...and true God. Why was God displeased with Ahab ? Because he did not obey his holy command which says, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. What did God send to punish Ahab ? A famine. Did the famine punish all the people with Ahab? Many people...

...may best be determined from the circumstances of " the passage"— Glassii Philol. Sacra, p. 330. LI. To what extent the meaning of any word, or clause,...circumstances. When our Lord replied, " It is written, Thou shalt " worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou " serve;" (St. Matt.iv. 10.) he had in view...

...worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan : for ho is this Son of man ? 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the li Observe, 1. The next sin which Satan tempts our Saviour to, is the sin of idolatry, even to worship...

...as he observes his dmands so impudent and blasphemous, he command him away, and tells him, verse 10. r. 48:28. The dove that would be safe from the devouring birds, or from the fowler's Now was the devil put to flight, and in his atead, " the angels came and minislered unlo Jesus," (ie)...

...true reason of that strict precept by which all are commanded to give divine worship to God only, " Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve;" (Matt. iv. 10.) because he alone is God : him only shall Ihou fear, because he alone halh infinite...

...infernal chieftain roused his just indignation : with abhorrence he replied, " Get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him ; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him."...

...on which our Lord indignantly rebukes him : " then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; for nto - Our Lord here showed both that he knew Satan, and that he had power to command him away, — a proof...

...emphatically restricted to that Being, who said, " I the Lord thy God am a jealous God :" Exodus xx, 5. — " Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve:" Matt, iv, 10; comp. Deut. vi, 13, &c. If, then, we allow that there is an uniformity in divine truth...

...thirdly, it is said, that Papists worship saints, and fall down to graven images. This is very, very bad. "Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve." But let us take ourselves to task upon this charge also. Have we no consecrated names in the annals...

...thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him....