_The year was expired._ THE END OF THE OLD YEAR: A HELP TO BEGIN THE NEW ONE I. The end of the year presents a fit opportunity to enquire how we regard the Divine government. God governs the world according to natural and moral laws, through the medium of the Gospel, and by the arrangements of His... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it came to pass in an eventide._ THE FALL AND PUNISHMENT OF DAVID ILLUSTRATED I. The circumstances of David previous to His fall. For several years he had been in a state of great trouble: But it was not in this state of trial and affliction that he offended. During this period we see him exe... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when David had called him he made him drunk._ THE SINFULNESS OF CAUSING DRUNKENNESS It is a very wicked thing, under any design whatsoever, to make a person drunk. Woe to him that does so (Habakkuk 2:15.) God will put a cup of trembling into the hands of those who put into the hands of others... [ Continue Reading ]
_David wrote a letter to Joab._ --So in the Greek story, Proetus sent Bellerophon to Jobates with his own death warrant. (Cp. Hom. II. 6:168, 169.) “Slay him he would not, that his soul abhorred; but to the father of his wife, the King of Lycia, sent him forth, with tokens charged of dire import, o... [ Continue Reading ]
_But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord._ THE UNIVERSAL INSECURITY OF RELIGIOUS PERSEVERANCE The transaction is recorded at length in the chapter which contains the text; and the conclusions which we may draw from a review of it are numerous. 1. The first, and by no means the least... [ Continue Reading ]