Excerpt from A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament, Vol. 2: With Devotional and Practical Reflections for the Use of Families _t H E following Difcourfe was delivered by Mr. Orton at the clefe, Of his Expofition of the hif torical part of the Old Tefiament. Several of his friends whom the Editor has confulted, think it {hould be printed with the Eirpofition, and that it will be a very ufeful and acceptable addition to thexwork -but as the third volume will probably be larger than this, he has ventured to give it to the publick in this place, hoping the remaining part of the hif'torical books may be read with more advan tage in families, after a ferions and attentive perufal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.