...cause those that love me to inherit substance ; and I will fill their treasures. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was." The learned, the wise, and the good, refer all these passages to...

...or Son, in the beginning of hi* way, before his ivorks oj old. 1 was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was ; before the...were settled ; before the hills was I brought forth. Where they suppose that God's possessing him, which is certainly to be taken in a different sense from...

...viii. 22, 23, 25. The Lord possessed me, speaking of his eternal Word, or Son, in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth iva.i ; before the mountains were nettled ; before the hills was I brought...

...When there were no depths I was brought forth ; and when there were no fountains abounding with water; before the mountains were settled; before the hills was I brought forth. Then was I by him as one brought up with him ; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before...

...spoken of as ancient, eternal, and unalterable rules and maxims, ver. 22 — 26. " The Lord possessed yno x x xIU x ySnTn l9y:y p p v y v ] ] ysx v q y y y y y L%y s Y z zNo y y u r H yRl f r=s j beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth — While as yet he...

...applied to Christ both by Matt/iew and John. The§ LOrd possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was, — then I was by him as one brought up with htm: and I was daily...

...When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the...

...When there were no depths I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled; before the hills, was I brought forth : while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world....

...earth and the v<>rl<!, even from everlasting." So it is said, Prov. viii. 22, &c. " The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was," &c. | 10. That the kingdom of the Messiah is so commonly called...

...passage in Proverbs, chap. viii. 30. where Divine wisdom is introduced, saying, The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way before his works of old : I was set up from everlasting, or ever the earth •was, &c. And the word was God. " It is observable," says Dr. Macknight, " that...