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O fearful imaginations, which are sure to be realized! O dangerous wishes, which are heard and forthwith answered! Only may God temper things to us, that nothing may be beyond our strength! Preached on St. Matthias's day during Lent. John xiii. 36, 33. John xxi. 18. Matt. xvi. 24. James iii. 17. 2 Cor. vi. 4-10; x. 4. Gal. vi. 14, 15. Gal. iii. 28. Matt. xvi. 23. Rev. iii. 16-19.
He quotes the reply of one pushed by the inquiry, what God was doing before creation: “He was making a hell for inquisitive busy-bodies.” Alta spectantibus gehennas parabat. See also, Dr. Fr. Windischmann, Die Ursagen der Arischen Völker, pp. 4-10. It is probable that in very ancient Semitic tradition Adam was represented as the survivor of a flood anterior to that of Noah.
Nor, finally, doth the apostle's direction to forgive the incestuous, being penitent, 2 Cor. ii. 4-10, which seems to be given to all, prove the people's concurrence with the elders in any act of power. For the authoritative forgiving and receiving him again, belonged only to the elders; the charitable forgiving, receiving, and comforting of him, belonged also to the people.
They are all blamed for not mourning, &c., 1 Cor. v. 2. 2. He declareth this act of theirs, in putting him out, to be a judicial act, ver. 12. 4. Upon his repentance the apostle speaketh to the brethren, as well as to their elders, to forgive him, 2 Cor. ii. 4-10.
The greatest fault of Absalom, of Joab. Joab, the avenger, II Sam. 2:17-32, 3:22-30, 18:9-15, 20:4-10. Solomon's Reign. I K. Chs. 1-12; II Chron. Chs.1-9. The Riddle of Solomon's Character. Few Biblical characters manifested such contradictory elements of character. Early in life he manifested an earnest, conscientious and religious spirit.
J.H. Butcher, The Parish of Ashburton in the 15th and 16th Centuries , 42. See also ibid., 40 and 49. Also H.J.F. Swayne, Acc'ts of St. Edmund and St. Hale, Churchwardens' Prec., 4-10, 5th to 8th March, 1607-8. Cf. ibid., 16. Hale, op. cit., 109-110. Canterbury Visit., xxvii, 218. Authorization to tax the land is not asked for in express terms, but seems to be implied.
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