...with the Jewish church of old, so he does with every believer ; for all God's dealings with them were for ensamples ; and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends oftlte world are come. ..I. Cor. x. 1 1. And this now being the case, O believer, and you having...

...TTO W dangerous is it to provoke God by murmuring, _1_ JL especially after he hath appeared for us ! Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer, says the apostle, 1 Cor. x. 10. We should guard against a fretful, discontented temper ; and surely...

...murmured, and were deftroyed of the deftroyer. Now all thefe things happened unto them for enfamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom...ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he ftandeth, take heed left he fall. There hath no temptation taken you, but fuch as is common...

...your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me. 1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer." All our murmu'rings do but provoke the Lord to strike us, and destroy us. I hare read of Csesat, that...

...Christ. Another passage proving that Christ was the head and king of Israel, is found in I Cor. x. 9. " Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents." But whom did the rebellious part of Israel tempt ? Certainly their Jehovah ; the God of Abraham, Isaac,...

...unbelief, as some of them also tempted him, and 10 were destroyed \)\ fiery serpents. (Numb. xxi. 6.) Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed by 1 1 the destroyer. But all these things happened unto them, as examples ; and they arc written for...

...idolaters as some of them. Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed, and fell in one day twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ as some...also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer, 1 Cor. x. 5.... 10. You know the language of St. Paul. Further still : whatever superiority our condition...

...whole time of this period is sometimes in scripture called the end of the world, as, 1 Cor. x. 11. " Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples...they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." And the Apostle, Heb. ix. 26, in this expression of the end of the world,...

...destroyed of the destroying angel, executing the just wrath of God. X. 1 1 Now all these things Jutppened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Which are fallen upon the very last age of the world ; so as those things,...

...drink, and rose up to play. Neitber let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ as seme of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also...