Open —— is better than secret love.
REPROVE ([page 312]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to censure? to reprove? to reprimand 2. How does admonish compare with the other words in the group? Is its reference to the past or to the future? 3. What is it to reproach? Does this word imply authority or superiority? 4. What is the force of expostulate and remonstrate?
EXAMPLES.
He that oppresseth the poor ——eth his Maker.
Her answer ——ed me; for she said, "I never ask their crimes, for we have all come short."
Moses was ——ed of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, see, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
This witness is true. Therefore —— them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.