...untimely death. (Exod. 32. 32,33; Psalm 69. 28.) When Moses says, in the passage referred to above, " Blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written," we are to understand the written book merely as a metaphorical expression, alluding to the records...

..." Oh this people have sinned a great sin ; yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." What amazing love ! Hear the prayer of Stephen ! — stoned by his enemies, and prostrated on the earth,...

...find him saying to the Lord, Exodus, c. 32. v. 32. " If thou wilt forgive their sin ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." To which the Lord replies, " Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." Where...

...' Oh this people have sinned a great sin ; yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.' What amazing love ! Hear the prayer of Stephen ! — stoned by his enemies, and prostrated on the earth,...

...sin, and have made them Gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin * * * And if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." Exod. xxxii., 31, 2. In Neh. v., 6, that holy man and noble patriot tells us, he " was very angry when...

...express his most ardent desire for their forgiveness, he prays again conditionally: " And if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." This was implicitly saying, " O Lord, since thou hast proposed to spare me and destroy thy people,...

...the Emperor, as Moses spake to God : ' Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin ; — and if not, blot me, I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written.' For holy men are so filled with love, that they had rather die with their children, than live without...

...of his request, when he said to God, " Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written." Here are two things requested, and both conditionally. Moses prays, if it were consistent with the...

...do I hear a Moses, with agony, exclaim, " Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin ; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written !"1 Well do I hear the confession of a Paul, " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ...

...would not think of it for a moment, but said, ' If thou wilt, forgive their sins ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book, which thou hast written.' And in another case, when God said he would destroy them, and make of Moses a greater and a mightier nation,...