SERMON XVIII. War with Amalek. EXODUS xvii. 11. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. SERMON XIX. The giving of the Law. EXODUS xix. 16. And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 301 318 SERMON XX. The nature of the Law. EXODUS XX. 1, 2. And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 336 SERMON XXI. The ratification of the Law. EXODUS xxiv. 7, 8. And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people: and they said, all that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it upon the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. 354 SERMON XXII. The Molten Calf. EXODUS Xxxii. 7, 8. And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for the people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy Gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 372 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abun- dant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression SERMON XXVI. The Offerings for the Tabernacle. EXODUS XXXV. 29. The children of Israel brought a willing offering to be made by the hand of Moses. 442 EXPOSITORY SERMONS. SERMON. I. JACOB BLESSING THE SONS OF JOSEPH. GENESIS XLVIII. 15, 16. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. THESE are the words of Jacob in his last sickness. He had lived in Egypt seventeen years after his first introduction to Pharaoh, and now, like all the generations of men, he must go hence, and be no more seen. The VOL. II. B |