...be wanting in true sympathy for man. The echo of that hightoned intercession was soon heard : " 0, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made...Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written." Moses was consistent throughout. First of all, he felt jealous for God's honour. When the threat was uttered,...

...then prayed for mercy for the children of Israel, " And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made...pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." Ib. 31 and 32. " Therefore 'now go — nevertheless in the day when I visit," (ie the day will arrive...

...returned to the mortar, until the whole was sufficiently fine. In verse 32, Moses asks of God, " And now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin ; and if not,...pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." These words imply the customary employment of lists and rolls, which have existed in scarcely any other...

...had made with their fathers ; and if they must be cast off, desiring himself to perish with them : ' if thou wilt, forgive their sin ; and if not, blot...pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written ;' how we are astonished at an instance of such invincible fortitude, fervent piety, unadulterated...

...suffer extremities : " Yet now, if thou wilt (says he, in his prayer to " Cod) forgive their sin; or if not, blot me, I pray thee, " out of thy book which thou hast written s." Blotting out of God's look is of the same importance with " blot" ting out one's name from under...

...here contended against, is contained in these expressions : Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin : if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book, which thou hast written. It is supposed, that Moses prayed to God to make him miserable, on the condition specified throughout...

...atonement for the sin of Israel, in worshipping the golden calf, he prayed to God for them, saying, " If thou wilt, forgive their sin; and if not, blot...pray thee, out of thy book, which thou hast written." When Paul beheld the nation of Jews, generally rejecting Christ and exposing themselves to the wrath...

...die rather than not succeed : Oh, said he, this people have sinned a great tin, — yet now, if t/tou wilt, forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written ! This was the true spirit of an advocate ; and he succeeded. But our Advocate has gone farther than...

...scarce admits of a parallel, thus passionately expresses himself on the occasion, Now, O Lord, ifthou wilt, forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written b. The flattering prospect of the erection of his own family into a great nation, upon the ruins of...

...makes him' speak the most arrant nonsense. His words are, ' Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sins ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.' Here, aecording to the abettors of this doctrine, Moses prays that God would forgive their sin, if...