...and this Spirit he sensibly knew to be a Person; for thus he saith of himself, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. As Moses brings in these three Persons into his history of the first creation, so docs the evangelical...

...the Son of God or his word, John i, 3 ; and so docs St. Paul, Col. i. 16. Thus we read afterwards, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue, 2 Sam. xxiii, 2 ; where we have Jehovah, the Spirit of Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah, plainly and...

...and this Spirit he sensibly knew to be a Person ; for thus he saith of himself, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. Lastly : in some places of the Old Testament there are plainly three Persons spoken of together, and...

...abusing their sacred trust. Thus lamentably has the maxim been disregarded by Rulers, that " He who ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ;" and thus fatally has it been forgotten by nations, that a just Ruler is to his People, " as the light of...

...generally short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following : " He that ruletli over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and be shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth ; even a morning without clouds ; as the...

...David, the Son of Jesse, said, And the man who was raised up on high ; The anointed of the God of Jacob, The sweet Psalmist of Israel, said : " The Spirit...God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me." The first four clauses represent David as the speaker ; the second four represent God as inspiring...

...and delivered a sermon of about twenty minutes length, from 2 Samuel, chap xxiii, verses 3 and 4. " The God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spake to...men must be just, ruling in the fear of God; and he shaH be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the Under...

...inspiration of the Bible, may now be selected, and presented to your view. In 2 Sam. 23. 2, 3, we read, " The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was...God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me." The prophet Isaiah says to the people, " Thus saith the Lord." Isa. 43. 1. When the nation of Israel...

...David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tonçue. II Sam. 23. 1,2. To the law and to the testimony : if they speak net according to this word,...

...morality is the morality of the Bible alone, that gives laws for nations as well as for churches. " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God," is the unyielding statute of his kingdom, and in the millennium, without reference to which, the benevolent...