...will walk in my law, or no, &c. How long refuse ye to keep my commandments ? &c.— Exod. xvi. 4. 28. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and...be a peculiar treasure unto me, above all people, &c. And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. —...

...mere external obedience by the Sinai covenant, that the grand preliminary to that covenant was this : If ye will obey my voice INDEED, and keep my covenant,...shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people. And what is meant by obeying bis voice indeed, is sufficiently evident, by the subsequent addresses...

...disobedience, while they " had been borne as on eagles' wings." " Now, therefore," said Jehovah, " if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my Covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me, above all people — for all the earth is mine." " All that the Lord commands we will do," was...

...is not presumption, nor will our expectations from them be cut off. The promise made to Israel was, If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar tfeasure unto me above all people. It is thus that duty and privilege are connected, and the latter,...

...Sinai covenant, that the grand preliminary to that covenant was this : If ye will obey my voice INBEED, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people. And what is mean^ by obeying his voice indeed, is sufficiently evident, by the subsequent addresses...

...and ye shall be my people, and walk ye in ALL THE WAYS that I have commanded you :" Jer. vii, 23. " If ye will OBEY my voice indeed, and keep my covenant,...unto me, above all people, for all the earth is mine !" Exod. xix, 5. Here it may be well for us to fix our attention on two general observations, which...

...••Walk before me, and be thou perfect; Gen. xvii. 1. At iSinai the Lord said unto the Israelites, " If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant,...be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people." And the people did engage thus to act ; for they replied, " All hat the Lord hath spoken we will do...

...-гчтсарлямтл втч* When your falliert tempted me, proved me, m and saw my works ь forty years. * Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself, Exod. xix. 4. And the LORD said unto Moses, Thug thou shall...

...people to Jehovah, and a kingdom of priests, for dius Moses is directed to tell the children of Israel, Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles1 wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore tf ye willfiear my voice indeed,...

...alluded to in another part of Scripture: "Ye have seen," said Jehovah to Israel, " what I did unto Egypt, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself."8 Many passages in the writings of ancient authors countenance the idea, that the eagle actually...