DISCOURSE: 631 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS COMPARED Salmi 78:8. _A generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God_. HISTORY is universally considered as a source of the most valuable instruction, since it sets before us the actions of men, under all the most import... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 632 THE EVIL OF UNBELIEF Salmi 78:19. _They spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? Therefore the Lord heard th... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 633 OBSTINACY IN SIN REPROVED Salmi 78:32. _For all this, they sinned still._ THE history of the Israelites in the wilderness should not be considered as the history of that people only, but of human nature in general. In this view, it is pre-eminently instructive; because it serves as... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 634 THE FRUIT OF IMPENITENCE AND UNBELIEF Salmi 78:32. _For all this, they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble._ IT is a saying of Solomon’s, that “he who soweth iniquity, shall reap vanity [Not... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 635 THE EXTENT OF GOD’S MERCY Salmi 78:34. _When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and inquired early after God: and they remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their Redeemer. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him wi... [ Continua a leggere ]