is the sorrowful record of the people's unfaithfulness in the land, but on the other hand of Jehovah's patient grace in raising up for His afflicted people, from time to time, Deliverers or Judges—in all, fourteen. These deliverances find their counterpart in the various revivals, as under Luther, Whitfield, and others.
The historical beginning of God's people will be found in Genesis; their deliverance is recorded in Exodus; their positional sanctification is the subject of Leviticus; their testings in the wilderness are written down in Numbers; their obedience is the main point developed in Deuteronomy; the triumphs of faith is given us in Joshua; and their abounding evil and unfaithfulness to Jehovah is fully narrated in Judges.