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The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Samuel
Robert Payne Smith [1818-1895] · 562,410 words · 620 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Samuel — Section 601
accomplishment; the Divine wisdom and might with which it was imbued (vers. 16, 26). "The three elements which enter into the true conception of a prophet are revelation, inspiration, and utterance; for the prophet is the inspired medium of truth to other mind8, Revelation, the inner disclosure of the Divine thought…
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treated him and hiR message (Ezek. xxxiii. 30-33), and the effect produced in their lives. Hie return takes pince in private communion with God on earth, and at" the end of his life" (lleb. xiii. 7), "What answer," etc.? II. TnE REBPONBIBILITY OF THE HEARER of the Word. 1. He receives through the prencher n message fr…
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con8idered his frame, and what he could be~t bear" (Matthew Henry), 4. And it caused him. great dis~!; all the greM.er because he was required, not merely to submit passively to chastisement, but to choose the form thereof, and thus mii.ke it In some eense, his own. "All chastening 11eemeth for the present to be not…
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But doubtless, ordinarily, it depends on RUch causes; the crowding together of great numbers of people, the accumulation of filth, the state of the atmosphere, the suscepti- bilities of the persons affected by it. "The peculiar source of the thought that e numbering of the people brought mischief lies probably in the e…
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but exercises of holin81!11. We undel'!ltand their moaning. Thoy Al'tl messages sent to us by God, to exflore our hearts, to sound the depth of our love to him, and to fathom our faith in God (Cyprian, 'De Mort&litate '), 6. Presenting a terrible picture of the evil of sin, by exhibiting, not only the natural consequen…
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cares of this life (Luke x:d. 34; Matt. vii. 14). 4. They whose eyes are opened are naturally impelled to seek the salva.tion of themselves and others, and are under the obligation of doing so (Jude 22, 23). "Take a censer," etc.; "and he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed "(Numb. xvi. …
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of the Cane.anitish tribe whose fortresa wa.s t.ilken nearly thirty years beFore (eh. v. 6). "He was not slain by David in the siege of Jerusalem, because of the good will ho bore to tbe HebreWB, and a pa.rticul&r benignity and affection whloh be bad to the king himself" (Josephus) ; with whom, durin!? his exile, he …
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fold mercies (ver, 14), above all;the unspeakable Gift of hie only Son (Rom. viii. 32; xii. 1). 3, Ea;pressive of a right feeling toward God. Reverence, gratitude, love, self- oonsecmtion, holy zeal (John xii. 3). "Everything depends on the predominant principle and purpose. If a man's prime feeling be that of self, he…
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~- The chief int.erest for us of this altar (as of every other) ari~ee from the f&ct th&t it wl\s not merely symbolic of spiritual truth, but &lso typical of ite embodiment in Christ-the Alt.ar (as well aa the Offering &nd the Offerer), the.new and only true (Hob, vii. 2), perfect, effectual, central, universal, &nd e…
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0oNOLU8ION, 1. "Jeeue Christie the Object of the two Testaments: of the Old, itR expectancy; of the New, its model; of both, the centre" (Pascal). As in every part of the country there is a way which leads to the metropolis, so in every part of Scripture there is a we.y which lee.de to Christ. 2. The method of human sa…
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'l'be Prophet G1Mi was eent to him, not to assure him of :pa.rdon, but to offer him a ohoice of punishments (vers. 12, 13). He chose pestilence, as being more immediately from "the hand of the Lord," whose "merciClll are great." Accordingly, a tcmible plague foll on the people, destroying eeventy thousand men in less, …
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things?" (2 Cor, ii. 16). (3) Oare as to what they teach. That it may bo the very mosS11go of God. "Preach the preaching that I bid thee" (Jonah iii. 2). (4) Care as to the spirit and aim of their teaching. Not to exl\lt or enrich themselves, or merely ploaso men, but to glorify God and promote the salvation of their h…
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men springs from ignorance Rnd folly. When they mean well, they often do IJl through not knowing the Actual state of the affairs with which they are called to deal not taking the trouble, perhaps, to ascertain it; or, when they know it., not under~ standing how to treat it. But the Divine knowledge and wisdom are pe…
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acceptance of the king and his offerings meant deliverance for the nation, Araunab included, from the ravnges of the peAtilence. The sincerity of his wish was proved by the eubste.ntie.l offers with which it we.s e.ccompanied. T. THE BLESSING DESIRED. Aro.unah referred to the favourable reception by God of David's …
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II. GRATITUDE To Gon. For his greP.t and manifold gifts to us, e8pecle.lly the.t of hia Son, with all the unspeake.hle blessings which come to us with and through him, If duly sPnsible of whe.t we he.ve received from God, we sbe.U be eager to make him such ret.um, poor thoup:h it is, as ie possible to us, a.nd she.l…
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Yer. 25.-Ejficacio'l/,/I sacrifices. These sacrifices of David illustrate the nature and purpose of such offerings under the Law. David acted in obedience to a message from God (ver. 18). He did not offer sacrifices in order to ren/ler God merciful; it was the mercy of God which originated them. It was because he would…
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of men. 3. The moral sig,iifica,nce of the sacri,fi~ of Ghrist is immea.,urably g1·eater than of tlie o_(fering of any number of animal sacrifices. As a. revelation of God and man, of holiness and sin, of the Divine hatred to ein and love to sinners, of the beauty and glory of self-sacrifice, et-0., it is altogether…
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of men. 3. The moral significance of the sacri,fice of Ghrist is immeasurably greater than of the o,(fering of any number ef animal sacri(icu. As a. revelation of God and man, of holiness and sin, of the Divine hatred to sin and love to sinners, of the boouty and glory of self-sacrifice, et-0., it is altogether uniq…
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T~ P.lft'K TRII.HII PAOB DeRth of a Grellt Man 96 The Ark brought out of Deep Ob- A Weak King 97 scurity 162 SUJ'C Retribution ... 98 The Ark upheld with Irreverent HRnds ... 161 The Ark regarded with a Fearful CHAPTER IV. Hel\rt ... 165 Worldly Blindnesa ihe Parent of Sorrow The Ark received with a Right Spiri…
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CHAPTER XIV. 'l'1rR1nO PA.OR 'Mrllllll PAGII David's Ese&po acroes the Jordnn 420 Astuteness in Human Aff'Rira 848 'l'he Suicide of Miithophel ... 480 Means to bring back the BRnished 349 Hospitality 432 Imperrect Reconciliation ... 852 Suicide· ... 483 The Woman of Tekoa.h 854 Supplies for the King's Army ... 484 "As …
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