"How shall I give thee up? After a few observations, The supposition that man must be willing to be damned, in order to be saved, is in our apprehension, erroneous and absurd. "When people pretend that they are willing to be damned for the glory of God, they "know -- not what they say nor whereof they affirm." Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. We are no less fallible than others.In matters which have engaged the attention of the learned, and in which they have differed, assurance is not perhaps to be expected. God told Moses what they had done -- threatened to destroy them -- excused Moses from praying for them, which had before been his duty, and promised to reward his faithfulness among so perverse a people, if he would now "hold his peace, and let God alone to destroy them." He hath provided a city of refuge, and urges the guilty to "turn to the strong hold." Charity and the Good Life: On Islamic Prophetic Ethics. '"Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me." No sufferings of his could have been advantageous to others, had be submitted to them for their sake.

He first destroyed their idol and then about three thousands of the idolaters, by the sword of Levi, who at his call, ranged themselves on the Lord's side. -- Strange!Mr. …The struggle of Moses, the struggle of his devoted followers as they sought to get out of Egypt.And I've looked over. First, at the foot of Sinai, where the Lord tried to sanctify His people and to cause them to come up the mountain, enter His presence, and behold His face, the Israelites refused to exercise sufficient faith to overcome their fear and enter into the fire, smoke, and earthquake that … For the all important inquiry is, confessedly, how to obtain salvation? This same Moses neglected to circumcise his children -- broke the tables of God's law -- spake unadvisedly with his lips -- yea, committed such offences against God, that he was doomed to die short of Canaan, in common with rebellious Israel.II. It supposes that God will banish those from his presence who long for it; and bring those to dwell in it who do not desire it! He did not ask to suffer Mr. Moses spoke with God face-to-face as a man speaks with his friend, and this made his countenance glow. "And Moses returned unto the Lord and said, 'Oh! For though expositors differ respecting the magnitude of the evil, they seem to agree that he did wish evil to himself, and pray that he might suffer for his people! God is present throughout the events of the exodus. Nor doth Moses simply desire this, but only comparatively expresseth his singular zeal for God's glory, and charity to his people; suggesting that the very thoughts of the destruction of God's people, and the reproach and blasphemy which would be cast upon God by means thereof, were so intolerable to him, that he rather wished, if it were possible, that God would accept him as a sacrifice in their stead, and by his utter destruction prevent so great a mischief." Or harboring a thought that the sin of his people might be atoned by his being blotted out from among God's works! Many haven attempted to explain it, and in our apprehension, failed in the attempt. They see indeed the evil of sin, and are sensible of its demerit? *Could the learned and judicious Mr. The Word Seek In Greek. Moses (/ ˈ m oʊ z ɪ z,-z ɪ s /), also known as Moshe Rabbenu (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ ‎, lit. To suppose it required is to blaspheme God -- to pretend that man can submit to it, is to belie human nature -- to conceive that a child of God can reconcile himself to it, is to subvert every just idea of true religion.