...were destroyed for want of knowledge, because they forgot the God of their fathers, that brought them out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage; insomuch that the Lord complained of them, and said that " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his...

...even the dullest minds. " I am " the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land " of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; thou shalt have no " other gods beside me.*" And in the recapitulation of the divine Laws in Deuteronomy, it is repeatedly enforced...

...introductory declaration of the Almighty prefixed thereto, — " I am THE LORD thy GOD which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage," &c. And here I beg leave again to observe, that when, in the common English translation of the Bible,...

...name, for requiring mine obedience upon this sWet motive — " I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage." On this account obey me; because I am the Lord your God, and I stand related to you as your Redeemer...

...Amen. The Ten Commandments. I. I AM the Lord, thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven...

...it, and worshipped, they intended it merely as a representation of the God who had " brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage." Nevertheless, in the sight of God they were guilty of idolatry, and their " turning aside from the...

...stone hath more than the law of nature, is proved \. By these instances ; 1. That " God brought them out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of servants," and that he is to be worshipped in that relation, is none of the law of nature, universally...

...stone hath more than the law of nature, is proved t. By these instances ; 1. That " God brought them out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of servants," and that he is to be worshipped in that relation, is none of the law of nature, universally...

...tyranny, by revolving in their minds on that day the goodness of their God, " who had redeemed them out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage.'* (Deut. v. 15.) Our motives to gratitude, still accumulating with time, have at length attained the...

...that God proclaimed himself to be the God of Israel, saying, " I am the Lord thy God, which brought A @; - Some hold this to be tte affirmative part of U»a first cciuibaiidinerit: in which the gospel is 103...