THE PRODUCE THE FIELD, VINEYARD, AND ORCHARD. T. vii. 13. And he will love bless thee, and multiply abe will also bless the fruit of ", and the fruit of thy ay corn, and thy wine, and the increase of thy kine, ficks of thy sheep, in the h he sware unto thy give thee. 17. Thou mayest not athy gates the tithe of thy of thy wine, or of thy oil, firstlings of thy herds, or of , nor any of thy vows fon vowest, nor thy freeferings, or heave offering of he band xvili, 4. The first-fruit also corn, of thy wine, and of and the first of the fleece deep shalt thou give him. xxviii, 51. And he shall fruit of thy cattle, and the thy land, until thou be dewhich also shall not leave ther corn, wine, or oil, or crease of thy kine, or flocks until he have de sheep, gut thee. Kinga xviii, 32. Until I come e you away to a land like land, a land of corn and sland of bread and vinea land of oil-olive and of that ye may live, and not and hearken not unto Heze A when he persuadeth you, The LORD will deliver us. . xxxil, 28. Storehouses the increase of corn, and and oil and stalls for all Er of beasts, and cotes for v, 11. Restore, I pray you, , even this day, their lands, vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hun-I Neh. x, 39. For the children of Hosea ii, 8, 22. For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. Haggai i, 11. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the upon the oil, and upon that which corn, and upon the new wine, and the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. SOBRIETY. Eph. v, 18. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. Titus ii, 3. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things. EVILS OF DRUNKENNESS. Deut.xxix,19-21. And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will not spare him; but then the anger of the LORD, and his jealousy, shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the LORD shall separate him unto hath woe? who hath sorrow? who bling? who hath wounds without hath contentions? who hath bab have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. Isa. xxviii, 1, 3. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet. Joel i, 5. Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. Nahum 1, 10. For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 1 Cor. vi, 10. Know ye not that drunkards, nor revilers, nor exno thieves, nor covetous, nor tortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. UNJUST IMPUTATIONS. 1 Sam.1,12-16. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said, No my lord; I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial; for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. said, These men are full of new Acts ii, 13-15. Others mocking, wine. with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as yo suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But Peter, standing up THE RECHABITES. house of the Rechabites, and Jer. xxxv, 2-8. Go unto the speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazamah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaselah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father com manded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters. 2 Sam. xl,13. And when David had called him, [Uriah] he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 1 Kings xx, 12, 16. And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, (as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions,) that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array: and they set themselves in array against the city. And they went out at noon: but Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury, thou shalt no more drink it again. down the people in mine anger, Isa. Ixiii, 6. And I will tread and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. Jer. xxv, 26, 27. And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. Jer. xlvill, 26. Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. Jer. 11, 7, 57. Babylon hath been that made all the earth drunken: a golden cup in the LORD's hand, the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts. Ezek. xxiil, 31-33. Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. Thus saith the Lord Gop; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. Obadiah 16. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. Nahum iil, 11. Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. ALLUSIONS TO PRECEDING FOOD TAKEN AT STATED SECTIONS. Isa. II, 21, 22. Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Thus TIMES. Ruth il, 14. And Boaz said unto her, At meal-time come thou hither and eat. DINNER. Gen. xliii, 16. And when Joseph to the ruler of his house, Bring saw Benjamin with them, he said these men home, and slay, and make ready: for these men shall dine with me at noon. forth other servants, saying, Tell Matth. xxii, 4. Again, he sent them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Luke x1, 87. And as he spake, s certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in and sat down to meat. SUPPER. lent day was come, that Herod of Mark vi, 21. And when a conven his birthday made a supper to h lords, high captains, and chie estates of Galilee. Luke xiv, 16, 17. Then said unto him, Á certain man made! great supper, and bade many And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that wer bidden, Come; for all things at now ready. him a supper; and Martha serve John xii, 2. There they mad but Lazarus was one of them tha sat at the table with him. the door, and knock: if any mal Rev. iii, 20. Behold, I stand hear my voice, and open the doc I will come in to him, and will s with him, and he with me. Rev. xix, 9, 17. And he saith und me, Write, Blessed are they wild are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he sail unto me, These are the true say ings of God. And I saw an ange standing in the sun: and he cris with a loud voice, saying to all fowls that fly in the midst of hea ven, Come and gather yourselve together unto the supper of the great God. POSTURES AND CUSTOMS. Exod. xxxii, 6..... The peopl sat down to eat and drink.... Judges 1, 7. And Adoni-bazal said, Threescore and ten kings having their thumbs and thed great toes cut off, gathered the meat under my table...... Ruth ii, 14. And Boaz said ungo Ruth, At meal-time come th hither,. . . . and dip thy mors in the vinegar... 1 Sam. xx, 5. And David unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new-moon, and I shou not fail to sit with the king si meat..... |
