...example of unbelief. If then the commandment of the Sabbath was given to those alone whom God had brought out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage, it is evidently inapplicable to us as Christians ; or if, as is contended, it is applicable to us inasmuch...

...in the desert, that they cried for mercy. They were regardlers of the glory of Him, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage, and constrained Aaron to make them a molden calf. Jeroboam is another instance of false repentance....

...connected with the display of a special Providence. It was the Lord who brought the Israelite forth out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage, besides whom he was forbidden to have any other God. So, again, when the observation of the sabbath...

...preface to the ten commandments is in these words : " I am the Lord thy God, which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage a." 26 a Exod. xx. 2. 44 Q. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us 1 A. The preface...

...old were destroyed for want of knowledge, because they forgot the God of their fathers, that brought them out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage; insomuch that the Lord complained of them, and said that " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his...

...their reach. The bringing of the Israelites by the mighty hand and the outstretched arm of Jehovah, " out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage," is spoken of as an instituted type of that infinitely greater salvation which was afterwards wrought...

...IN PARTICULAR. Q. Say the first and second commandments. A. / am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. Thoushaltnot havestrangc gods before me. Thou shall not make to thyself any graven thing, nor the likeness...

...Law would have appeared more complete, if to those words, " I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage *," had been added, ' and who has given thee possession of the land of Canaan.' Now, the clear and...

...in stone hath more than the law of nature, is proved \. By these instances ; 1. That " God brought them out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of servants," and that he is to be worshipped in that relation, is none of the law of nature, universally...

...it, and worshipped, they intended it merely as a representation of the God who had " brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage." Nevertheless, in the sight of God they were guilty of idolatry, and their " turning aside from the...