PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Genesis
Thomas Whitelaw [1840-1917] · 541,608 words · 594 reading sections
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these existing mounds enablo us to picture i. e. the Hamitea exclusively, as tho S.:thites wh11t sort of erection tho tower of Babel was were co.lied sons of God, eh. vi. 2 (Augu~tine), to bo, And let ns make us a name. [)~ ; nor wicked men in general (Junius, Piscator), neithor o.n idol temple, OW being == Goel, imita…
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"can sCR.rcely be overlooked;" and Bab-iJ,, compressed into n moment of time, but, after the gate of God (Rosenmiiller, Gesonius, receiving this special impul~e, was len to Colenso) ; but the first is based upon n develop and complete itself as tho nations purely mythical personage, Bel, the imllgin- wandered farther a…
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or aimlllY o, diepl11.y of th!lt lust of glory which natively resides within the fallen hcBrt., 1t was essentially a guilty purpose by which they were impelled, In only ona direction is ambition perfectly legitimate, viz., in the direction of moral and spiritual goodness, as distinguisl1ed from tempornl and material gr…
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HmULIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. ,ers. 1-9.-0rder brought forth. We are now to trace the rise of the kingdom of God among the nations. Already in the case of Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord, that is, by pennission of Divine providence, the antagonism between the 1.ingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world has …
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oease, nnd in the truth of the gospel men would be united ae one family, 11 under• etanding ono anoUrnr'e epeech."-R Vor. 1.-Unity of [<11T1,guage. 1. The original birthright of the human race. 2. The )oat inheritllnce of sinful men. 3. The ultimate goal of the Christian dispensa- tion. 4. The recovered heritage of re…
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EXPOSITION. Yer, 10.-These are the generations of and thirty years (the first indication of a Shem. The new section, opening with the change having transpired npon human life usual formula (cf. eh. ii 4; v. 1 ; vi. 9; x. after the Flood, the average age of pate)'llity 1), reverts to the main purpose of the inspired p…
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SJIEM ARPEAXAD 100 35 500 403 600 438 100 135 600 303 600 438 100 135 500 400 I 600 535 (Kaiv<iv) 130 330 460 SALAII 30 403 433 130 303 433 130 330 460 EBER 34 430 464 131 270 40! 13! 270 40! PELEG. 30 209 239 130 109 239 130 209 339 REU 32 207 239 132 107 239 132 207 339 SERUG 30 200 230 130 1…
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by 177 years; while the life of Arphaxad was shorter than that of his father by 162 years, and the days of Tera.hat the close dwindled down to 205 years. 2. A potent sermon. Whether the comparative brevity of life immediately after the Flood we.a due to any change in the physical constitution of man, or to the altered …
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Yer. 2i.-Now (literally, and, intimating of a son before his father. In tho land the close connection of the present ~ith the of his nativity. 'Ev -r-g y-g ,J__ ly,vv,)O,, preceding section) these are the generations (LXX. ). In Ur of the Che.ldees. Ur Kasdim -the commencement of a new subdi,ision (eh. xi. 81; xv. i…
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fire, 'rith epM!al reference to the legendary though receiving apparent sanction from furn!lco already referred to (Talmudists). ver. 31, this opinion "is not supported hy Whether n district (LXX., Lange, Kalisch) any solid argument" (Rosenmi.iller). And or n. city (Josephus, Eusebius, Onkelos, the name of Na.hor's wif…
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HOl\lILETICS. Ver. 31.-Tlie migraJ:ion of tlie Terachi-tes. I. THE DEPARTURE OF THE EMIGRANTS. Th~ attendant circumstances of this rnigration:-t_he gathering of the clan, the mus- termg of the flocks, the farewells and benedictions exchanged with relatives and friends, the hopes and fears of the adventurous pilgrim…
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EXPOSITION. chiefly as his life and fortunes connect with CHAPTER XII. the Divine purpose of salvation that they Vcrs. 1-5.-Designed to trace the out- find a place in the inspired recorJ. The ward development of God's kingdom on the progress of infidelity during the four cen- earth, the narrative now concentrates it…
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Unto a (litcrully, the) land that I will show tho waters of the flood) thee. The Divine thee. 'l1irough a. revelation (La.nge), or Being thus identifies himself with Abr~m, simply by ~ho gui<lancc of providence.. The and solemnly engages to regard Abram's !tmd itself 1s loft unnamed for the tnal of friends and enemies…
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HOMILETICS. Yer. 4.-_T'},e Chaul(!!a.ti emigmnt. I. THE CALL Oil' Goo. Whether spoken in n dream or d1stmct.Jy articulated by n human form, the voice which summoned Abram to emigrate from Ur was recognised by the patriarch to be Divine• and so is the gospel inntati.on, which through the me~ium of a written word ~as…
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HOMILIES BY V.ARIOUS AUTHORS. Vera. 1-5.-The preparations of grace. We may call this the genesis of the kingdom of God. I. It is FOUNDED in the word of the Divine covenant, the faith given by Divine grace to individuals, the separation unto newness of life. II. The one man Abram gathers round him a small SOCIETY, ki…
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III. 011' THE GLOIIIJ.IIED CHRIST 'fO BIB CHUIICR, 1. The tree of life. 2. A crown of life. 8. Hiddon manna, the white stone, and a new name. 4. Power over the nations, and the morning sto.r. 6. White raiment. 6. The distinction of being made n pillar in God's temple. 7, A eeat on Christ's throne (see Rev. ii., iii.).-…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 6-10.-The promised land. I. WANDERINGS. Entering Canaan from the north, the Chaldman emigrant directs his progress steadily towards the south, re- rno,ing from station to station till he reaches the furthest limit of the land. This wandering life to the patriarch must have been (1) unexpected. Leavin…
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Ver. 6.-Tlie first wanderer and the second, or Cain ancl Abram compared and contra.sted. I. COMPARED. Each wandered-I. From the place of bis nativity- Cain from Eden, Abram from Ur. 2. Accompanied by his wife, who in each instance was his sister. 3. In obedience to the word of Jehovah. He who called .Abram had previous…
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-1. Ilo built o.n nltnr, i. e. mode open confession of his faith. 2. "Called on the name," &c., i.e. spoke to God as n living person, n ree.l helper. I. WHAT 1s IT TO 0ONFESB Goo? I. In the l,eart; firmly to believe what he hns revealed. His promises were given to be trusted. The fool puts away belief (Pe. xiv. 1). It…
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constitution had not been impaired by be11r- Vers. 14, 15.-And it oe.me to p&BB, that, ing children. Besides, the clear complexion when Abram we.a come into Egypt, th11 of Sarnh would render her specially attractive Egyptians beheld the woman ~hat she was in the eyes of the Egyptians, whose women, very fair. The pri…
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monument.ii evidence that in the reign of sometimes as many as 700 or 800 ; and (2) the Pharaohs the Egyptian Indies ex_posed it is certain that asses appear on the earl;r their faces, though the custom was d1scon- monuments (cf. 'Records of the Past,' vol. it. tinuocl after the Persian conquest (vide Heng- p. 26). And…
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HOMILETICS. Yer. 10.-T/u descent into Egypt. I. THE STORY OF A GOOD MAN'S F.A.LL, 1. Experiencing disappoin:tment. Arrived in Canaan, the patriarch must have felt his heart sink as Le surveyed its famine-stricken fields and heathen population ; in respect of which it was so utterly unlike the fair realm of his imagini…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. ',' Vera. 10-20.-The Clmrcli and the world. The genesis of intercourse and con- troversy between the kingdom of God and the world power, as represented in the great southern kingdom of Egypt. I. THE PRESSURE OF EARTHLY NECESSITIES FORMS THE OCCASION OF THE SOJOURN Il'I EGYPT .. We are not …
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CHAPTER Xl!I. ally, rtoi,ig with Al,,,·rtm), had (were) flocks and herds and tents. TI,c uncle's pros- Yor. !.-And Abre.m went up out of Egypt, perity overflowerl upon the nephew. Rosrn- he e.nd his wife. A special mercy that miiller inclurles in the tents the dornesti,,., either of them 1·eturned, considering the si…
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IIOMILETICS. . Ver. 9.-'I'lte nuir,naiiimity of Ab,·arii. I. WREN IT WAS EVO!l:&D. 1. Oii retttrn• ing to the land of Ca.naan. Departing into_ Egypt, the better nature of the patrinrch bera'!1e obscured ~nd cnfeeb_led, and he_ hu~self became the subject of timorous em?l10ns, the ~ens~r of_ gmleful machmat10ns\ an~ …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vera. 1-13.-Theseparation between Abram and Lot. [Return to Bethel-to the altar. The.circµmstances of the pa.triarch were very different.. He was very rich. Lot is with hi1D, and the sojourn in Egypt had far more depraving effect upon his weaker character than upon that of his uncle. We sh…
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by c1mnls from it na well ns by mnchinea cities of the J.rnd; in contrast to l,is uncle (Deut xi. 10, ll)-aa thou comest unto who rem,iincd a wanderer throughout its Zoa.r-nt the south-enet corner of the Dend borders, sojourning RB in n strange country Son (vide eh. xiv. 3 ). (Heb. xi. 9). And (with this purpose in con…
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walketl, "·ill, \\"isc men shnll he wise; but the companion of fools ~hnll ho destroyed," 3. Ritter s01-i·o10. Precisely in proportion to the eminence of his religious olum\ctet would this be inevitRble. The immoralities and infidelities of the Sodomites would plunge him into grief, if they did 11ot cause "rivers of wa…
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parting-1. O.f kinsmen (men, brethren), 2. Of kinsmen in a foreign Janel. 3. Of kinsmen by their own hand. II. The CAUSE of this parting. 1. The difficulty of finding sustenance together. 2. The danger of collision if they kept together. III. The MANNER of this parting. 1. After prayer. 2. In peace. 3. With rnag• nun…
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EXPOSlTION. Ycrs. 14. 15.-And the Lord nid-spenk- seculum promittitur, non slmplicitcr 'notatur ing probnbl)· with e.n art.iculate voice; the perpetuitas, sed qure fin cm ncc~pit ht Christo" third occasion on which the patriarch wns (Ca.kin); and (2) unto ctcrnit:y, in so far as <lin•rtly addrosscd by God. 'l'he nar…
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HOMILETICS. Vcrs. 14-18.-Jlagnanimity rewarded, or Dimne comperwatims. I. A RP:VRLA- 'I'ION GJVE:-r. Immediately on Lot's departure Jehovah approfl.ches, the appearnnce of the heavenly Friend compensating for the loss of the earthly kinsmfl.n, as often happens in tho Divine dealings with men and saints. The revelation…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER XIV. mental evidence declares to have •reignccl over Babylon in the t1ventieth century il. o. ; Ver. 1.-Alld it came to pass. After and "Kudwrnanhundi the Elamite, the the separation of Abram and Lot, the latter worship of the great gods who did not fear," of whom now i.ppears as a citizen of S…
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"rent, fiasnre" (Fiirst), Shinab. "Father's gigantic stnturo (from an Arabic root, to bo tooth" (Gosenius) ; '' splendour of Ab" nigh), tho iron Led of whoso last king, Og, (Furst); "coolness " (Murphy). King of measured nine yards in length ai,d four in Admah. Fruit region, farm city: (Furst). breadth (Deut. iii. 11);…
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mishpat-tho Wrll of .ltulgmcnt, rcgarueu (-vide vcr. 3) ; with Chedorlaomer the king ns n prolC'psis by those who derive the name of Elam, and with Tidal king of natlona, from the jn~gment 1>ro11ounoed on Moses and .Amraphel king of Shinar, and .Ariooh 11.11J Anron (A LapiJe); but more probably king of Ellasa1·; fou…
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of Isrnel nnd the records of modem warfare supply numerous examples, 3. Dis- astrous and ter1·ible are tlie usual concomitanta of war. Not that God does not frequently overrule the hostilities of contending nations, and evolve from the mur- derous designs of monnrchs results the moat beneficial, making war the pione…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 13.-A.nd there came one that had simply as his relative (eh. xiii. 8)-w~s takon escaped. Literally, tM f111Juive party, the captive, he-literally, and he-:,armed~lit- article denoting the genus, as in " the Ca.- erally, caused tp pour forth,, Le: drew out in naimite," eh. xii 6 (mde Ewald's 'Hebrew a …
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 13-16.-The kinsman deliverer, or .Abram's military expeclitum. I. ABRAlI's ELEVATED PIETY. 1. Self-forgetful magnanimity. Had the patriarch possessed a le11s noble soul, the tidings of his nephew's capture would almost certainly have kindled in his breast a secret feeling of complacency. But not only…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 13-16.-.Abram's expeditwn a sermon for the New Testament Church. I. Tru: LITTLE ARMY· emblematic of the handful of Christ's disciples at the first, a,nd of the cornparati.~ feebleness of the Church still; yet "God's strength is ever made perfect in wea1."tleas," and so "the weakness …
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ns in wr. 22. El-Elion with Jehovah (cf. remarkable degree of generosity-Give me Qnnrry, p. 426). the persons-literally, the souls, i. e. those Ver. 18. -And he blessed him (in \\•hich of my peo)?lo whom you have recovered (cf. act appears his distinctively sacerdotal cha- eh. xii. 6, m which the term is employed to…
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Christ. 2, His twofold desiynati<m. Melchisedeck, king of S,tlem, i. e. kii:g of righteousness and king of peace (Heh. vii. 2) ; descriptive of-(1) Personal excellence. Pious in spirit nnd peace-loving in disposition, he was not only fitted to be a type of the Meek a.nd Holy One, but admirably qualified to be a governo…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 18--20.-.A Icing-priest. "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed Abraham," &c. \Vhen the king of Sodom was beaten in a. war with Chedorlaomer, Lot was involved in the overthrow. Chedorla.orner was a wa…
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Shem hy his proper name, nnd because that would not upply wliid, i~ said of Mel- chizedek, in Heh. vii. 3-thnt he was "witliout father, without mother, witl10ut descent, having neither beginning· of dnye, nor end of life." We know the ancestry of Shem, but not thnt of Melchizedek. The difficult passage, the third of…
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performance of duty. God's blessing is Abraham's great reward, cmd n mnn was its rnoutl1piece. Because God's npproYal was his reward he would not retain the spoil, although nr~ed by _the kin~ of Sodom to keep the goods, and simply hand over tl11l' persons of his cuptn-e subJects. The approval of God expressed throug…
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Ver. 20.-Tlie Church militant. I. THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH. Like Abram's -1. Numerous. 2. Formidable. 3. Exulting. II. THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH. Like Abram's-!. Certain. 2. Complete. 3. Final. III. THE 1'11ANKSGIVINO OJ!' THE CHURCH. Like Abram's-1. Due to Gou most high. 2. Offered through the priest of the most hi…
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be thine hei?; but he that shall come forth vule Glass,' Phil.,' lib. iii. cp. i. 19), clearly out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. indicates the object of the acUon expressed Yer, 6.-And he (Jehovnh, or "the by the verb Ji;;,, to think, to meditate, and Won! of tho Lord") brought him forth abroad, and said, L…
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tbroug-h, the sacrifices he had made, and the feats he had performed since Jeavinr1 Ur, but hin:iself. God's saints are prone to seek their happiness in God's gift~ rather than rn the Giver. Here they are recalled along with Abram to the sublimo tb?ught that G?d h!mself _is his people's best reward, and that the pos…
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said "lam thy shiel<l and thy exceeding great reward "-i. e. I run with thee clay by db:y as the God of prov!dence; I will abun~antly bless thee here~fter. The pro- mise of n numerous offsprmg, of descendants hke the stars for multitude, was not a merely temporal promise, it wns a spiritual blessing set in the framewor…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 7.-And he (Jehovah, or tl1c Word of Genesis, and supposed by Michaelis to hava the Lord) said unto him (after the act of been taken by Moses from the ancient docu- faith on the part of the patriarch, and the ment from which he transcribed this portion act of imputation or justification on the part …
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LXX. intcl'polates, brl ra ~,xornµ.~µ.ara), their exile, bondage, and affliction ; either a Abram drove them away. Literally, cauaed round number for 430 (Calvin, Rosenmi.illcr, them to be blown away, i. e. by blowing. Keil, AHord), to bo reckoned from the data " Though .Abram is here re.Presented as the of the descen…
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ci111r1•n~ (LXX. ), which was the sta~ of mat. extended townrds tho Euphrates (Kalisch)-- tcrs in vor. 12. Hore the snn, which was and the Hittites,-the dcscendl\nts pf. Heth then setting, is de.scribed as having set-and (vitk eh, x. 15); identified with the Khota it was dark,-literally, and darl,,"1UJss 'I/Ja$ and …
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reward. It is obvious thllt these llre the blessings which the gospel confers on believers-ll hellvenly_Friend, an llll-sufficient Saviour, a future inheritance; whence the Abrnh11mic covenant WllS nothing different from the covenant of grace. II. THE nEASON OF TBE COVENANT. The essential idea in a covenant being a vi…
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\'ers. 12-17.-Abralwm's watch and vision. "And when .the sun was going duwn, a deep sleep," &c. The great blessings promised are still afar off. As yet Abraham has no son to hand down his name to potserity. By means of a vision God strengthened his faith. Weird is the picture in this .fifteenth chapter. See the sulitar…
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EXPOSITION. bably, to account for thP.ir impatience in OHAP'fER XVI. waiting for tho promised seed), and gave Ver. 1.-Now Sarai Abram's wife bare her to her h11Sband Abram to be his wife. him no children (litera.lly, bai·e not to him, Afterwards styled a pil,qash or concubine notwithstanding ,the promise; the barr…
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HOMILETICS. Yer. 3.-Crooked ways, or marrying with Hagar. I. THE SPECIOUS PROPOSAL. 1. 'l'he a1itlwr of it; Sarai, the wife of .Abram, a daughter of the faith, the mistress of a household. To the first, the suggestion referred to in the narrative should have been impossible; in the second, it was inconsistent; while, …
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nnd a wnnt of patience in not calmly waiting for the accomplishment of God's word in God's own time and way. • III. TIIE SORROWFUL nEBULT, 1. Humili,atwn to Sarai. Elated by the prospect of maternity, the young Egyptian slave-girl despised her mistress; by haughtiness of carriage, perhaps silently discovering contempt…
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11. S..1.nA1·s FAULTS. 1. '!'empting her husband. 2. Excusing herself, 3. Ap, pc-11ling to God. 4. .Afflicting her servant. III. AnRAM's INFIRMITY. 1. Yielding to temptation, 2. Perpetrating injustice. a.· .Acqttiescing in oppression.-W. EXPOSITION. ,er. 7.-And the angel of the Lord. t~, Arabie. Dosorta, bordering…
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tmal]er being so called from its ewiftneee of Keil, Kalisch, Mnrphy), or, though less cor- Coot (cl Job xx:xix. 6-8), and aptly depict- rectly, the God who sees all things, and ing " the Bedouin'e boundless love of free- therefore me (LXX., Vulgate, Calvin, .Ains- dom as he rides about in the deeort, epear in worth, Ca…
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of Ham were indeed small, considering· her bodily condition ; but thither 'ivas · her, destination, and hence her arrestment by the angel of the Lord was a specio.l meroy. So Divine grace interposes to prevent those who have been onco enlightened from relapsing· to ~heir ol~ n~tuml con~itio~ of worldliness and sin. (3)…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 7.- Wells in the wilderness. 1. God provides them for the rest and refresh- ment of pilgrims. 2. -God visits them to meet with weary and affiictcd pilgrims. 3. God dispenses from them life and hope to all repenting and believing pilgrims. Compare with the angel of Jehovah and Hagar at…
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iii. I), the right always to pray (Luke xviii. 1; John xv. 7; Heb. iv. 16 i James iv. 2), the promise of g-uidance (Ps. nxii. 8;. Isa. :xu. 21), For what hast thou g·lven up all tl1is? Is thy present lot better? In deepest love these questions are asked. God pleads by providen~e (Ps. c:xi:x, 67) 1 by the entering of t…
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