Homilist Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And it shall be, when the LORD your God shall have brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac… I. GOD'S RIGHT TO THE SECULAR PROPERTY OF MEN. Not merely the and, but also all productions of labour, belong to Him. II. THE FATE OF ALL EARTHLY POSSESSIONS. The only property that we can retain, that we can carry with us, and which can bless us wherever we go, is moral — the property of a holy character. III. THE PRINCIPLE OF ENTAIL IN GOD'S GOVERNMENT OF MAN. One man labours, and another man enters into his labours. So it has ever been, so it is now. 1. It is so politically. 2. Socially. 3. Religiously. IV. A TYPE OF A GOOD TIME THAT IS COMING. The Church shall take the property of the world. V. THE PRIMARY CONDITION OF MAN'S WELL-BEING IN EVERY AGE. "Beware lest thou forget the Lord." 1. That forgetfulness of the Lord is an immense evil. 2. That worldly prosperity exposes us to this immense evil. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, |
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