²¹⁶ Ib. xxv. 15.

²¹⁷ "The grace" i.e. the grace of the priesthood.

²¹⁸ S Luke viii. 6.

²¹⁹ S. Matt. xiii. 5.

²²⁰ Ib. vii. 26.

²²¹ Eccles. x. 16.

²²² Prov. xxix. 20.

²²³ Ib. xxv 3.

²²⁴ Ps. xxiv. 3.

²²⁵ Isai. xl. 12.

²²⁶ Ib. lxvi. 1.

²²⁷ Ib. xl. 18, 25.

²²⁸ Ps. xxxiii. 6.

²²⁹ Eccles. vii. 24.

²³⁰ Ib. i. 18.

²³¹ Ps. xxvi. 7 (lxx).

²³² Ib. xviii. 12; civ. 6.

²³³ 1 Tim. vi. 16.

²³⁴ Exod. xxxiii. 19.

²³⁵ S. Matt. xxii. 13.

²³⁶ Ps. xxii. 11.

²³⁷ Ib. xix. 10; cxix. 103.

²³⁸ Prov. ii. 3.

²³⁹ 2 Cor. xi. 23.

²⁴⁰ Ps. cvii. 40.

²⁴¹ Princes, a!rxontaj. i.e. The office of the priesthood, which is one of dignity, has been brought into contempt by the unworthiness of those ordained to it, who have, by their want of the virtues requisite for their office, made it an empty name - and, not only so, but have been actively vicious.

²⁴² Knowledge, &c. cf. the ironical passage, §§ 49, 50.

²⁴³ 1 Cor. ii. 10.

²⁴⁴ Ib. vi. i. 7.

²⁴⁵ S. Matt. vii. 6.

²⁴⁶ Ps. cvi. 39.

²⁴⁷ Deut. xxiii. 3.

²⁴⁸ Ps. cxviii. 19.

²⁴⁹ Ib. x. 7. cxl. 3.

²⁵⁰ Gen. i. 2.

²⁵¹ Isai. xxiv. 2; Hos. iv. 9.

²⁵² Ps. cxxix. 3 (lxx.).

²⁵³ 1 Cor. iv. 9.

²⁵⁴ Eph. vi. 12.

²⁵⁵ S. James ii. 19.

²⁵⁶ Isai. lii. 5; Rom. ii. 24.

²⁵⁷ Phil. iii. 3.

²⁵⁸ Eph. vi. 11.

²⁵⁹ Exod. xvii. 11.

²⁶⁰ Josh. v. 14.

²⁶¹ 1 Sam. xvi. 16; xvii. 49.

²⁶² Ps. xviii. 39.

²⁶³ Ib. cxliv. 1.

²⁶⁴ 1 Sam. vii. 5.

²⁶⁵ Joel ii. 17.

²⁶⁶ Ezek. xiv. 14, 20.

²⁶⁷ Judah, etc., cf. Orat. vi. 7; xxxii. 4.

²⁶⁸ Lam. iii. 28.

²⁶⁹ Ib. iii. 19.

²⁷⁰ Mic. ii. 3.

²⁷¹ Deut. xxxii. 15.

²⁷² Jer. iii. 14.

²⁷³ Hos. x. 1.

²⁷⁴ Jer. ii. 21; x. 16.

²⁷⁵ Ps. lxv. 10.

²⁷⁶ Isai. lxii. 3.

²⁷⁷ Ezek. xxviii. 12.

²⁷⁸ Ib. xxiii. 42.

²⁷⁹ Phil. iii. 21.

²⁸⁰ Ps. xl. 2; lxix. 2.

²⁸¹ Rom. vii. 23.

²⁸² Exod. xxiv. 1, 2.

²⁸³ Ib. xix. 16.

²⁸⁴ Heb. xii. 18.

²⁸⁵ Exod. xxiv. 15, 18.

²⁸⁶ 2 Cor. iii. 6, 7.

²⁸⁷ Lev. x. 1.

²⁸⁸ 1 Sam. ii. 12, 15, 23.

²⁸⁹ 2 Sam. vi. 6.

²⁹⁰ Lev. xxi. 17.

²⁹¹ Ib. xxii. 19.

²⁹² Ib. viii. 31.

²⁹³ Exod. xxx. 33, 38.

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