Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... According to Dr. Adam Clarke, "Leaven is a species of corruption produced by fermentation and tends to putrefaction." The Children of Israel were commanded to put away leaven during the observance of the Passover. "Even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel." Ex. xii: 15. Leaven must not come in contact with the offering of blood. "Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven." Ex. xxxiv: 25. Leaven must be excluded from the meat offering. "No meat offering which ye shall bring unto the Lord shall be made with leaven." Lev. ii: 11, Leaven is to be put away because the meat offering is holy. "Eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most holy." Lev. x: 12. The Son of God says: "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." Matt. xvi: 6. He warns the disciples against the "leaven of Herod." Mark viii: 15. Paul writes the Corinthian Church: "Purge out the old leaven." I Cor. v: 7. Gathering up this testimony and examining it in order, we discover that: First. Leaven is in its nature corrupt, and corrupting that with which it is mixed. Second. It is recognized as so corrupt and corrupting that it is required of God to be put away from everything which was intended to typify Christ, his sacrifice, or divine and holy things. Third. Our Lord stamps it as the symbol of corrupt and corrupting doctrine. After his warning against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees the disciples reasoned among themselves and supposed he meant bread; he corrected their error, and then it is added, "Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of...
