CONTENTS This chapter relates to the military government of Israel among those who were more immediately appointed to fight the LORD'S battles. Here are directions for their conduct, inspiring them with courage and making provision for those whose hearts failed them. While this chapter may be read... [ Continue Reading ]
There appears a great propriety in the appointment of GOD'S priests to encourage GOD'S people. They who are supposed to be most frequent at a throne of grace may be supposed to know most of the mind of the LORD. And are not ministers peculiarly called upon amidst the spiritual army of the LORD JESUS... [ Continue Reading ]
The cases here stated of exception, to disqualify from war, seem to have been intended in great mercy, that men of timid minds might find excuse from war, and yet not incur the reproach of their brethren. But is there not a spiritual sense veiled under it? We cannot follow JESUS in the regeneration... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe the grace of GOD beautifully set forth in the proclamation made to sinners, in the gospel of salvation. If sinners will throw down their arms and receive the LORD JESUS all shall be well. It is only the incorrigible and contumacious on whom ruin will fall. How ought the ministers of JESUS to... [ Continue Reading ]
Is not this total destruction of the enemies of the church, a lively emblem of the everlasting overthrow of the ungodly in the day of GOD'S vengeance? 2 Thessalonians 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
The nations here excepted from mercy, are evidently types of the open and determined foes of the church of JESUS. There can be no coalition, no agreement between CHRIST and Belial. The seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent have an everlasting war. LORD! grant that under the supposed idea of... [ Continue Reading ]
There seems much mercy in this precept, and it is not confined we may suppose to trees only, but of a general tendency, in war to preserve all that can be consistently done, that there may be no waste of any of the good things of GOD'S providence. It is one of the distinguishing characters of the go... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS READER! let us not shut the book after the perusal of this Chapter, without first looking up for grace to bless the LORD for our happy lot, in being brought within the peaceable kingdom of JESUS who hath gone before us, and driven out the enemies of our salvation before our face. But whi... [ Continue Reading ]