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Albert Barnes and James Murphy wrote this 26-volume commentary on the entire Bible (KJV), verse-by-verse from Genesis through Revelation. Published in the 1800s, it is still well-loved and well-read by evangelicals who appreciate Barnes' pastoral insights into the Scripture. It is not a technical work, but provides informative observations on the text, intended to be helpful to those teaching...

This is the great rule of the mass of the world. The pampering of the appetites is the great purpose for which they live, and the only purpose. (2.) It is folly. The body will soon be in the grave; the soul in eternity. How low and grovelling is the passion which leads the immortal mind always to anxiety about what the body shall eat and drink! (3.) Men should act from higher motives. They should be thankful for appetites for food; and that God provides for the wants of the body; and should eat to
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