DISCOURSE: 24 ABRAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH Genesis 25:5. _And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness._ THE enjo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 40 JACOB PREFERRED BEFORE ESAU Genesis 25:23. _The elder shall serve the younger._ THE common gifts of Providence are bestowed in such a regular and ordinary way, that the hand of God is scarcely seen or acknowledged in them. They are considered as resulting from a settled order of thing... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 41 THE BIRTHRIGHT TYPICAL OF THE CHRISTIANS PORTION Genesis 25:32. _And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?_ IT may be considered as a general rule, that no man abstains from any thing which he has purposed to do, for want of some... [ Continue Reading ]