...fools : for they consider not that they do evil. (0 Gen. 18. 27. And Ahraham answered and said, Bchold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am hut dust and ashes. (~m) Luke 15. 17. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants...

...gave him in the compassion of a merciful God; in vain had the abundance of his fervent benevolence said, " Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ? Peradventure there...

...saerifiee of fools : for thev eonsider not that they do evil. (I) Gen. 18. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, whieh am but dust and ashes. Cm ) Luke 15. 17. And when he eame to himself, he said, How many hired...

...with this observation, expressive both of his sense of the majesty of God, and his own unworthiness, " behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes; peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy...

...and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack o/"five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him...

...and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering, instead of his son. Gen. xvlii. fi?. Ihtne taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. Rom. viii. 3. (margin) By a sacrifice for sin he condemned rin in the flesh. Lev. ix. 24. And there...

...Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord ; Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake....

...toward thee. ' ! Again, we read of Abraham's humility in prayer, when he says, in Gen. xviii. 27. ' Behold now, I have taken upon me ' to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes.' And, in ver. 3O. ' Oh ! let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak.' We also read of David's sincerity,...

...as the first original of the human nature. Thus Abraham, when standing in the presence of God, says, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes, Gen. xviii. 27. And this character is considered, as universally belonging to mankind, when it is said,...

...ix. 4. And Abraham, when standing before the Lord, and pleading in behalf of Sodom, says, Behold, nou I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes, Gen. xviii. 2f. And the inhabitants of heaven, who are nearest the throne of God, are represented as...