Scripture Characters or a Practical Improvement of the Old and New Testament; Complete in Two Volumes with a Portrait and Life of the Author - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841. Excerpt: ... xlvi. 10. From a remembrance of your sinfulness, let your mouths be stopped, while, like Job, you " abhor yourselves, and repent in dust and ashes." Years before Christ, about 1116.--We hasten to the close of this history, which is most affecting. Some time after the denunciation of wrath against Eli, there was war between the Israelites and the Philistines, and the enemies of the Lord's people were permitted to prevail, 1 Sam. iv. 1, &c. Confounded by this defeat, the elders of Israel, with a mixture of ignorance and presumption, proposed that the ark of God should be sent for into the camp; like all other hypocrites, trusting to the outward token of the Lord's presence, instead of humbling themselves before him in penitence and prayer. The impious sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, with an insolent profaneness, conducted the ark to the field of battle. The most confident expectations of victory were entertained: but alas! what could be looked for in such an enterprise? Eli, probably, had not been consulted, or not regarded on that occasion: and it appears that he was filled with terrible apprehensions for the consequence. Every thing dear depended on the contest. Their liberty, their religion, and their lives were all at stake. What anxiety must have possessed those especially, who were concerned for the honour of God, when they saw the symbol of his favour to Israel exposed to the assaults of the Heathen! such was Eli: he had much to fear for himself, much for his country, much for his children; but every other thought was swallowed up in his solicitude for the glory of God. "He sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God." At length the cry of distress was heard, upon the arrival of a messenger, who thus related t...

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