Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Sermon on the Mountain XXXIX

What man

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: there-fore she took a veil, and covered herself
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And she put her widow's garments off - from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
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The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth - for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed - on her.
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were - more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.


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And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth - with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
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And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is - without doubt rent in pieces.
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for - his son many days.
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Or what man is there of you, whom if . . .
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fain
(fan)adv. 1. Happily; gladly: "I would fain improve every opportunity to wonder and worship, as a sunflower welcomes the light" (Henry David Thoreau). 2. Archaic. Preferably; rather.adj. Archaic. 1. Ready; willing. 2. Pleased; happy. 3. Obliged or required.[Middle English, from Old English faegen, joyful, glad
                                                   American Heritage Talking Dictionary

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lions whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.  
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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 his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?



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