. The comprehensive commentary on the Holy Bible : containing the text according to the Authorised version : Scott's marginal references : Matthew Henry's commentary, condensed ... the practical observations of Thomas Scott : with extensive notes, selected from Scott, Doddridge, Gill [et al.]. y and blindness of thehuman heart, and the subtlety andmalignity of Satan; in whose , as directed by him, it must bea first principle, that the more costly, painful, unnatural, and cruelthe oblation is, the more acceptable the sacrifice; because it best grat-ifies his pride, envy, and malice. (
. The comprehensive commentary on the Holy Bible : containing the text according to the Authorised version : Scott's marginal references : Matthew Henry's commentary, condensed ... the practical observations of Thomas Scott : with extensive notes, selected from Scott, Doddridge, Gill [et al.]. y and blindness of thehuman heart, and the subtlety andmalignity of Satan; in whose , as directed by him, it must bea first principle, that the more costly, painful, unnatural, and cruelthe oblation is, the more acceptable the sacrifice; because it best grat-ifies his pride, envy, and malice. (Lev. 20:2—5. Mic. 6:6—8.) this it may be added, that a religion of/ear, merely, will but exciteits neighbor propensities to cruelty, and murder, as is often seen inthe persecuting bigot, whose conscience is uneducated, while his zealand devotion fire a bad heart with exterminating rage, whose efTectshe will think an acceptable offering to the God he has set up. Suchever has been and such still is the religion of the lower propensities. him.] This barbarous [method to avert national calamities]existed among the Ethiopians, Phoenicians, Scythians, Egyptians, Chi-nese, Persians, ancient Indians, Gauls, Greeks, Romans, Goths, Brit-ons, [Arabs,! &c. Burder. [299]. B. C. 894. ii KINGS, IV. The widows oil increased. CHAP. IV. At Elisha*B word the oil of a poor pro-phets widow Is increased, to enableher to pay her debt, 1—7. fie is hos-pitably entertained by a wooian ofShunem, who is rewarded bv havinga son in her old age, 8—17. The childdies, but is restored to life in answerto Ktishas prayer, 18—37. Klishaheals ihc poitage made with pnisouou^herbs, 38—41; and feeds ft hundredmen wilh twenty small biirlev loaves,42—44. NOW there cried acertain nomaii ofthe wives of the ^ .sonsof the prophets untoElisha, saying, Thyservant my husband i.^dead; and thou knowcstthat thy servant didfear the Lord: and*the creditor is cometo take unto him mytwo sons to be bo
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