Homilist Ruth 1:15 And she said, Behold, your sister in law is gone back to her people, and to her gods: return you after your sister in law. ( I. FAMILY SORROWS. 1. Want. 2. Separation. 3. Death. II. FAMILY ERRORS. 1. Preference of worldly comfort before religious privileges. 2. Formation of worldly connections. III. FAMILY ATTACHMENTS. 1. Their power. The amiableness of Naomi has so attached these idolaters to her that they are willing to forsake even their own mother. 2. Their weakness. The case of Orpah may teach us that an attachment to religious people is not religion; nor can it, of itself, produce religion in the heart. IV. FAMILY MERCIES. 1. The return of moderate prosperity. 2. Converting grace bestowed upon an idolater. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. |
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