Jonah 1:9 And he said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which has made the sea and the dry land. I. THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING BORN AND EDUCATED IN SOME COUNTRIES ABOVE OTHERS. Consider them both in a natural and in a spiritual sense. Some countries place their inhabitants under serious disabilities. The conditions are most deplorable when men's bodies draw the yoke of slavery, and minds are destitute of common civility, as well as of all true conceptions concerning God or religion. What then are the natural advantages into which we are born? And how great are the spiritual advantages? II. THE GREATEST HAPPINESS MEN CAN RECEIVE DOTH ARISE FROM THEIR BEING NUMBERED AMONG THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEAR THE LORD. This happiness is best demonstrated by comparison with the enjoyments of other people and nations. That this happiness may abide for ever with us, we are obliged — 1. To keep up a friendly society and correspondence with all men. 2. We are more particularly engaged to love and help one another, as fellow-countrymen. (John Hartcliffe, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. |
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