Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
11. Now all these things happened as types. He again repeats it — that all these things happened to the Israelites, that they might be types to us — that is, examples, in which God places his judgments before our eyes I am well aware, that others philosophize on these words with great refinement, but I think that I have fully expressed the Apostle’s meaning...
Carnal desire indulged is the root of all sin and must be checked at its first rise, before it bears sway and carries us where we cannot foresee. The Corinthians ate and drank before the idol as if the sacrifice had sanctified it; this was idolatry, and the wilderness falls stand as their mirror.
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Commenting on 1 Corinthians 10:6-14
Now all these things happened unto them,.... All these punishments came upon them in various ways, not by chance, but by the will of God, and as their sins deserved: and were for ensamples; to others, to their future posterity, and to the churches of God in all ages: and they are written for our admonition; that men in a church state particularly may take...