PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Deuteronomy
William Lindsay Alexander [1808-1884] · 519,671 words · 561 reading sections
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-5.-Tlie Ab1·ahamic covenant renewed. So solicitous was God for the well- being of Israel that, on critical epochs in their history, he reminds them of their pri,ileged condition. Three main thoughts arrest our attention- !. CovENANTED BLESSING SECURED. God has not stood out for …
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was not nfraid to draw near. Imperfect though he was, he displayed a rare spirit or self-sacrifice. "Pardon, I prny thee, this people! or else, blot out my name from thy book l" Hero was a vivid typo of Jesus. Ill. IluMAN 0DI,JOATION INCREAs1m. In the very nature of things, kindness on ths one side bcgets obligation o…
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u~c it to give force and emphasis to a falsehood. Whether in private converse, or In a cc>urt of justioe, we use God's Name to produce a stronger persuasion in others' minds, we contrnct fearful guilt if we use that sacred Name to bolster np a lio. (4) Wo take God's Name in vain whenever we use it needlessly, flippa…
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NATUilE SERVE AT TIMES AB THE FITTING ROBES OF DEITY. All natural objects are the projections in space of his creative voice. He spake and they appeared. He is still bchincl all phenomena-the only real substance. Since he is all-wise, the sole fount of knowledge, the true Hevealer of secrets, he is properly said to be …
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Vers. 1-33.-Reminiscences of Horeb. I. THE COVE~ANT. (Vere. 2, 3.) 1. Pro- posed by God (Exod. xix. 3-7). 2. Accepted by the people (Exod, xxiv. i). 3. Entailed obligations on subsequent generations (cf. eh. vi. 2). In this covenant, formally n,tified by sacrifice (Exod. xxiv. 6, 7), Israel (1) accepted Jehovah to bo i…
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Ver. 5.-Mediation. I. MEDIATION IN OENERAL. Mediation has a God-ward side and a man-ward side. 'l'he requirements of God's holiness-the needs of man's heart. I. On God's side, communion with sinners can only be maintained on terms wbicl1 uphold righteousness and law, anu do not derogate from the sanctity of the Divine …
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T" ers. 12-15.-The sabbath. •I. WHAT? The essential point in the institution is the sanctification to God of a seventh part of our time, of one day in seven. Which day of the seYen is observed is indifferent, rvit in the sense of being left to individual choice, but in respect of any inherent sanctity in one <lay above…
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Ver. 22.-Moral Law. I. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS A DISTINCT PART OF Goo's REVELATION. 1. They were spoken ,hy God's own voice from the midst of the fire ( ver. 24). 2. They only were thus promulgated; "he added no more." 3. They were written on tables of stone. 4. '!'hey were deposited in the ark of the covenant (E:xod. xxv…
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deliverer precedes Moses tho law;!iver; the Lord was first known as the fountain 0 f freedom, 1md then as the fountain of that Law within whose bounds freedom is to be realized. II. THIS LAW COVERS OUR RELATIONS BOTH TO Goo AND MAN. 1. The Laws re- lating to God. 'l'hese embrace the four which come first, i.e. (1) the…
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EXPOSITION. fathers hath promised thee a laud," eto., i.e. CHAPTER VI. a place in which thou mayest prosper and 'l"crs. 1-3.-Some connect this with what increase; the other, however, is the more ;cnes before, and take it as a sort of epilogue natural construction and rendering. 'l'Lere is, indeed, no preposition be…
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Inflnito One, who alone Is to be worshipped, head, the ohe.mber of thought 1md purpose: on whom 1111 clopencl, 1111d to whose command and they were to inscribe them on the poste 11 11 must yield obedience (cf. Zech. xiv. 9). of their honses, and on their gates. The Not only to polytheism, but to p11ntheism, purport of …
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beginning of wisdom nnd the fonndR1.ion of ' Ver. 19.-To out out, etc.: rBthor, to the pi<'ty; wh0rc it is in the hC'1trt it will leRd cnsting out of, etc. Tho in fin. here cxprc~ses to serl"ing of the Lord in holy obedience; the cnnying out of the t\Otion intimntcd in nnd the~· in whom it dwells will sweRr by the word…
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Is very decided, yet is far too little noticed. Selfishness is having regard to our own interests in dislinctionfrom those of others; self-love has rcgnrd to our own interests in harmony with those of others. 'l'he first is sinful; the second is lawful; yea, more, to fight ngninst our highest interests would be wrong. …
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Yers. 4---9.-Trutli and godliness to be perpetuated by means of home training. In this paragraph, the aged lawgiver rehearses the sum and substance of the Law he had rlelivered, and is showing what provision God had made in the structure of society for the maintenance and perpetuation of truth and godliness. It is e…
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to heal ~ho wounds, to dry the tears,. and_ obliterate the sins of a bleeding, weeping, guilt-stnmed wo~!cl I What a rev_elat10n 1s this to our race! Well might Mose~ bid Israel" hearken I For surely this one message to man, that there is a redeemin" God0 whom ho mELy call his own, is our gospel, our life, our joy, our…
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There, thC'ir delinrance woul<l he entire and e"mplcte. Ko longer would they he wandorers hither and thither, but would be occupants of II land that they would cnll tbeir own. Neither from the nation to which they were once in bondage, nor from those which they were callcf! on to supplant, would they fear anghtnny l…
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tho supreme nlTection of the heart to God, so that they may not provoke his jealousy (l'cr. Vi). 4. '!'hey nro to se_rve him b}'. constant obedience (ver. 18). By the constant rccoonitiun of these four duties, they will do much to guard themselves from yiel,Jincr to tho perils attendant on _their growing wealth and eas…
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II. Yo1JNG LIFE 1B BUITOSED TO BE AN INQUIRING LIFE. (Ver. 20.) It is not sup- posed !hl\t t.he children will lend themselves to either of two extremes: they will neither ·wildly tear up and obliterate" the old paths," nor will they wnlk in them heedlessly and without inquiry. 'l'he comse hero indicated is that whic…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-3.-" Obedience the encl of Law." All the machinery of law is abortive, unless obedience be the result. As a mother teaches her children, giving them "line upon line," frequent repetition and variation, so Moses patiently taught Israel. He was "faithful in all his house." I. SEE TH…
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Ycrs. 4-9.-Loue, the root-p,·inciple of obedience. Attention is summoned for the recqition of central truth, viz. the unity of the Godhead. At that period, this doctrine was in great peril. All the Orientals believed in "lords many and gods many." Science here confirms Scripture. The unity of design, running through…
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upon our foreheads. Our domestic affairs will be ordere,l by the Divine will. We shall writo his Word on the posts of our houses, Every home in which love dwells will bo n temple. Order, active piety, frugality, peace, mutual service, will be tho principles conspicuous in godly homes. And our municipal and political li…
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wi~d0111, nn<l who dnrc block it up? God lo'l'cs to hear honest inquiry. To nfford iustruct ion is the delight of the Divine Spirit, but what instruction will be vnlued if no spirit c,f inquiry is awake? Some questions which we ask can never be solved; they :uc beyond the range of the human mind. Some questions God wil…
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Vers. 4, 5.-The great commandment. I. THE GROUND OF IT. A just view of God. 'l'he view given in ver. 4 is a.s comprehensive as it is_ sublime. It embraces two parts mutually complementary. 1. God's absoluteness and unity-" Jehovah one." 2. God'.• personal relation to Israel,-" Your God." The two are combined : 3. In th…
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Yers. 10-16.-The creature displacing the Creator. I. THE PRONENESS OF THE HEART TO ADMIT THE WORLD INTO Goo'l:l PLACE. (Ver. 12.) The tendency is uni- Yersal. A result of the Fall, in subverting the original constitution of man's nature. That result twofold: 1. In giving to the worldly and sensuous principles in the…
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I. TIIB NATURE OF TFIIB BIN. The peculiarity of it deserves to be carefully studied. It is npt to ,be _taken for gra?ted that "temptin!$ God" means simply provoking him to nnger. This, however, IS a sense of tempting scarcely applicable to the Divine. God can be provoked to wrath, but he is not" tempted" thereby (Ja…
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Vers. 1-5.-The essence of the Decalogue is love. Moses here applies the Deoa- logue to their present circumstances. He wishes them to enter Canaan in an obedient ~pirit.. He knows that the well-being of the commonwealth depends upon it, 'l'o assist them in the understanding of the Law, he sums it up in one all-embra…
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EXPOSITION. scattered, for we find the Hivite in the CHAPTER VIL centre of Palestine (Gen. xxxiv. 2), in the ENT!nlll SEPARATION .FROM IDOLATROUS NA- Shephelah (Josh. ix. 7; xi. 19), in the land TIONS ENJOINED. of Mizpeh under Hennon (Josh. xi. 3), "in Lebanon, from mount Baal-herruon to the Vere. 1-4.-The Israeli…
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Ver. 6.--An holy people; n people conse- t:l'l~ ',.':!, to the front, before, in presence crntc>d to C'.o<l., to be holy ne he is holy (~f. Lev. ix. 5; Rrnd. xxiii. 17). The hnter (~f. Le,·. xi. 43-45; xix. 2; xx. 26; xxi. 6; of God should he repaid, so that the mnn eh. xxiii. 14). A special people unto him- shonld him…
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juico, however? w11s. tho.t f~om which win_e danger and trouble to the settler~ ; but w11s clicitod, tirosh 1s somet11nes used trop1- ultimately they shoulrl be utterly destroyed, clllly for wi:ne (bo.. !xii. 8; Hos. i~: 11), just ns corn 1s user! for bl'C(l(l (Ln.m. 11. 12; and with them all the objects and imple- Hos…
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ros~F.~Ri0N OF TIIE LA'l\'1>, 1. There was a great covenant promise which hnd been handed down to them from preceding generations, and which involved results which would be far-reaching both as to time and place, touching every family of mau, throuuh <'nry age of time. In a word, it was nothing less than the Divine cov…
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nntion or people in tho world depends on the degree to which they subscrvc ,;,,,!'~ purpose, nnd not on the extent to which they fulfil their own. Nations have hut a. passing loan of power from the Great ::-lupreme, held in trust for his honour and tbe world's good; nnd when they lose sight of that, they are grievou…
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Divine fa,·our? W c shall regard the actual history before our eye as at once II basis for, nnd an illustration of, our remarks. J. <i-OD RAD IN GREAT MERCY REMOVED JSRAEL FROM EGYPT, WIIICH WAS NOT ONLY 'l'HE SEAT OF l'OLITIOAL OPPRESSION, AND A REGION OF FOUL IDOLATRY, BU'l' ALRO A LOCUS AND FOCUS OF MANY PESTILENTI…
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of tho Lord, it maketh rich," is another. We may ignore neither, but should reverently admit and act on both. V. ON WHAT A FRAIL CONDITION, HOWEVER, WAS ISRAEL'S NATIONAL WEAL SUR- l'ENDED I "lf yo hearken to these judgments," etc. 'l'he laws were ri(7ht kinrl benevolent. 'l'he land was beautiful, fertile, healthful. …
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intcrc~t Rnd in~truction for onr everyday lifo as this, presenting to us, ns it docs, two distinct lines of thought. I. TrrE DIFFICULTIES OF LIFF, AS ANXIOUSLY DREADED DY us. "'l'hcso nations are more than I; how cnn I dispossess them?" 'l'heso Israelitos were not tho only people who lta,·e enst glances nhcad, nnd who…
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J~ncrland can scarcely conceive. What the history of our world wonld have been if thnt hotbed of Cancmnito corruption had continued, it would be difficult to ima!!'ine. Mrmy mothods woro open to Gorl by which he might arrest that pla~ue of vice; o~t of them all, his wisdom selected this, viz. to employ the Hebrews as h…
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Y crs. 12-26.-Reward in propo,tion to arduous service, The enterprise upon which the Jews were entering was one of prodigious difficulty. They had to contend at the same time with stalwart human foes, and with the internal foes of evil lust. Here was n splendid fielcl for eternal renown. In proportion to the difficulty…
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out as sappers aml minors to prepare Jehonb's. we.y. Let no insignificant helper be despised I lll. '!'urn LAR0!il REWARDS OF FAITHFUL BERVIOE. 1. The rewards were basecl on Divine equity. If we keep his precepts, he will lceep his covenant. A singular thread of equity runs through all God's dealings. History supplies…
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rclntion of God's servants to the evil of the world. 1. No tolcralion of it (M11tt. v. '.!!I, :10). 2. No communion with it (2 Cor. vi. 14-18), 3, Unceasing war ngninst It (2 Cor. x. 4; Col. iii. 5).--J. 0. Ycrs. 3, 4.-llfarriage in the Lord. This law, forbidding rnnrriages with tho un- ~odly, is one for all timo. The…
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Vera. 0, 10,-Lessons from history. I. A LESSON IN GoD's aoon:-r,;ss. In putlir,~ Israel into possession of the land of promise after so Ion; a period of iVaiting, and >it tho cost of so much miracle, God gave the nation an irrefragablc proof of bis covenant- kecpin:i; faithfulness. How many rlifliculties, to the hum…
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Ycrs. li-25.-God for ,ts. The numbers, strength, and fortified security of tho sewn nations made the conquest of Palostiue a task of diniculty, and might naturally produce a di,heartcning c-flect on the invaders. I. A !s"A1THAL FEAR. (Yer. 1 i.) Like disheartening feelings may assail ourselves in J rcscncc- of the …
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Vers. 1-5.-Extermination with a 'TMral purpo9e, When the Israelites were to cross into Canaan, they were directed to exterminate the seven nations they would find there. This is their commission. The invasion is to be conducted upon this principle. And here let us notice- ' • I. NaTIONS, LIKE INDIVIDUALS, MAY BECOME I…
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Moses tells them that, nnmericnlly, they were the fewest of all people. It wns not numNicnl strmgth, nor national ad,•antages of any kind, which induced God to select them. II. 'l'HEY WERE SELECTED DEOAUSE GOD CHOSE TO SET ms LOVE UPON TIIE~I. "The Lord did not set his lm·e upon you, nor choose you, because ye were mo…
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Vers. 11-26.-Canaan gradually won. The winning of the whole land seemed a "rcat task-too great for sense and sight. But the Divine programmes, though com- prehensive, are taken in detail. 'l'he Israelites are to win: the country little by little, and remove the people gradually. In this patient work they may expect the…
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iii. 4: Pa. xvii. 3; lxxxi. 7, etc.), as well ns by would imply impntience nncl diBtrnst of benefits (Exod. x,i. 4). Humbled so as to God, who hRs engRgod to suetnin the life sec hi• "wn wealniees, chastised out of all of his scrvnnts, nnd who oon, by the mcro sclf-conrcit by nffiiction, man ie brought to word of his m…
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ing or flowing; o.rnl the meo.ning hero vntod; the olive requirerl littlo cultivation ecc:ne tll be, "'fby foot rlid not get into R being o.lmost e. spontaneous !!fowth nnd bruised o.nd wounrlerl stnte "-which would forming one of the most valn;ble p;odnc- hnvo boon the cnee ho.rl their enndo.ls not tions of the countr…
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gf'\fnl <'f the hcnmtl'ous hand from "·hich them for the roet aud joy thnt in tho end Rll tl1Rt they enjoy hR.s come. AgRinst 1u-e to be theirs. thiB the people 1ue here ('fiulioned nnd Vera. 17, 18.-The ble~sing in store for wnrnl'd. them was God's free gift to them; nnd Yer. 15.-Who led thee through that great wh…
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meaning is: (1) That it is not from nature but from nature's God that snpplies corn~. (2) Thnt Goel is free to ndopt any course he pleases in providing foorl. IJoubtless thi~ is true. nut it is not the whole truth, nor do we deem it the truth here intended. We know that with these words our Saviour repelled one assault…
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Ycrs. 7-10.-The duty of thanlifulness for the bounty of God in n~ture. The people of Israel were being led by the Lord their God to o. land beautiful, luxuriant, lru1tful. (For an account of the productions of Palestine, of the fertility of its soil, and of the treasures hidden in its hills, see works by Kitto, Stanley…
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praise more intelligently, devouUy, and warmly. Israel might include some we should take in all, tho following considerations, to stimulate to intense thankfol~es~. I. We wero nothiag, had nothing, and yet we have all given to us" richly to enjoy." 2. \Vo aro sinful, and have forfeited thereby oven our natural claim. Y…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-6.-7'7,e moral uses of memory. 'l'he memory of man exerts a mighty influence over his history and his destiny. Minus memory, man wonld be altogethe1 another being. Remembrance of the past is a guide-post, or a beacon, for the future. The key-word of this passage is "all : " "nil…
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lnko in by ono gl11nco tho effect of the whole. So, amid the whirl and excitement of pnssing event~, wo do not cfocern t_ho dc~nilo purpose Go:l has in ~iew. Wo must get a binl'~-cyo view from 11 new olovnt1on. To re,luco tho pmle of mnn 8 heart, to persimdc him that God rules, nre lnudnhlo purposes of Divine len,lings…
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e. bridegroom brini:;R home his bride. 3. There mis evei·y 1Jai·icty of pi·ovision. This b<>tc>kenrd thoughtful foresight and tender l\ffection. No needed good hl\d been oYcrk>okrd. The beneficent CrcRtor had furnishcd, not only tho necessaries or life, but cwry luxury. \Yhat~ver could please the palate, or gratiCy a t…
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Vcrs. 2-G.-The uses of adversity. His a great matter when in any experience of life wo can read the Divine purpose in bringing us through it. The speaker in these verses unfolds the design and lessons of the wilderness discipline. Our Lord, in the temptation, found an application to himself (Matt. iv. 4). Every believe…
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,ers. 'i-10.-Tlze good land. I. A LAND OF GREAT NATURAL ADVANTAGES-a 11·ealthy possession. \Vood, water, metals, a fertile soil, good pasturage, honey in the clefts of the rocks, etc. (eh. xi. 11, 12; :xxxiii. 13-16, 19, 25). Dr. Dykes remarks on it as uniting, as no other does, the two indispensable conditions of c…
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Ver. 16.-Good at the latter end. I. GoD's DISCIPLINE OP us IS NOT WITHOUT ITS END. No man even, whose action has any meaning in it, but has an end in what he does. It may be alleged that God's action has regard to men only in the mass; that in that view of it his action has an end; but that a special purpose is not tra…
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EXPOSITION. on in triumph. The repetition of the Xe in CHAPTER IX. this verse is very emphatic. Consuming fire D1SSUASIVES FROM SELF•RIGHTEOUSNESS. (cf. eh. iv. 24). Q.uickly, or suddenly. There Vers. 1-6.-lsrael might acknowledge is no contradiction here of what is said in eh. that it was of God's free gift that t…
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:x i,·. l l ). Even at Horeb, where, amid Vere. 22-24.-Not only at Ho~b, but at 11H' mn.,t nlf<'cling mcinifestatfons alike of other plllces o.nd on other occRsiom, had 1h<' DiYinc majesty and the Dh•ine grnee, lsrncl provoked the Lord to wmth by their .i 11st aft<'r the Lord hnd spoken to them eontumncy. At Tabere.h,…
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Vers.1-3.-(See Homily on eh. iv. 23, 24.) Vers. 4, 5.-(See Homilies on eh. iii. 11; vii. 1-11.) Vers. 6-12.-.A six-weel~a• religion; or, emotional religiousness not vital godliness. The homiletic trea.tment of the incidents referred to in eh. ix. 1-x. 5, will require a careful comparison of these chapters with the …
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transient. emotion in religion, raising the hopes of anxious observers one day, only to _disnppoint them ere many days are over, and compelling ,the plaintive words, "lour goodness is like the morning cloud and the early dew, it goeth awo.yl" Aud, ma~-bc, the change is as inexplicable to themselves as it is dishearteni…
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not devotion. And on the other hrmd, let us take care not to fall into the opposite error. "Ah," say some, "see what comes of religious excitement. It is time there was II protest 11gninst it I" But we make no protest whatever against excitement, h1Lt 11 aninst mere excitement, which is a very di/Terent thing. Because …
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