...Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and holy men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to...over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. This was exemplified in David himself, but it much more immediately refers to Jesus Christ, the King...

...that giveth light unto the worf^. There shall come a star out of Jacob, said Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 7. and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, saith David, 2 Sam. xxiii. 4. And the prophet Isaiah, speaking of his coming, saith, The people that...

...were come, when there shall be a ruler over men, the Just One, thy Jesus, ruling in the fear of God; he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth: under him the mountains ^ shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills by righteousness. Hasten...

...it may denote his being a master in Israel, in psalmody, hymus, fend praises to the Lord. Ver. 3. " The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me."] — By the spirit of the Lord in verse 1. and in verse 2. by the God of Israel, and the Rock of Israel,...

...people, in what are called the last words of David, recorded in the 2d hook of Samuel : (rxiii. 3.) " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the...shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riscth ; even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining...

...been described, will be like the Son of the Most High, vehicles of good to mankind, and like him, will be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And therefore, when a people are bereaved of them, they sustain...

...the following beautiful language. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me; and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to...without clouds ; as the tender grass, springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 — 4. To possess this beneficent influence...

...are generally short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following ; " He that rulelh over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God;...without clouds ; as the tender grass, springing out of the earth by clear shining, after rain."' "'^Allegory is likewise frequency employed in the sacred...

...sacred poets, are generally short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following : " He that ruleth over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he bhall be as the light of the morning, when the son riseth ; even a morning without clouds; asthe tender...

...is unmixed and pure. It is a lustre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened in Scripture, to the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; to the light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day\-. Whereas the honours which the world...