...revenge the insult. " Let him curse, said the king, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David; let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him." 2 Sam. xvi. 10, 11. David does not mean that the Lord approved of this cursing: but that it was a part...

...son, which came r forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? red herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he ha 12 It 'may be that the LORD will look on mine 1 affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good...

...be punished, as he really deserved. " The Lord," says he, " hath " said unto him, Curse David c." " Let him alone, and let him " curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him A.~" A very wise and a just reflection. Not that the Lord had directly ordered Shimei to curse David,...

...receive the testimony thus borne in behalf of human freedom and 364 The American Church and Clergy. [MAT, brotherhood, and be roused to tenderness and activity...may be God's design, through such agency, to shew us our deficiencies, and to make us more prompt and diligent in supplying them. But we are in danger...

...son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life ; how much more, now, may this Benjamite do it ? let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him : it may be the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me goud tor his cursing this...

...bearing upon him ? It was merited suffering. So the sufferer himself thought. Listen to his words : "Let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him." It was a Divine chastisement. In many ways David had done wrong ; now he was punished. Are any disposed...

...because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so ? — let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him. Job 1. 15. The Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away. 21. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken...

...hardened his [own] heart : " ch. viii : 15. So, also, Davi 1 says of Shimei, while cursing the king, " Let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him:" 2 Sam. xvi: 11. Examples to this effect abound in the scriptures : I add one more — the case of the...

...let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, curse David ;" and he continues his entreaty, " let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him."t Both Job and the psalmist seemed to address those around them, " I вее a band ye cannot ее*,...

...We will not return cursing for cursing, nor railing for railing. We will rather adopt David's words, Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord hath...be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day. The Christian will know how to read all...