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I. THE SPIRIT OF DOUBT AND MISTRUST LEADS MEN TO PRACTICE DECEIT.

1. It was deceiving a relative.

2. Deceiving an infirm relative.

3. Deceiving an infirm relative in spiritual matters.

II. IT DEADENS MEN'S MORAL SENSIBILITIES.

1. It creates indifference to man's moral culture.

2. It renders one insensible to the greatest danger.

III. IT INVOLVES PAIN.

1. Loss of peace.

2. Instability.

3. Humiliation.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

WEB: He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.