PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Deuteronomy
William Lindsay Alexander [1808-1884] · 519,671 words · 561 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Deuteronomy — Section 61
And this reminds us of the most reasonable ofTers Gorl, in his gospel, makes to men. Ho nctH the friendly part, nnd if men take it in good faith, all is well. H. 'l'IIE IlEFUBAL OF TRI, HARD-HEARTED KING. (Ver. 30.) Sihon quite needlessly resolves to oppose their passage to Canaan. He likely had heard of or remember…
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h<'RP 11p). ,inst ns the n<'igl1boming district workmanship of a rncc cn,lowed with powers tn tbc cast nnd north-cast recei\·cd the nnme for exceeding those of ordi111ny men ; nnd '['mrhonilis (from 'Tpaxci,v, rongh, n1gged); give credibility to the supposition thnt wo m the Tnrgum, indee,1, T,·aclwnn (irn:nD) is ha…
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by the mn(her's side (his fot.hor wns of tho the rniddlo of tho ravine was to bo their tribe nf ,TudRh, l Chron. ii. 22), obtained boundary lino to tho south. On tho north. th<' Ar/!"nh rel!"ion unto-i.e. inclusiYe of (sec east tho Upper J,ibbok (Nahr Amm&11) was ,fosh. xiii. 1:i)-the territory of the Geshuri to he …
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mi~c<l land (Numb. xxvii. 15-17); for tho Ver. 2G.-The Lord w11e wroth, etc. (er. eh. comman,l to givo II clmrgo to Joshua, in I. 37; Numb. xx. 12; xxvii. 13, M). Let it suffice that ofiicc, follows immecliotoly, os port of either 'fhou thee: literally, F/Tlo11gh for thee! i.o. hast so.id enough; say no more, or God'…
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of romRnce about them: 1. The account of the king and his bedstead. 2. Tho rnco of {!i:rnts. 3. '111e sixty great cities and unwalled towns-a great many, nnd that within a 8pacc less ihlln that covered by some of our English counties. \Ve can q11ito imn"ino n superficial reader, specially if he., be one who has a keen …
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HOMILIES I3Y VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-20.-Self-propagati11g conquest. There is solid truth in the French pro- verb: "It is the first step that costs." An untried course makes large demands on a man's thought, self-watchfulness, and energy; but when habit is acquired, the machinery of the soul works with smooth facilit…
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Y crs. 21-29.-Prospect of death. In the full career of triumph, Moses has inward presentiment, and external announcement, that bis end was near. Nature has a greater repugnance to death when we are enveloped in the bright sunshine of prosperity. The contrast is more marked. Decay and disease are natural forerunners …
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Vers. 1-12.-The conquest of Og. Og, King of Basban, was II yet more formidable adversary than Sihon. We read with wonder of that extraordinary territory over which he ruled, the region of Argob, with its sixty cities built of black stone, hard as iron, and perched amidst the masses of basaltic rock, which are the chara…
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, er. 6.-The destruction of the populations. The difficulty is often urged of the numerous cases of the destruction or entire populations recorded in Scripture, and said to be commanded by God. It is a difficulty which all have felt, and which deserves remark. It is not questioned that, as a matter of policy, it was…
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Vers. 12-20.-Distribution of territory. I. CONQUERED TERRITORY IS NOT TO BE LEFT UNOCCUPIBD. This is a sound principle. Has a vice been conquered ?-replace it by a contrary virtue. Has a soul beeu converted ?-set it to Christian work. Has a new district or a portion of heathenism been won for Christ ?-plant it with Chr…
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Yers. 1-17.-The destruction of Og, King of Baslian. We have here an account of nnothcr conquest, for which the victory over Sihon, King of the Amoritcs, prepared the 1,eu1,le. Dasban was "called the land of the giants" (ver. 13), and Og, the king, was rna11ifc~tly the greatest of the giants-hence the particulars about …
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Vers. 21-29'.-Moses' longing to enter tlie promised land refused, The two conquests over Sihon and over Og had tilled Moses with a sense of God's matchless power. With a warrior's instiuct-for he had had a warrior's training, it is believed, in Egypt, in his youth-he saw in this first portion of the fight the assurance…
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EXPOSITION. dispensation, the Le.w has not been o.bolished. OHAPTER lV. Christ, as he himRelf decla!ed, came not to Vera. 1-4O.-ADMONITIONS AND EXBOB- destroy the Le.w and the prophets, but to tATIONS, Moses, having presented to the fulfil them (Matt. v. 17). The sin of the people certain facts in thei~ recent_ hlst…
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"·ns ohs,,r,·C'n at. PC'flr. Dnnl ( Ra 1, Ile'cl, that 1u1il, t·ir,11/,!01t8 8latuie8 and or,linan/Jel 1/rl. Lnrd) WI\S the common nnmo of tho like this whofe 1,ain ,rhich I am giving brfm·e fllJlT<'lllC ,!c-ity among the nortlwm or 1.ho you this day f (comp, eh. xxxiii. l!O; I's. i-cmi t i<'-spcaking people, the Cnnnn…
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,f'l'iplion of the mighty pillnr of llro that of ,J?hovah t?eir Gori, nor to o/Tcnd him 1,, J,1 11 1.i,,J on Blnni, anrl botokonerl the presence malong any image or representation of him ,,r him whoso symbol is fire. With dark- ns the object of worship. Among the hea- noes, olouds [cloud], and thick darkness; undernea…
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YN. 20.-lron fnrnaoe--fu1'111tcc for smelt- smclv is thnt he wo11ld do the snmc wl1on ing irnn: "figure of burning torment in he nirnounced lo ]\[osce tho dccrco thnt ho Egypt" (lforxheimcr). This ref'erence to should not cond11rt lernel into lho promised the smelting of iron shows that, though the Jnnd. " It is perfec…
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Now rncn will riso or fall nccording as the moral nntnre is cultured or nc,,lccted. j\Jl(l 'it i~ bccnuso tho Divine precepts constitnto a directory for our hic,hcst ~selves that they nro so invalnnblo to us. DouUlcss, to some extent, the Lnw of God is stiJi graven in the hearts aml consciences of men; anu if men were …
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Ycrs. 5-9.-Nationa7 g1·eatness deJ)endent on obedience to God. In theee vcrsce wo ba,~ a continuatio~ o_r the add_ross of Moses to the people. He had previously reminded them of mc1dcnts which had occurred. He hero points out to them tho a(h·antagcous position they arc privileged to occupy, and shows them how to mai…
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eays there is no God. And ·no nation which ignores the duty of loyalty to God will ever be great. But th?n in_the (3ook, as the worlu's gra.ndes~ moral t:xt-book, there are stat,1 tes, precepts, test1mon10s, Judgmcuts, for the regulat10n of life, both individ,ially and collectively. 'l'he appeal of vcr. 8 is still vali…
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lhrcnl![h !sane and Jncol1 and the twelve patriarchs. Now their descendants had brc<'mr_ nnmer~us enough to form a nation; as such they had been duly constituted, 11·1th tlm pcculrnr feature-they were to be God's nation. They had been freed by him, !hey were consecrated to him, and were being trained hy and for him.…
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redeemed out of a state of servitude into a state of sonship (ef. John viii, 34-36). ;1, They are redeemed to a. life of close/ellowship with Gort (c_f. eh. iv. 7; 1 John i. 1-3). '!'hoy nro at home Ill God. 4. 1 hey are redeemer/, to tins close fellowship with God that thereby they may become pure; and that in this l…
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toman(cf.Gon.iii.24; viii. 20; xv.17; Exod.iii.;xix.; Isa.iv.; xxxl.9). Now, whatc,·er may be the attribute of God here set forth under tho figure of fire, it, like nil G0d's attributes, must be twofold in its action in a siriful world. The action of fire js according to the object on which it acts. 1. There is a te…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-13.-The sacredness of the Divine Law. Law, being the utterance of righteousness, is unalterable as righteousness itself, permanent amid all the mutations of human affairs. Its requirements are statutes, stable as the everlasting hills. I. LAW IS THE VERITADLE VOICE OF GoD; the man…
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Vcrs. 1-28.-Tlie curse of idolatry. Idolatry is the general bias of fallen humanity, the perversion of an innate principle, the misgrowth of the religious instinct. Men ernrywhere "feel after God, if be.ply they may find him." Absolute atheism cannot long endure anywhere. If men reject a personal Deity, they invent an …
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Vers. 6-10.-.A nation's glory. I. A NATION POSSESSING Goo's WoRD IS SUPREMELY FA".o_URED. (Ver. 8.) Even to have such a Law as Israel possesse~ exalted her to a po~1t~on of unique greatness. The knowledge of the true God-light on the gr~at prmc1ples of conduct-equitable statutes-institutions adapted to promote m~ten…
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Vers. 16-20.-Warning against heathenish idolatry. J. THE ORIGIN 0ll' HEATHEN IDOLATRY. 'l'he result of a" corruption" (ver. 16). Not a ~tage in the advance up- wards from fetichism, etc.; but, as inquiries arc tending mor ➔ and more to show, the consequence: 1. Of a depravation of the idea of God. 2. Of a corruption of…
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Vers. 15-24.-The Divine jealou.~y of graven images. The great temptation of Israel was to idolatry. Images were worshipped by all those nations among whom they came, and they were in constant danger of conforming to the sinful practice. Hence this warning and statement about the Divine jealousy. Let us observe- !. THA…
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EXPOSITION. Vere. 25-31.-Moses enforces the wo.m- of number, I.e. that may be countecl; few as ir,g ngoiust iclolotry, by predicting the evil compared with the heathen among whom tho.t should come upon the no.tion through they should be dispersed (Gen. xxxiv. 30). Shall lead you. The verb here (;;:i,, Piel of the a.p…
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goL>d, '1"ivi11g fu him thnt. honour whioh is are past, etc., i.e. inquire from the cnrliest his dnr. end doing his ·will from the he1trt time of mnn's nhode on the earth. From the (c-f. 2 C'hron. xv. 15). Wl1cm men h1t,·o one aide of heaven unto the ·other; eenrch tho npnsinlizerl from God, it is oft.en by me1tns reco…
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mightier than they, thoroforo were they to and comm:inclmcnts, o.nr\ ho.r\ represented conaicler in their heart and ncknowlerlge their conquest of the territory of Sihon o.nd thnt Jehovah nlono is God, o.nd thnt in the Og as o.n earnest of their ultimate pos- wido univorse thoro is no other. The apodosis in this senten…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 23-32.-National backsliding. The history of the Jews is an unanswerable argument in favour of the truth of prophecy and the reality of Divine revelation. 'l'he singularity of that history is such as can only be fully accounted for on the idea of a super• natural Providence interestin…
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Ycrs. 29-4O.-The mercy of God. The knowledge of his own deceitful heart and his obscrration of others' waywardness, convinced Moses that, in spite of all wa;nina and nppeal, the people might yet wander into evil ways. But Moses had also such ~ comprehensi'l'c vision of God's mercy, that he foreRaw that there would be …
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IV. Tms MERCY 19 BEOUREO TO MEN BY COVENANT, A covenant is a compact or treaty n1[11lo between two persons, and which is intended for the advanto.ge of all parties in~ tcrcsted. But it is a pure net of condescension, when God undertakes to bind himself in solomn engagements with his feeble and fallen creatures. This gr…
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I. GoD's HIGH REGARD FOR RUMAN LIFE. This Divine thoughtfulness for men is impressive. Not a life was to be wantonly wasted. Human lifo, it is plain, wns connu-d inferior in value to the interests of public justice; but it was to be sacredly protected against private revenge. This humane provision was all the more r…
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Vers. 32-40.-The deliverance qf the l,ord's people unparalleled. Moses would have the Israelites to regard God's deliverance of them from Egypt as a matter for the most grateful admiration. There had been nothing like it Rince the beginning of the world. There was direct and immediate communion with God; there was d…
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Vcrs. 44-49.-The circumstances under which tlte Law was reiterated. These verses are manifestly introduct.ory to th~ discourse of the succeeding chapters. Moses is about to declare the "testimonies" ( n,_pr), what comes forth from God to indicate bis will; and the" ~tatutes" ( 0 ·p.~iJ), the defined duties of moral obl…
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mu~I olnim lsl'llol RB loyal and foithrul; t,hy atantly remincle,1 thRt "they were thereby GnrJ •· (Sohrnoder). freed from tho dominion of tho world to be Ycrs. 7-21.-Repelt'.lion of the ten com- n peculiar possession or J chovnh, and ao mnnrJme,it". On these, as tho basis of tho amid the toil nnd trouble of the wor…
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einunt" (Tacit., 'Hist.,' v. 5). It appeara (Ewald, 'Antiquities of Israel,' p. 102). In that by many of them at least, the com- the sabbath institute, therefore, lies the basis mo.ndment was rego.rded ne prohibiting of spiritual worahip and pio118 service in nbsolutely the gruphio nnd plnstic arts Israel. (Philo 'Quie…
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HOMILETICS. 1 er. 6.-Tht Divine Law based on a divinely revealed relations11ip. u I am the Lord thy God," etc. 'l'his little word thy, in this connection, gives us the basis on which the Law was set. Of the event called "the giving of the Law," we feel the thrill even now. That Law has in it four features, correspondi…
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NO sucn D1mw I Gotl is rcbtcd to all the creatures he has made. Hence our know- lcrlgo of him is not unreal, because it is relative; but real, because in knowin(J' God's relations to us, wo, so for, know him as he is. God was Israel's Re,leemer. lfe had redeomerl thorn that they might be his. He would have the entire l…
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world of R newly formed nation receiving at once, and from one legislator, n complete codo of laws for the direction of their whole future life." They are, in outline, the Old Testa- ment rcvelat.ion of God's will. If any one would wish n clear statement of Old ·1'estament morality, he shonld be referred to these sa…
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H wBB the lBw for each one's life. It was the rule for all. In their le,.,isla.tion, the supremo feBture _was. to be the na.tiona.~ recognition_ of Gorl. And even no~, yea, ever, 80 far ns thu leg1slatJon of any people 1s based on nghteousness, so far as that le<1islation recognizes the rights of the Great Supreme, so …
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The forms C1f Egyptian worship, the names of Pasht, Osiri~, etc., must be done e.we.y ,,-itb. _Nc, representation of the object of_ worship was to he allowed, However much men might. have pleaded that sense was an aid to faith the stern "Thou shalt not" percmpto1ily barred the way. We know the reason why, ~s they in th…
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m11rkings, Rnd waving of the body Rt the word" Jesus," there is, at least in appearance, I\ taking for gmnted thllt bodily postures arc spiritual attitudes. (3) God would have man lifted up to n higher level by the worship of him. But the sorry record in history of the breaches of the second law shows us four transitio…
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tnking in R court of justice. "'e cherish nll respect for thoso who so regnnl them, but we cann0t 'l"icw them in this light, for the following rca,sons: (1) Tho occnslon on which our Lord uses the words seems to refer rather to habits in private life. (2) Christ and his apostles solemnly appenled to Heaven. (3) In H…
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without devotion in the soul (Ezek. xxxiii. 30, 31; Isa. xxix. 13). Oh, the number of times we lrnvo been on our knees and have used the Name of God in" indolent vacuity of thought" 1 "Who is able lo stancl before this holy Lord God?" 8. We may break thiB commandment by vowing unto God, and then not fulfilling the vow.…
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Rnyt.hing out of hRrmony with this benign command to rest (seo Exod. xvi. 29; xxi\l, 9-13; xxxi. 13; xxxiv. 21; xxxv. 1-3; Lev, xix. 3, 30; xxxiii. 3; xxvi, 2; Numb, xv. 32-36). Of such importance to the good of the people was their rest dny, thnt if a man alfompted to turn it into a day of common work, he wns to be …
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Jct us talce tho rost grntefulJy. 2. As citizens, we have a trust to guard for our felJow- countrymcn. Legislation can never dired a man how to spend his rest-day, but it may ,lo something to guard it for him. While we use the rest wisely, so that it makes u~ not only brisker animals, but holier men, let us also give o…
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t0 tl,<'m is another ·way of honouring them, i.e. by living so that they can fool proud 0r what t.h<'ir children are, quite apart from what they do. If n father can say, "My son nr,·cr gave me an uneasy thought about him," that is such a test.imony ns a son might well wish him to be able to bear. 5. Ily guarding ver…
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walls, Men learn to command well by first obeying well, Even Christ's own prepam- tion for active service was fo110d in filial obedience at home; and be is not only our perfect example, who shows us what to do, he is also our omnipotent Saviour, who will givo us stren!':th to do it, Be it ours to repent not only of sin…
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t.hat indifference in our life to the po'll·er of example which would put a stumbling-block or nn 0cca~1on to fall in a brother's way (see Matt. xviii. 1-3; Uom. xiv. 6). If by careless Ii Ying we "destroy" him for whom Christ died, we nre breakers of this law. fi. I ( forbids dislike and hntred to our brother, and als…
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Ver. 18.-Tlie seuenth commandment. .T/:~ religion _of the_body._ In the second part of tho Decalogue there are stern proh1b1t10ns against sm, without any positive indication of the opposite virtue. Nor is there a hint of how to attain such a Jifo as shall make an offence against the commandments impossible, so that unl…
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where the Di..-ine idea of marriage is carried out, the purely natural side of it will be b~- Jl(l means the only one or c,·rn the highest (see Matthew Henry's touchin" wordo nn the creation of woman, and also Kalisch's most admirable remarks in !~is com- mentary on Exod. xx. 14, on the position of woman under the H…
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Ver. 19.-The eiglith commandment. The rtli_qion of the hrmd. There i.~ m11ch lo be ~!\id in favour of tho proposition that utility is the foundation of virtue; an,! provided thl\t tho sentence bo well cleared up and guarded from abuse, and provided also that the word" t1tility" be lifled up to its highest, and spread o…
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III. T,m TEACilING OF THE NEW TESTAME'NT IS STILL MORE EXPLICIT. (Sec Acts llll, 35; 1 C0r. x. 24 ; Phil. ii. 4, 5; and specially Eph. iv. 28.) The words of our blcssml Lord linger('d in the apostles' ears as the strains of a lovely song. His life too seemed to say," lie ever ready to gil"e up what is your own, if ther…
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Ver. 20.-The ninth commandment. The religion of the tongue. This command gives us a precept touching our words. Inasmuch, however, as it is here given to us in barest, briefest, most elementary form, it woul<l not be well if in the homiletic treat- ment of it we did not place side by side therewith the varied Scripture…
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Yni-ianrc 1Yi th the decisions of the will, life would soon he intolerable, and must ere long cn111e to Rn end. Even so, we cannot tamper with the law of truth in speech wit.hottt doing our part towards poisoning the currents of thought, feeling, and action which tJ,,1Y through society, and 80 far as we bear false wit…
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ehnlt not covet," "As it was given," said an earnest preacher, in the winter of lBi0 "in the first instance to a nation, it is natural to consider some of the ways in which ~ nntion mny violate it. 'fhe history of the world is stained and darkened by the crimes to which nations have been driven by the spirit of covetou…
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xii. 28: Heh. xiii. 5). (4) Nor is the clement of holy warning wanting (1 Cor. x. 1-G, 12). 2. It shows us a sphere in which the nntural ambition may have lecritiinato play without degenerating into lust. For, it may be urged," If we had no deirlro nfter the improvement of our condition, we should do away with rnterpri…
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and who umlortook tbo stu<ly of the Old Testament with a view of satisfying himself ns to tho validity of its claims to be an inspired writing. When he came to the Decalogue, nnd bad given it an attentive perusal, lost in admiration of its superhuman perfection, he exclaimed, " Where did Moses get that Law 1" He applie…
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