...circumstances that could be thought on. David, fired at such flagrant injustice and oppression, swore, _' As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die.' When the king had passed sentence, then the prophet opened the secret, and said, ' Thou art the man...

...as another's about the robbing a poor man of his only sheep, and he could presently say and swear, "As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die, because he had no pity ;" and his anger was greatly kindled against the man ; 2 Sam. xii. 5, 6. But...

...circumstances that could be thought on. David, fired at such flagrant injustice and oppression, swore4 ' As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die.' When the king had passed sentence, then the prophet opened the secret, and said, ' Thou art the man...

...lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man : and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth,...no pity. And Nathan said to David, THOU ART THE MAN ! ' — 2 Samuel, chap. xii. * * * * " 'And this,' I said, after musing on these events, ' this is...

...lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man: and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth,...no pity. And Nathan said to David, THOU ART THE MAN ! '—2 Samuel, chap. xii. * * * * " ' And this,' I said, after musing on these events, ' this is the...

...the king heard all this, his feelings were violently excited, " his anger was greatly kindled against the man ; and he said to Nathan, as the Lord liveth,...man that hath done this thing shall surely die."* This was the moment for making the application: and judge of David's shame and confusion of face, on...

...his anger was greatly kindled, and he said to Nathan, "As the Lord liveth, the man who hath done this shall surely die ; and he shall restore the lamb fourfold,...because he did this thing, and because he had no pity." Then Nathan told David plainly that he was the man whom he meant in the parable ; for that, although...

...killed it and he dressed it. Till David, burning under the brightened image, sware in his wrath, " As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die." Four words, with their explanation, made this one of the most pointed arrows that ever entered the...

...lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man ; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth,...pity. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. GOD, in the disposal of his gifts, does not conduct himself by any such laws as are necessary for the...

...the man (who dressed the ewe lamb of the poor тая in Nathan's parable), and he said to Nathan, At he Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 /'• . it. 25. Into the mountains.] And the word of the 2 Sa. iii. 6,6. A prophet of the Lord was there, whose name wot Oded : and he went out before the host...