...for ever.'' Exodus xxxi. 16, 17. Again: "And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do he shall even live in them , moreover also 1 gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord...

...statutes, and shewed them my "judgments, which if a man do, he " shall even live in them (y). " 12. Moreover also, I gave them my " sabbaths, to be a...might know that " I am the LORD that sanctify them. " 13. But the house of Israel rebelled " against me in the wilderness : they " walked not in my statutes,...

...a man do he shall even live in them ; moreoeer also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign betireen me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.' Ezek. xx. 12. Now, it dors not seem easy to nnderstand how the Sabbath could be a sign between God and the people of Israel,...

...by making the Sabbath a sign between God and Israel is declared by God himself in Ezekiel xx. 12 ; ' I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them; that they may know that I am Jehovah, who sanctify them.' It will not be denied, that the whole human race are...

...sabbath day, neither do ye any work ; but hallow ye the sabbath day, £c. — Jer. xvii. 21,22. 24. 27. I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, &c.^ Ezek. xx. 12. 20, 21. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, &c. saying, When will the new...

...for .ever," Exodus xxxi, 16; IT. Again : " And I gave them my statutes, and Bruswedthem my judgments, which if a man do he shall even live in them ; moreover also Igai-e than my sabbaths, to tea sign between me and them, thai they might know that I am the Lord that...

...sabbath day, neither do ye any work ; but hallow ye the sabbath day, &c. — Jer. xvii. 21, 22. 24. 27. I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, &c. — Ezek. xx. 12. 20, 21. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, &c. saying, When will the...

...saith, " Moreover .also I.gave Jthenvmy sabbaths, to be a sign hetweon BAPTISM. 79 •them -and me, that they might know that I am the •Lord that sanctify them." — The next religious festival or ordinance appointed the Jews, of which we shall take notice, is...

...Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness : and I gave them my statutes and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them : moreover ulso I pare them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the...

...Iviii. 13, 14.) " In the Prophet Ezekiel also we find these remarkable words relative to the Sabbath — Moreover also, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign...I am the Lord that sanctify them. (Ezek. xx. 12.) " For what purpose, then, are these Sabbaths, these tokens of love, given to the sinner — to the...