Transient Religious Impressions
H. Bromley. Matthew 12:43-45 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. I. THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE EVIL SPIRIT, II. HIS RESTLESS ANXIETY TO RETURN. III. THE RE-ENTRANCE HE AT LENGTH EFFECTS. 1. Of the state in which he found it. Empty. Garnished but not furnished. 2. The possession he again takes. IV. THE AFFECTING ,CONSEQUENCE OF HIS REPOSSESSION'. 1. He will now run greater lengths in impiety than before. 2. He is less likely than ever to be recovered from Satanic dominion. 3. It must prove the occasion of more severe and aggravated suffering. (H. Bromley.) Parallel Verses KJV: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. WEB: But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.