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The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 1
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 527,316 words · 579 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 1 — Section 1
THE PULPIT COMMENTARY, EDITED BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., DF..AN OP GLOUCESTER; AND BY THE REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. WlTH INTRODUCTIONS BY THE VERY REV. F. W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., DEAN OF CANTERBURY. RIGHT REV. H. COTTERILL, D.D., F.R.S.E. VERY REV. PRINCIPAL J. TULLOCH, D.D. REV. CANON G. RA…
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a;- 11evernl house," Jotham his son being regent and having the direction of affail-s (2 Kings xv. 5; 2 Chron. xxvii. 21). Isaiah's early prophecies ( eh,. i.-v.) were probably written at this time. "In the year that King Uzziah died" (eh. vi. I)-probably, but not certainly, before his death 1- Isaiah saw the vision r…
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fearing disposition ; yet he maint&ins t.owards all of them an uncompro- mising e.ttitude of firmness with respect to all that bears upon religion, He concea.ls nothing, keeps nothing ha.ck, out of a. desire for court favour, "le it a ema.ll thing for you to weary men P " he says to one king; "but must ye weary my …
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inhabiteth et,ernity" ( eh. lvii. 15). God is p1·imarily with him. e.11 objeot of 'reverent, fear a.nd awe. "Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself," he excl~itns; "and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread" (eh. viii. 13); and age.in, "Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and…
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one only possible rival to Assyrie.-viz. Egypt. Egypt we.s, like Assyria, an organized monaroby, with a considerable population, long trained to a.'rmsi and especially strong where Jndl8& was most defective-that is, in horses nnd chariots. Behind Egypt, cloRely allied with her, and exercising a species of 11uzei·ain0- …
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Further, when Part.s I. ·e.nd III, a.re oa.refully examined, they a.re found to resemble compilations rather tha.n continuous and connected composi- tiomi. Pa.rt I. manifestly divides it.self into a. number of sectiomi, each of which is complete in itself, and but slightly connected with wha.t precedes or follows. …
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§ 4. ON THE STYLE .lND DrcTION or THE "Boox or Isu.lH." It is generally allowed that Isaiah, as a writer, tl'anscends all the other Hebrew prophets. " In Isaiah," says Ewa.Id, "we see prophetic authorship· reaching- its culminating point. Everything conspired to raise him to an elevation to which no prophet, either…
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But there are also numerous other passages, where, for a, ve~e or two at a time, words are put into the mouth of speakers other than the author, with a lively and stirring effect (see eh. iii. 6, 7; iv. 1; v. 19; vii. 12; viii. 19; ix. 10; x. 8-11, 13, 14; xiv. 10, 13, 14, 16, 17; xix. 11; xxi. 8, 11, 12; nii. 13; …
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a.nd all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her pala.oes, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dra.gons, a court for owls [or, 'ostriches']. And the wild beeBts of the desert shall meet with the wild be&ets of the island [equivalent to 'jackals '], …
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§ 5. ON CERTAIN '.fifoDERN THEORIES AS TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF THB EXISTING "BooK." A theory was started, towards th~ close of the eighteenth century, by R German writer named Koppe, in his translation of Bishop Lowth'a • Isaiah,' to the effect that Isaiah was not the real author of the prophecies contained in eh. xl.…
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the former head, the sole ground urged is the standpoint occupied by the writer of the later chapters, which is that of an exile in Babylon, writing when Jerusalem and the temple have long lain in ruins, and the Jews are becoming dispirited at the apparent refusal of God to interpose in their behalf; under the latte…
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The int.ernal evidence of unity divides itself under fiTe heads::i' I. Identity in respect of the gtea.tness, and the quality, of the genius exhibited by the writer. 2. Similarity in the language and constructions. S. Simi➔ larity in the thoughts, images, and other rhetorical ornaments. 4, Simi~ la.rity in little c…
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and pea~e (eh. ix. 7; xxxii. 1, 17; xiii. 1-4; xlix. 8-10), in a ple.oe where the voice of weeping will be heard no more (eh. xxxv. 10; li. 11; lxv. 19), and where there will be no more hurt nor destruction (eh. xi. 9; lxv. -25). Among the favourite images which pervade the book, and belong alike· to the disputed a…
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omitted in II review .like the pr~sent. Note especia.Uy the 'following 1 (1) the designation of God AS "t.be Holy One of Israel" ( eh, i. 4; v.. 19_-24 I x. 20; xii. 6; xvii. 7; xrix. 19; xxx. 11, 12, 15'; xxxi. l i and eh. :xxxvii. 2.3; xii. 14, 16, 20; xliii. 3, 14; xiv. 11; xlvii. 4; xlviii. 17; xlix. 7; li\t: 5; I…
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glory and a royal diadem" in the hand of Jehovah (eh. lxii. 3). The "thorns and briars," which a.re represented in Part I. as all that Israel produces (oh. v. 6; :nxii. 13), give place in Part ID. to a better growth 1 " Instead of the thorn shall come up the flr tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrt…
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I 7. L1TEBATUBB o• luu:a. The earliest, nnd one of ihe best, comments on Isaiah is that of Jerome, written in Latin, about the year A,D, 410. It is divided into eighteen books, and contains much that is of the highest value, especiaUy on philological and geographical points, Jl!l'ome's knowledge of Hebrew WM great,…
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'l"oiuwe, eot.itlcd, 'Vindicite S. Textus Hebrrei Esaim Yetis' (Ilerne, 1786). In England a layman, Mr. llf. Dodson, ende&vou'red to improve \ll'QD it in his work, 'Isaiah : 11, NeV: 'l'mnslation, with Notes Supplemenl11ry to those of Bishop Lo,vth,' by a layman (1 vol. 8vo, Loodon, 1790); and this work was shorUy f…
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New York, 1861-2); Professor Birks, 'Commentl\ry on Isaiah, Critical, Historical, nnd Propheticnl' (1st edit., Cambridge, 1871; 2nd edit., London, 1878); Dr. Kay, 'Commentary on lsaiah' (London, Murray, 1875, published in vol. vii. of the 'Speaker's Commentary'); and Rev. T. K. Cheyne,' The Prophecies of I~aiah, a N…
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1-8; x:.:xi. 4-!l, et.a.). In the d&ys of Uuiah, Amos iv. 4); but it may also have the J'otht.m, Abu, and Xe1ekit.h. Uzziah (or stronger sense hero assigned it. Lowth Azariah, as !Je is sometimes called) reigned translates, "revolted from me;" Gescuiua, fifty-two yel\rs-probably from B.o. 811 to "fallen away from me…
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p. 5.) t ' by J>ar4qtiipJ;: grace (Exod. x.xxiii. 12-17). Vers. 2~.-Go»'s CoMPLADIT AGAINST Despite all their paekslidings, he had not BIS PEOPLE. The ground work of Isaiah's yet ca~,t •· the~ off'. They are still "_his · b - J d--..,8 d • • . , ' f · people ,lil Isa.ie.h from, first to last, standmg entire prop ec…
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be 11.ltere<l into ~dim, & word not very preteMe of religion e.e an aggravo.tion of different <_EwRld, Oheyne). Bot "the their sin, e.nd characterizing their whole r,,tum to words whose sounds ere yet worship e.s an "abominl\tion." lingering in the ear" is char11.cterist.ic of Rncient writing, end 11. favourite pra…
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oemlng the matter In hand, once 11nd for oblations," as though the daily oblation wri~ ever (Ko.y). I am full of the burnt offerings to cense; hut "bring no more oblntion, of rams; rnthor, I am overfull, satiated, that are '1'ain ones," i.e. empty and unreal-- wearied with them. Rams formed a part mere forms, withou…
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" Then ,ball they oa,11 npon ml', bnt I get justice done to &II men; B0e that they "·ill not 1m1wer; they shall seek me early, " hnve right." Relieve the oppre11ed, Bo hut they ehall not find me" (Prov. i. 28). the LXX., the Vulgo.te, the Syrio.c, e.nd the When ye make many prayers; literally, Chalde.'\n Versions. Bu…
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the Lord bath spoken it. A weighty end- Vers. 24-31.-TB:El DBOLARATJ01' OJI' Gon•~ ing, incliMting the certainty of fulfilment; JtJDGME:'IT. It Is foreknown to God that Jehovah, who'cannot lie, has spoken; the result will assuredly follow. Israel will not repel)t. .He therefore lnlmi- ,, Vera. 21-23.-lsAU.H'B LAMENT O…
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et.a.). The oity of righteouaneaa; or, o.f Ver. 29.-The oaks whloh ye have deaired juatiM. Thti prophecy m&y hsve been ful- a.re, prim&ri!y, the " green trees " under filled in psrl by the earthly JeruS&lem under which im&ges were set up (2 Kinga uii. 10), Zernbhabel, Ezre., &nd the Me.00&beea, hut ill but perhaps r…
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towards their earthly parents: how much more God's children towaros their heavenly Father I II. As RAISED BY HIK TO POWER AND GREATNESS, tliey are yet more bound to serve him. Every gift of God to us increases our responsibilities, lays us under a more stringent obligation to make a due return to our Benefactor. Israe…
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VerB. 1~-14.-The outward_f<YT"fr!' of reU[!ioo,_ ""f,thout inward piety, an offe~ to God. It 1s strange how deeply mgramed the idea 1s m man, that formal acts of worship,. outward acknowledgment, ritual, ceremonia.l, pageantry, constitute religion, and will be accept.ed by God in lieu of the· inward devotion of the …
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(eee, be.sides the present :passage, Job xxvii. 8, 9; Prov. i. 28; Jer. xi. 11 ; Ezek. viii. 18; Heb. v1. 4-6; 1. 26-29; 1 John v. 16). Vere. 16-20.~-No retwn tu God'sfavoor '!Dithou,t amendment <if life. The outward show of religion, which the Israelites maintained, vain and futile as it was, seemed. to indicato that…
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Not & whisper of the etern11,l reward-the blessedness reserved for me.n in h!\aven, the bliss which "eye hath not seen, nor ear hea.rd, neither hath it entered into the hoort of man to conceive." Probably the Israelites of Isaiah's day were too gross and sensual, too much wrn.pt up in material things, to have been stir…
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aroused by the dangers which manifestly threaten all, and the calamities which naturally fall on some. The class of waverera, who would fain be on the side of gc,od, but continu- ally fall away when temptation BSsails them, find their power of resistance strengthened by the perils of the time, which render sinful enjoy…
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n THE PEOPLE HAVil ADDBD l\EBELLION TO INGRATITUDE, They ha\te· forsaken reviled, "gone backward" from him. Thie ie a climax of sin. Our passions are eve; in movement; t.here is no st,agnation. Insensibility to God's goodness eoon Icade to antipathy, antipathy to acUve hatred, and this t.o open revolt. "Be ye thankf…
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thll wolf, the goat by the tiger. And God e&id, 1 Bring me 11 &acrifice, not from them tlJ.at persecute, but from them• that are persecuted.'" 2. Mere attendance on public wdrehip is not acceptable, Who halt required them, Jehovah B.Sks, to "wear out" his courts? Their thronging and their noise is offensive to him. T…
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Vers. 24--81.-&ntence passed. I. THE JUDGE. He is "Jehovah of hosts the Strong One of Israel" He sai th, "By the strength of my hand I have dono it " (eh. x: 13). He has power to carry out his sentences. The holy fire of his indignation breaks forth like a volcanic flood. From one point of view evil men must be conc…
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Bo both shall irretrievably be consumed. What are the" terebinth trees and pleasant gardens" of our idolatry? Ee.eh me.n's soul must answer. Any and every plee.sure ia good under right conditions; pernicious else. Everything that is naturally precious to the human heart should be precious to each one of us. In the soul…
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III. THE SMALL REMNA.NT rs TO Sl'REAn THE WonD OF THE Lmrn. The next verso Mys, " Hear ye the ,v ord of the Lord." It is a Divine revelation that is to BllVe them. And the prophet who speaks is called !Miah, or Iesahiaha, signifying "the salva.tion of the Lord; ~ Bo that though the prophet speaks stern words of rebuke,…
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such visions DB those he gave to lsaiah, and which the prophet communicated to the people; by creating and ordaining men of illumination and leadership, such legislators 11B Moses nnd Nehemiah, such kings as David and Hezekiah, such prophets as Elijah and John Baptist; by the institutions and precepts of the Law; by pa…
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Ver. 4.-The course of sin. It is true that both righteousness and sin have very Yaried manifestations, the course of one good or one bad man's life differina widely from that of another. Yet there is a logical and moral order in which both"'holiness and iniquity pursue their path from their beginning to their end. '…
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it, He is the miserable, pitiable slan of his own sin; it bears him down to the very ground in feebleness and humiliation, Yet there is one aspect of the course of sin which i.ii even worse. VI. IT CULMINATES IN THE PERPETBATlON OF' SPIRITUAL MISCHIEF'. The people laden with iniquity ere "children that are corrupters.…
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appeal; some thread of willingness by which we can draw him; eomo plank by whichi through a thousand perils, he m:1.y yet reach the shore. "The blackest night that veils the sky Of beauty hath !t share, The darkes't soul bath signs t.o tell 'l'hat God &till lingers there." o.. Ven1. 10-----:20.-The prophetic str…
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they who rotnain apart nnd afar from God, who will not have the Man Christ ,Jesue to reign over them-they must abide tinder the condemnation of the Holy and the Just.-C. Ver. 18.-The magnitude of the .Divine mercy. I. THI!: FULNl!:BB OF T1l'E DIVINE MEROY. In estimating the fulness of-God's grace to mankind, we must …
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Ver. 1.-The times and mission of Isaiah. God raises up the man for the age giving him gifts for the particular work which the age ma.y demand. History ie not~ mere faithful record of things done, but a. wise and sympathetic estimate of men doing. A man has more power on us than a truth. A man is grander than any doc…
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Ver. 2.-Sin as broken sonship. Literally, the verse reads, "Sons I have made great and high, and they have broken away from me." The later conception of the Jewish covenant embraced the ideas of fatherhood and sonship, and thus prepared for the revelation of the fatherhood of God in the teachin!(S of the Lord Jesus, an…
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man or· for· a nation would be for God to lay down his chastening rod, and atop his judgmonts. There ie hope for ue eo long as he will smite.-R. T. Vere. 11-13.-Mere cerem(J'fl,ial an o_f!ence to God. What a painful sight it would be to see eome of our houeee with the fronts off I-to look into the abodes of vice; to …
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bat~ful is the separation between a worshipping and an obedient heart. God bae encouraged outward worship, that it might express, and strengthen while it expresses, the love and trust of an obedient heart. The husk becomes worthless when the worm of self and pride ha.s eaten out the kernel. The dress is hideous which…
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world whore yo11 dwell. I have given you many proofs of it. I have bidden my great sun to shine on you, and quicken life and beauty everywhere around you. I am coming down continually in the rains and winds that provide food for you, coming down to e.ttend your steps e.nd ward off evils from you. It is quite true that …
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by the mischievoue influence of a corrupt court and aristocracy, and by the diecontent produced br corruptions of the fountains of justice. II. UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE PEOPLE lcNFEEBLES THE NATIONAL LIFE, Illustrate by the effect of prev<"nt sensuality on the mom,le of soldiers. The moral degradation of France was…
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Ver. 2.-In the lut days; litemlly, in the will decide those international qnestfons ,equel of the day,; but genemlly used of o. oat of which wa.r ordinarily ijprings" (Kay). remote fulure (Gen. xli.x. 1; Numb. xxiv. Bat it would seem to be nt least a.a likely 14; Dent. iv. 30, etc.). The mountain of that be will bring …
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" they be filled toith cusroml! from the east); ie right in regiuding it as mainly a oon- i.e. they have adopted a number of Syrian, tinuation of the old privo.te teraphim-wor- Assvrian, and Ammonite superstitions; e.g. ship (' Notes,' p. 25). high plaoes, images, and "groves," the Ver. 9.-Aud the mean man bowetb b…
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Proud , , , lofty ••• lifted up (comp. ea.stern e.rm of the Red Sea, early in hia vet. 11). "The ideas of eminence, pride, reign (2 Kings xiv. 22), and no doubt main- e.nd opposition to God melt into eooh other tained a fleet there, as Jehoshaphat had done in the Old Testament" (Oheyne). And he (1 Kings nii. 48). Elath…
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When the idole disappoint their worahip• idea of the Windneae. impliod in MY regard pen, and prove to he unable to ·•ve them, for idols may have prompted the imRgery. t.hey are treRt.ed ";th seom and ignominy. Ver. 21.-To go into; or, cu thty oo mto; The AfriORn boots his fetish on such occa- i.e. " as they .make th…
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but his loving-'kindness, On the other hand; i( these alone are set forth, if his justico is ignored, if the severity of bis judgments upon sinners i& concealed, a fce]jng of. over- confidence.is apt to be produced, and then careles~ness and general laxity of life follow. The wise preacher will steer clear of both dan'…
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Vere. 12-22.-T1M, terrON of the day of the Lord. Every visitation of man by God is typical of his coming to judgment. " That day " is, in its deepest and truest sense, the day whereon Christ shall come again to judge both the quick and the dead. Of " that day and that hour knoweth no man " (Matt. xxiv. 36); and the …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1...-..-The golden age. I. THE BLESSED oa GOLDEN AGE A BUllJECT OF EARLY PROPHECY. It is believed that we have in these verses a very ancient oracle, first delivered by the earlier prophet Joel (see Joel iii. 10), and from him repeated by Isaiah and Micah (iv. 1-4). An eternal hop…
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. , . MoD~RN LESSONS. Let us "come and walk in the light of the Eteme.l." In that light the hideousness of we.~ and of the national discords •which lead to it e.re clee.rly seen. No sound understimdmg can ever look upon war as other than an occasional e.nd ,lrc&d. necessi_ty. Preaching against war may do a certain goo…
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Men often lose more morally in their rest-time than they can recover In their work- time. No unjust trading can produce real prosperity. England bas• gained by every act of righteous policy, such a.e the abolition of the corn-laws, the slave-trade. Whatever is gain to the health of the national conscience ie permanent.…
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judgment of God cannot long be delayed, i11 expressed in the common saying, "Things mmt te.ke a turn before long." In the life of the individual, every stopping-point or turning-point at which a false way of life t.erminates, may be viewed ae a day of judg- ment and a de.y of Jehove.h. n. THE DAY BRINGS WITH IT A S…
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Ver, 8,-Real religiOVB revival, "Many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob." Here is the tide of national feeling, no longer on the ebb, but on the flow. God ia "to teach them hie ways, and they are to walk in hie paths;" for they have found ou…
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IV. THAT ONE RESULT 'OF IT W11oL BE 'THE PREVALENCE OF THE BPmrr AN'n Ol'·TIIE INSTITUTIONS OF PKAOE. (Ver. 4.) The love of war, the institutions of we.r, the readi..; ness to ha'l'e recourse to war, the pride and glory in lnilitary achievements 1vhioh even Christian nations are not ashamed to own,~this will disappear…
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forbidden (Exod. xxxiv. 12; Deut. vii. 2); the multiplication of silver and gold am\ of horses (ver. 7), however unobjectionable it may seem to us, was disallowed to the Hebrew nation (Deut. xvii. 16, 17). The Jews would be under strong temptation to disregard these prohibitions; many of the lower ambitions of our nat…
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Ver. 22.-Trmting in man. I. OUR BTRONG TEIIIPTATION. We a.re very strongly tempted to" put our trust in man," to "make flesh our a.rm;" for: 1. We see signs of strength in man. And that which is visible has most influence on our human nature, "If a man loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God wh…
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