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The Pulpit Commentary — Exodus — Volume 2
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 360,812 words · 378 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Exodus — Volume 2 — Section 121
was this contrast between Sinai and 8ion within Israel itRelj. Sinai anrl Sion wcr~, so lo speak, the two poles round which the whole national and religious life of Israel revolved. As Sino.i, the mountain of the law, represent• their position under law, so the grace element in their economy comes to light in Mount …
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the Church cnt.holic, spiril,uRl, invisible. "The whole family in heaven and earth"- " one Clmrch, above, below." But why cRlled "first-born"? "They are partakers with Chri~t. in all the privileges of thRt right of primogeniture, which properly and essentially helongs to him alone." (Candlish.) The t.rnth figured he…
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Ver. 19.-0nly a voice. 'l'he people were expecting a revelation-a v1s1on of the hitherto unseen Jehovah-it came, but not as they expected; no vision, only a voic~ (cf. Deut. iv. 12). The fact was the law was not a final, only a preparatory revelati,,n; it is related to the Gospel as John Baptist was related to Christ. …
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 21-25.-Th.e furll,~ ,~11rning to tlui e.ne.chronism. But every nation in ancient peopk and the pr;e,t•. It is very remarkable times had priests, appointed on one princi plo t.hat, after all the direct.ion• gi,·en (vers. 10- or another : e.nd the Levitical priesthood must 13). e.nd a.II the pa.ins …
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co•mtrios, assumod to stand on a completely rlifferont footing; from the rest of the CQm- munity in respect of nenrness, e.nd acceptability to God. Anti both under the Jewish and the Christian dispenslltion, there has been in difterent times anrl oountries a vast amount of sacerdotal pretension, e. wide-spread dispo…
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F.Xl'O~lTION. " voice" and the " finger of God" WBll an CHAPTER XX. enormous 11dvantage, being impernti..-ely Vers.1-17.-TIIE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL needed to satisfy doubt, and silence that per• LAW. E,-ery necessary preparation had now verse casuistry which is always re""4.y to ques- been made. The priest!!, BS wel…
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brought thee out of the land of Egypt. God Rnce with nncient history or even with the does not appeal to his authority 118 creator, present condition of mnn ir, savage or h"ck- but to his mercy o.nd kindness as protector ward countries, renders it apparent that there nnrl deliverer. He would be obeyed by his i8 a sub…
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part>nt, sins upon their children as in e.11 CIU!es not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto unjust. So<".it>ty by ih! geom punisheg f.,r the Lord thine oe.th~. flut I MY ttnfo you- their parents' transf!Tessions the illegitnnotte. Swe11.r not 11.t 11.ll " ( Matt. v. :13-34 ). It. is also the children of cnmm ..…
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nwi.qse.ry, see M11tt. xii. 5. 11. Still in many with them (eh. _xii. :-18), 11nd 11.w,mpani•<l. respecl.q, a superetitious Rdherence to the pre- them 111 their wilderness wanderings. The cept was me.int11ined by religious J ewe, who command that these too should rest, was ut would not even defend themselves on the …
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1-3. And ii oberuence to parents is to be and t.he.t conjugal hononr which to the true rewimlPd with long life under the new cove- man is dearer the.n life. Me.rrie.ge, according nant.. there can be no reeson "'hv it should not to the original institution, me.de the hushRud h""" been so rc,.·e.rdcd under the old. Th…
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falBe witness WB8 punished by ampute.tion of which the act proceeds. "Thou shalt not U,e noso and ears ( Records of the Past, vol. covet" lays it down again that we are not viii. p. 65). Private calumny may sometimes mr.re slaves of our nature.I desires and passions, involve as serious consequences to individuals but h…
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Vers. 1-17.-The ten commandments sevel'ally. Tm: FmeT Co:1.n,UJIDMENT. To the Christian the First Commandment takes the form which our Lord gave it--" Thou sha.lt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment" (Matt. xxii. 37, 38). Not me…
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ti1nt of children to their p11,rents, th11,n one which grows out of it; and thona-h either may ·•· 11-e,l to illustrnte the other. we mllllt view the two as 8eparate and° independent •':\1•li 11ther. 1'111-: Stx'l'H Co,rMANDMEKT. How wide is the scope of this comml\ndment to Christians. . L.. rd ln1> xhuwn. :\ot on…
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dealing, who do not make it the law of their life to be ever doin" to other; as they would that others should do unto them. " THE NINTH COMMANDMENT. False witness in a court is but rarely given. We most of us pass our lives without having once to appear in a court, either aR p~o~ecutor, witness, or accused. The fal…
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pm,itive institution, and hRd no independent moral worth. It stood to the moral law in a triple relntion of subordination-(1) As inferior to it in its own nature. (2) Aa de~igned to aid the mind in rising to the apprehension of the holiness which the law enjoined. (3) As ~roviding (typic11.lly) for the removal of gu…
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blessings and curAings on the fulfilment a.nd transgression of the la.w. But although this is given amidst the thunder a.nd lightning of Sinai, whose roll seemB to be heard constantly in its mighty imperatives-' Thou sha.lt not I' or 'Thou shalt I' yet still it points back to gmce; for the God who speaks in the la.w is…
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dcman<ls for truth, purity, uprightness, reverence, and fidelity, is the law abso/1,.tely uuchani;ea hle. I,•. CoMPLETE IN ITS PARTS. Observe--1. Its two divisions, turning, the one on the prinriple of love to God, the other, on the principle of love to man. 2. 1.'he relati11e rosi'fio11 o.f lhe two divisio11s--0ut…
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or it,s kind, it is not to be compnrcd, ns n mirror or holiness, with the pcrrect h11mnn life or JesU8 Christ. No nccumulati•rn of ~epnrate precepts cnn exhaust all that is r,1,n- tnined in holiness. Precepts convey also a defective idea of the good by brenkin" up that which is in its own nature one-an ideal-into a …
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Vers. 3-6.-The first and SPCOftd commandments: against polytheism and image- VJOrsliip. These two commandments seem tu be bound together nnturn.Ily by the reason given in vcr. 5. There Jehovah says, "l nm a jealous God;'' obviously such a feelin« of jealousy applies with !lb much force to the won;hip of other gods a…
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cannot he exhi111sted in one or even two generntions. Slly not that there is something nnjusi about this. 'l'hat each generation must take something in the way of suffering from preceding generntions is a feet only too plain, altogether a.part from the Scriptures. The mere~- of God is the.t he here gives us something i…
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i11g oft.his sort will not l,o vain, shallow, fogitive thinking, seeing that, it. spri,ws rnit, ,,f apprehended, personal necessities, has au immutable basis of fact, a rewarclinCY""etem~nt, of hope, and is continually freshened by a feeling of gratitude towards one.,, who has conferred on us unspeakable benefits. S…
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'Vers. 8-11.-The Fourth Comma,ndmt,nt: the sacred Sabbath. I. TIIE GROUND OF TIiis roMMANDME?-.'T. God, who had spoken to Israel as to those whom he had brought out of the hoUBe of honda.ge, and who had bidden Moses speak of him to the captives as the God of Abraho.m, Isaac, a.nd Jacob, now takes the thoughts of his…
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In his loving providence and holy requirements, that six <layH' work Hhall supply sevca dnys' need. 'l'his lesson the me.nne. distinctly teaches If it teaches anything at all. And now the.t the Jewish Sabbath bas gone, the Christian bas I.<, ask himself how far the mode of Sabbe.th-keep;ng in Israel furnishes any guide…
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to consider how much depended on themselves in makmg their children dulv acquainted with ell the glorious doings and strict requirementR of Jehovah. If a parent bed to deal with e disube<lient and despising child, be was able to point out that this requira- ment of honouring father and mother we.s God's most strict re…
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bound to give and what we have equall,y a right to expect. Pondering the serious and injurious actions here imlicnted we note-- I. THE GREAT HARM WHICH MEN <JAN DO TO ONE ANOTHER. A man maliciously rlis- posed, sensual, reckleRs, unscrupul011sly selfish, has thus the extent of his p<nver set before him. That life w…
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Yen;. 16-21.-The ten words. "And God spake all these worw:ls." "And the people l'tood afar off: &nd Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." (Ex. xx. 1, 21). Our ~ubject is the le.w of the ten commandments, and- I. The NAME8 of the code, for names are oft the keys to things. There are five chief names; …
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grent depth and breadth in these "ten." Are they rer,lly so Mmprehensive as is implied? 1. Ulance at the" ten." We have seen how comprehcnHive are the firnt five. [See l\bove, v. 1.J Note the comprehensiveness of the second. We are not to assault the life, the family, the property, the rqndation, the peace (by coveti…
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"·ill of God. 6. It lR~'B broad Rnd deep in the nation's life the foundations of industry ,nd strength 11.nd of moral, e.s well as materie.l, greatness.-U. Vers. 13--17.-0ur threefold duty to 011,r neighbour. I. HE 18 NOT TO BE INJURED ['I( ACT. 1. Hu life is to be held MtCred. It is God's gree.t gift to him and it is…
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Vere. 3-6. These two commandments are complementary: one God only to be worshipped, one we.y only in which to worship him. Consider:- J. THE FIRBT COMMANDMENT. 1. How Israel woold understand ii. " No forei"n god in opposition to me." The nature.I idea would be that Jehovah we.e one amrm:st many deities; that possibly…
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VerR. ,, 8.-Tbe fir~t <:ommnmlment deals with the object of worship; the second, "·itb the matrner of wor8hip ; in the third and fourth we have the method of worship, true reverence and genuine devotion. 1. THE THIRD CoMMANDME:S-T. I. Obedience to the letter inn+fficient. None ever obeyed it thus more strictly than th…
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1till, even so, painful to the parent, whilst it injures the child in the opinion of ric,ht- .1J1indrd people. [Common shame of doing, or refusing to do things out of respect to a parent's wishes. At most, if the wish is respected, it is merely a" humouring of the 0 1,J. people," a~ though the command were" humour," in…
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1 lm•u~b semli1Jg his children to school whilst taint.ed with it. 3. Inactive murde1·. Paraphrasing James iv. li, "He that knoweth to save life and doeth it not to him it i~ murder;·· e.g., a man who allows his neighbour to murder others deliberately c,r through carelessness. Like kinds of murder apply to the CBll88…
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"against the body," and through the body they declare themselves. The pure may not know why they shun the impure, but instinctively they discern the signs of his impurity. His sin shows through him, as a lurid light shows through a lantern. 11. CAUSES wmcH OCCASION 'rHE SIN. 1. A l(Y/JJ ideal of womanhood. AcCQrding t…
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Ver. 16.--Connect with the preceding commandment. That guards the property, what belongs to a man outside him.self. This guards the character, what belongs to a man inside himself. To steal the purse may be only to steal trash, but to defraud a man of his good name is to do him an irreparable injury. I. CoMMOl\"EST FO…
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EXPOSTTTl)N. Vers. 18-21.-WrrHDRAWAL OF THE PRO- dot.h talk with man, and he liveth. Now, PI E, AKD 1''EARER APPROACH OF MOSES TO therefore, why should we die? for this great G<lo. The effcc.t produced upon the people fire will consume us : if we he&r the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. by th…
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clcclille the offer, and will have an intermecli:uy. Moses, given the same invitatir,n, an,! a witness of the same sights and sounds, not only staiids his ground, but at the on,I dmwR more near. The reasons for the difference would see!::l to be the8e-- I. FEAil, WJIEilE IT IS EXOESSIVE, EXPELS LOT/E, The devils, who …
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l\Titing: end colleded into B hook, whir.h "'"~ Rml. highly ornamented stone should not be kno'l\'11 R8 "the Book of thr ('-o,·r11Rn1 " ellowl'd, lest f.hus idolatry should creep in, the (eh. xxi,·. 7). e.nd WR!' reglll'ded as e sprcielly ,magl's cngT&vcd upon the altars becoming t.he objects of worship. ThJ burnt of…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 22-26.-Tlie law of the altar. I. THE OBJF:CT OF WORSHIP. The true God not gods of silver, or gods of gold (ver. 23). The God who had talked with them fro~ heaYCn had appeared in no visible form. "Ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice" (Deut. iv…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER X.X.I begin the world afresh. The hum11ne spirit of the legislation is strikingly marked in its THE Bool!. OF TOE Covn.ANT.-Conb'nued. very first enactment. l. /.,a~. OltflMC/«i witA tM righhi of per- Ver. 3.-If he oame in by hhuelt, etc. @011i ( ,·el'I!. 1-32 ). The regulations of this The fil"…
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to t.he IJobrew pmct.ice. The Hebrew her ns a secondary wife, and not curryino- out custom - probably a very ancient one- the contract. " Rcc111s to have hnd two objects-I. The Ver. 9.-And if ho hath betrothed her nnt? dcd11ring by a significant act, that the man his 110n. A man might have bouJ.!;hl, th., belonged to t…
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asylnm. Ple.ces were e.ppoint~d, whither the especia.lly levellod e.ge.inst this form of the ~heddt>r of blood might flee, a.nd where be crimo, though the words of the present pA11!1Rg9 mig"ht be se.fe until his cause was tried before a.re general, and forbid the erimo altogether. Man-stealing, in the general sense, i…
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pert.y of his master, and might he ill-used to i.e., "If the elave doee not die till a rlnv "r nnv extent, even killed, withnut t.he la.w in two afterwards." Compare the pMvision in 1111~ way interfering. It is said that the state ver. 19, with respect t.o persons who were n,,t slaves. No specinl c111lousncss to the s…
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whirh Hhe.de.me.nt.hue we.s euppo!!ed to act on culcating RB strongly RB p088ible the principlo in th~ judgmcnt e.fter death (book 5, sec. 8), of the ee.nctity of hume.n life, the logisle.tor e.nd the.I it had the approYal of the Pythe.- gorrans. Solon admit.t.cd it to a certain notices the case where mortal injury …
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 2-11; 20, 21; 26, 27; 32. The slave laws. Slave laws be,ong to all com- munities, and not to some only, slavery being really a universal and not a partial institu- tion. In the most civilised co=unities of modern Europe, there are two large cl:i.sses of slaves-lunatics and criminals. The law openly c…
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thnt they should suffer death. We may gather from the Mosaic legislation on the ~uhj('('t_:_ f. THAT THERE ARE C'mrnlfllTANOEB m""DER WHIOB BLAVERY SHOULD BB TEMl'ORARn.Y ~IAINTATl\"Ell. \\-here a whole community is uncivilised, or half-civilised, where slavery 1s an old-established in~t.itution, engrained not only…
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within e11sy re11ch. Legisl11tion should alw11ys seek to combine mercy with j11stici,. Drnconinn onnctmonts defent their own purpose, Rinco over-severe li\WR are sure w,t to be cnrriecl out. 'l'he morn! sense revolts againAt them. ThuA, when in our own country forgery wns II cnpit11l offence, juries could not he got to…
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crimC': to nlch hiR good name is a serious one; but the worst robbery of all is to steal hi~ JlC'r~on. CiviliRed, refined, polished, intellectulll men, hRppy in the enjoyment of freedom. wea_lth, honour, domeHtic he.ppine~R, hRve gone to sleep in comfort, peRce, nnc! fllncu,d security, to Wilke up in the grip of lRw…
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ward lifo of the Jewish state. (1) AR respects their origin, not a few of these lnws hnve obviously their root in old customs, while others mny have been derive,[ from the decisions of Moses in the wilderness (eh. xviii. 16). The code, therefore, in itH present shape, cannot be supposed to have been verbally dictated b…
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C',·er~- nrgnment at.tempted to be deduced from them in favour of modem sl:we-holding. (\\11 t hC' fallncy of all such Rrguments, bl\~ecl. on the stl\te of matters in primith·e soC'iet~-. ~cc Maine'~" Ancient LRw," pp. 162-lf>G.) The Mosaic lRw did not establish sla..-er~·--at most it !l.)Cordecl. to it I\ very modi…
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~he..mischief we ha~e c!ull8d. Thi&, al~s I cannot RlwRys be accomplished. Not always 1e _thorough healing -whether bodily, mental, or moral-pos&ible. So far l\S it ia possible we are bound to attempt it. (2) Justice obtains her highest satisfaction when the wrongdoer can be made to contribute to the undoing of his o…
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crrnnot summarily abolish without entailing on society worse evils than those fmm which escape is sought. But if the right to hold property in slaves-to however limite,cl. BO extent-be granted, the corollaries of this possession must be granted also. A slave cannot be treated in the eye of the law quite as a free man. …
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prin<'iple mu~t remain. But, error Rri~r~ when this rule, intended for the regulation of public _iustiee, is transferred into privRte iife, and is applied there to 81\nction the spirit of revenge. '!'his is to pervert it from its proper purpose. So far from Mnctioning privRte retah_at1on, the object of this law is to s…
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wrong-doing in chaps. xxi., xxii., we notice thflt they are divi~ible into tw 0 great classes. Some offences fire punished by death, and others by some Hort of ci>mpcns,iti,,n for the injury done. '£he gmduated terms of imprisonment with which we are familiar, were not of course possible to the Israelites, and if posRi…
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him their God, and become, in m1my privileges, his })8()ple. What a monstrous thing: then for an lRraelite, through cupidity or revenge, to sell away his brother from peculiar, from unique possibilities I Be would not find in any other land the things which God intended him to have at home. lY. Tm; KNOV."ING O'l\"N…
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tente<l with the best they crm get in substitution for the injury thnt bns been ,lone. The regn!ntion of course wns never mennt to be interpreted litera.lly, any more than our Lord's counsel thnt he who hnd been smitten on the right cheek, should tum the other to the smiter. Whnt good would it do liternlly to render an…
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EXPOSITION. ll LA'\\'F C01'"Nl".CTEJl 'WITH RIGHTS OF PRO· Palestine it was alw~ possible that a neigh- PERTY (ven;. 38-36 ). From the consideration bour's cattle might go astray and suffer injwy of injuries to the person, the legislator pro- through suob a piece of negligence. An ox, ceed,. to tniat o{ injuries to pr…
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CHAPTER XXII in a thief to cany off an ox than a sheep or goat; and so the crime was visited with a THE Boo:s: OF THE CoVENANT, continued. heavier penalty. Laws C04"1.nected 'IDita rights oj property, Ver. 2.-If e. thief be folll1d breaking up. Rather," Breaking in "--i.e., ma.king forcible continued (vers. 1-15). …
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EXPOSITION. Ven.. 5, 6.-LAw or TBUPA.1111,-Next to was po11888sed of ; whereas simple restitution theft, and not mnch behind it, is the wanton wu sufficient when fire had spread accident- damage of what belongs to another- when elly from a man's own land to bis neighbour's, 11 person injures his neighbour's crops, eit…
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consist1>nt that stolen money or chattels should ven;e with ven;e 6 indicates that a deposit of also hove heen made good. the same kind is intended. If lt die, or be Ver. 9.-For all manner of trelpua.-It hurt, or driven away.-The deposite,1 beast he• heen suppO!<ed that this refen; to " every might "die" nature.lly …
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 14.-77,e duty of borrowers. The duty of borrowers is very simple. It is to take care that that which they borrow suffers as little hurt as possible while it remains in their possession, and to return it unhurt, or else make compensation to the len<ler. People will not often be found to question the pr…
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