...uniform course of God's government of the world, all these things happened unto them of old for examples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. And hence arises that aptness of similitude in the application of several legal performances to the morality...

...earth. II. The 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...expression of the end of the world, means the whole of the gospel day, from the birth of Christ to the finishing of the day of Judgment : " But now once, in the...

...of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples...they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. There...

...xix. 1 1 . Moreover, by them is thy servant •warned ; and in keeping of them there is great reward. 1 Cor. x. 11. Now all these things happened unto them...they are •written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 3 Acts xx. 32. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word...

...of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples...they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends oi the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. There...

...the Jewish people ; I mean as to example, and practical benefit ; as, indeed, the Apostle saith ; " Now, all these things " happened unto them for ensamples...they are written for our admonition, upon " whom the ends of the world are come."* The volume of the Pentateuch has probably been more studied, and more...

...the mode of acting, of which it pleased God to make * The apostle speaking of these judgments says, Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples,...they are -written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the -world are come. 1 Corinth, x. 1 1. The great crime of the Israelites was a desire to return...

...these things (says St. Paul, speaking of the judgements which hefel the Israelites in the wilderness), All these things happened unto them for ensamples;...they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come*. The chapter, from which the text is taken, abounds with much important...

...gracious promise of speedy deliverance. They admit, however, of an application to American Zion. For " all these things happened unto them for ensamples...they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." Our deliverance from foreign domination may be not inaptly compared to...

...idolatries, and fornications, and murmurings of the Jews, I^COT. x. for which they were destroyed ; saying, " Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, [the followers of Christ,] upon whom the ENDS OF THE WOULD ABE COME." 65. Whatever degree of indulgence...