_Put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead._ . WHERE GOD DWELLS THERE MUST BE PURITY: I. God himself is pure, and cannot associate with the impure. If discipline is lax, God departs. It is not the large church, or the intelligent or th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Recompense his trespass._ THE LAW AS TO FRAUD 1. He must confess his sin, and crave pardon from the bottom of his heart; he must submit himself unto God, knowing that he can by no means hide his sin, nor by any colour keep it from the sight of God. 2. We must make satisfaction to Him whom we hav... [ Continue Reading ]
_If any man’s wife go aside._ THE TRIAL OF THE SUSPECTED WIFE I. Confidence in conjugal relations is of great importance. “Suspicion,” says Bp. Babington, “is the cut-throat and poison of all love and friendship.” And in proportion to the intensity of the love will be the anguish of suspicion in r... [ Continue Reading ]