...that daily walketh with the great and dreadful God, and hath his power and word for his security. As Moses " esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, because he had respect to the recompence of reward ; so he feared not the wrath of the king, for he...

...and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." Moses himself, who gave the law, " esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt." Great numbers, " of whom the world was not worthy, having obtained a good report through faith, received...

...renounce the prospect of an earthly crown, with the hope of obtaining a more glorious inheritance ; if he esteemed " the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, having respect unto the recompense of reward ;" what may not be expected from a hope founded upon those...

...whither he went ; because he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God. Moses esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt ; because he had respect unto the recompense of reward. He forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of...

...St. Peter to have been the same person. In the llth I chapter of the Hebrews, Moses is said to have you in the wilderness, umil ye came into this place ; and what he did unto Datha a passage of easy interpretation, when it is admitted that the Jehovah of the Israelites, whose name...

...bitterness, clamour, and wrath, with which she is constantly pursued. la this she may read of one, " who esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt." Herein also she may remember to have read of one, who taught the people standing on the shore, from...

...God ; by which Noah feared God's warnings ; by which Abraham looked for a better country; by which Moses esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt ; by which prophets, and apostles, and saints, and martyrs, out of weakness were made strong, strong...

...life. Yet he was patient all these long years, for he endured, as seeing Him who is invisible. " He esteemed the reproach of CHRIST greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, because he had respect unto the recompense of reward." Be not depressed, then, humble believer, " The...

...that religion Which their fathers had received immediately from GOD. The observation of the apostle, that Moses "esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt," is too remarkable to be passed over without notice. The Israelites have ever attached the most magnificent...

...he remained in the family of Pharoah till the old king died. The words of the Apostle, where he says that Moses esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, seem to mean that the treasures of Egypt were his, if he had not left them. In countries where kings...