....there shall lack five of the fill у righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five í from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done eometoluxt agains / 29 And he epake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And...

...there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD : Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's 32...

...influence the Being to whom it was addressed, and in whose sight the humble in spirit are very precious : ' Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes ! Peradventure (again) there shall lack five, of the fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five...

...may s»rve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. Gen. xviii. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. Jam. r. 16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed : the...

...have followed them. Abraham viewed himself as constantly liable to be turned to clay, for he says, f have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. Job, who was once dear and lovely to his friends, became loathsome and offensive to them, even while...

...ANSWER. GENESIS xviii. 30. I will not do it, if I find thirty there. GENESIS xviii. 31. And Abraham said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. THE LORD'S ANSWER GENESIS xviii. 31. I will not destroy...

...righteous within the cilv, then 1 will •pare all the pltire for their rates. x7 And Abruham answered and JPZ 0 LOUD, which am tnit dust and ashes : 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of bake unleavened bread,...

...up to heaven, and make to themselves a name, &c. but God scattered them. — Gen. xi. 1, &c. Abraham said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. — Gen. xviii. 27. Exod. iii. 11. Jacob said, &c. I am not worthy of the least of all (or I am less...

...righteous within the city, then 1 will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and RD God of heaven, which took me from mv father's house, and from the land of my kindred, an 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all ;he city for lack...

...intimacy of that honourable character, loses not for a moment the sense of his distance and dependence ; " Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes."* " O let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once." A voice from heaven reaches his ears,...