Excerpt from Horae Homileticae, or Discourses (Principally in the Form of Skeletons) Now First Digested Into One Continues Series, and Forming a Commentary Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 9 of 21: To Which Is Annexed, an Improved Edition of a Translation of Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon; Jeremiah to Daniel OW marvellous is the condescension of Almighty God! There is not in the universe a man that would bear with his fellow-man as God beareth with his people. Amidst all the indignities that they offer him, he follows them with entreaties, reasonings, ex postulations, if by any means he may prevail upon them to turn to him, and thus to avert from them selves his merited displeasure. In my text, all Israel are challenged by him to assign a reason for their contemptuous treatment of him. As by the Prophet Micah he says, O my people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee testify against mea so here he challenges them all to say, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me Here we are called to consider. 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.