...restraint in the festivities of the season, •who before its return, shall be numbered with the dead. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their lattor end." Some individual, who has been led to look over these pages, may be in the number. And...

...his law, death and judgment, home to our mind and conscience, and sets them all before our eyes. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" These things brought home and deeply impressed on the soul, are attended with great consternation and fear;...

...the chief and only knowledge. Yea, God himself earnestly wishes this wisdom to Israel his people — "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end." I jt u> then fr.rc number our days by mi'tlrtaiinu what our dajs arc, and the end lor which our lives...

...Does he instantly dart forth his thunders, and sink them in despair ? No ! he affectionately cries, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end :" (Deut. xxxii. 29.) " Oh that my people had hearkened unto me :" (Ps. Ixxxi. 13.) « Turn ye, turn...

...DEATH. Preached at the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. DEUTERONOMY, xxxii. -29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Page 44<) SERMON XXIV. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, AND A FUTURE STATE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS....

...contrary lo it ? Many texts. are mentioned., as operating against our doctrine, such as the following : ** O that they were wise, that they understood this; that they would consider their latter end !. What could I have done more for my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? "Wherefore, when I looked...

...chief and only knowledge. Yea, God himself earnestly wishes this wisdom to Israel his people — ' O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end.' ' Let us therefore number our days by meditating what our days are, and the end for which our lives...

...pleasures ! for which I must lie for ever in utter darkness." But no complaints will then avail. O that men were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! As to the Qualities with which the bodies of the saints shall be endowed -at the resurrection, the...

...terrible the meditation, or shocking the appearance. This is one part of the wisdom that God calls for: " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that' they would but consider their latter end. The wise man foresees the evil, and hideth himself: but the wicked pass...

...would learn righteousness," from Liie experience and observation of all ages, past and present. — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their end! the end of themselves, and of their posterity, even in this life, independent of futurity : for...