...was conditional. The enjoyment of all these blessings depended upon their obedience — " If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land," and the " uncircnmcised man-child hath broken my covenant" — when any covenant is broken^ or can be broken,...

...shalt surely die." Such was his decree to the Jews, by the mouth of the prophet Isaiah : " If " ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land."* And such was the testimony of Jesus Christ: "If any man will " do his will, he shall know of the doctrine...

...which illustrate the principle in one form. A specimen of this form is found in Isah. i. 19. " If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land." And the form of threatening, recognising the same principle, immediately follows: " But if ye refuse and rebel,...

...protection from the sword of their enemies, and this is set forth in Isaiah, i. 19th verse: " If ye be 'willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land"; and the account given by Josephus of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, is frightful. When God made...

...scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If yc be abondance, which is administered by us : providing for hone I will Turn My Hand upon thee ; and Purely Purge away thy dross, and Take away all thy tin ; and I...

...shall surely die." Such was his decree to the Jews, by the mouth of the prophet Isaiah: " If ye be " willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land,"* And such, was the testimony of Jesus Christ: " If any man will do his willr " he shall know of the doctrine...

...purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin." This verse seems to return to verse 19, "If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land." "And I will turn my hand upon, thee," not now in anger, not now with the devouring sword, but like as a...

...lest He should shift the boundaries of Nature. In this way too He crieth by the Prophets, ' If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land ; ' * and again, ' What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue...

...place in the system of government which the Almighty exercised over the ancient Israelites: 'If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the...under the Christian dispensation : 'Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.' " From the foregoing summary, it will be seen that...

...declaration of the prophets ? How slow we still are to believe them ! Isaiah 's statement, ' ' If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land," and Malachi's challenge touching the tithes and the outpouring of blessing, are but samples of scores of...