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- As the pupil of the eye, the hole or the opening of the uveous coat, or iris, through which the rays of light pass, and falling upon the retina, there depict every object in its natural colour, as upon a piece of white paper. Now the pupil of the eye being essentially necessary to sight, and easily injured, it is not only, in common with the other parts, deeply entrenched in the skull, ramparted with the forehead and cheek bones, defended by the eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes, and placed so as to be best protected by the hands, but, by a wonderful mechanism, is contracted or dilated by the muscular power of the iris, without which an excess of light would cause instant blindness. "He foundª° him in a desertª land,ª and in the wasteª howlingª wilderness;ª he led him about,ª° he instructedª° him, he keptª° him as the appleª of his eye.ª" {Deu 32:10} + "Keepª° me as the appleª¹ of the eye,ª² hideª° me under the shadowª of thy wings,ª" {Psa 17:8} + "For¹ thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hosts;ª Afterª the gloryª hath he sentª° me unto¹ the nationsª which spoiledª° you: for¹ he that touchethª° you touchethª° the appleª of his eye.ª" {Zch 2:8}
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