...thy Matters are good and right, but there is no Man deputed of the King to hear thee. 4 Abfalom faid moreover, Oh that I were made Judge in the Land, that every Man which hath any Suit or Caufe, might come unto me, and I would do him Juftice. 5 And it was fo, that when any Man came nigh...

...is one of the tribes of Israel. And Absalom said unto him, See thy matters are good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. Absalom said moreover, O that I were made Judge in the land, that every man that hath any suit or cause might come unto me,...

...Amen. SERMON VIII. THE CONDEMNATION OF SELF-WILL. JOB xxxiv. 33. Should it be according to thy mind ? OH ! that I were made judge in the ** land ; that every man which hath any fuit, or caufe, " might come unto me, and I would do him juftice." Such was the language of Abfalom,...

...bad, and his ministère wicked. Thi» -was a 4 false and vile insinuation. Absalom said moreover, О that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any • Some suppose he took advantage of David's sickness to do this ; ardby a grand equipage to attract...

...would hear and redress their grievances, receive their petitions, and give them gracious answers : — Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man might come unto me, and I would do him justice ! And, when any man came to do him obeysance, he put...

...one to hear their grieveances (which was a political lye), and relieve their oppressions, to wish, " Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man that hath any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice !" In short, these unprincipled...

...are good and right ; but there it no man defiuted of the king to hear thee. 4 Absalom said moreo\er, ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it miglit come unto me, and T would do him j ustice ! 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to...

...one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but there is no. man deputed of the king to hear thee. Absalom said moreover, O that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me,...

...CONDEMNATION OF 9ELF-WIL1 JOB xxxiv. 33. SHOULD it BE ACCORDING fo far * OH ' that I were made judge in th$ '' land ; that every man which hath any suit, or cause,..." might come unto me, and I would do him justice." Such was the language of Absalom, when labouring to promote and to justify a measure, the design of...

...him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in...cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and...