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green ? Besides, what a curious meat offering to 

 parch green grains of wheat by the fire ! And why 

 not say whether they were to be of wheat, barley, 

 rye, or oats ? Why call it corny when all the 

 other instructions were so minute ? Oh, no ; 

 this meat offering was to consist of ears of green 

 corn; that is to say, corn in the milky state, roasted 

 before the fire; and no wonder that it was chosen 

 as an offering, for the most delicious thing it is 

 that ever delighted the palate of human being. 

 I shall by-and-bye show, that the general way of 

 cooking these green ears, as the Americans call 

 them, is to boil them, and to eat them as bread 

 along with meat, or sometimes with butter; but 

 at present, here is quite enough to show that this 

 was the corn of which the Scripture speaks ; and 

 that it was always in great, in universal, use in the 

 countries which were the scenes of the events and 

 transactions recorded in the Bible. The context 

 would add additional conviction, if any were 

 wanted ; for the fifteenth verse says, ^' thou 

 '' shalt j)'^i 0^^ upon it, and lay frankincense 

 " thereon." Now we, when we have roasted our 

 ears of corn before the fire, put butter and salt 

 thereon, and then we eat them, and make them 

 a meat offering to ourselves. 



19. These might suffice ; but, while I could 

 add a dozen texts, I cannot refrain from adding 

 three more. In Deuteronomy, chap, xxiii. verses 



