...intreat for him ? — 1 Sam. ii. 22—25. I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken, &c. for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not (or frowned not upon tlii'in).- — 1 Sam. iii. 11-^14. Bath sheba, king Solomon's mother, went unto...

...them, as the law of nature and of God had required. I will judge his house for ever, says the Lord, for the iniquity which he knoweth : because his sons...made themselves vile, and he restrained them not, or frowned not upon , them d. David instructed Solomon in his duty, and with great affection besought...

...despised, was all he dared venture. One emphatic sentence records both his sin and his punishment. " I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he inoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not." There is one beautiful...

...absolutely to have forbidden them, and deterred them from, I will judge his house for ever, said God, for the iniquity which he knoweth, because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not *. When, therefore, mild representations have small effect, rougher treatment must be used. And if...

...endeavouring to restrain them. " I have told him, (said the Lord,) that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons...made themselves vile, and he restrained them not." Let parents derive instruction from the examples of these two men ; and not with Eli rest contented...

...will perform against Eli all thingi which 1 Ьате spoken concerning his house : when I begin, 1 will also make an end. For I have told him, that I will judge hie house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and...

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...punishments, for as a father, and as a magistrate he ought to have curbed them : therefore God saith, " I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth of, because his sous made themselves vile, and he restrained them not." O what secret twitches do the...

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...shall tingle. In that day, I will perform against Eli, all things which I have spoken concerning his house. When I begin, I will also make an end. For...themselves vile, and he restrained them not.' And you recollect, Conway, how literally this awful threatening was fulfilled, when in one day Eli heard...