...Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then...river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea :" xlviii, 17, 18. It was the complaint of Jesus against the Jews, that although John the Baptist came...

...thy God which teacbeth tbae to profit, which leadeth thee by the wsj that thou shouldest go. 1 8 O thousand : and when they arose early iu the morning,...dead corpses. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria depa : 19 Thy seed also had been as tht sand, and the offspring of thy bowel* like the gravel thereof; his...

...righteousness shall bo peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever, xxxii. 17. О that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then...„ , , , , , . , thy peace been as a river, and thy . . B» V*'""" als° Г lu"xaeaal>?faltk ~- r - - - - ° into tins graff wherein we ftaui!. « come...

...and have not walked worthy of the vocation wherewith ye were called. How forcible are these words, " Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then...river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." How needful is it to regard the word of the Lord held out to check our froward spirits, " Hear ye,...

...LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldcst go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then...river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea : • 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof...

...leacht:lh thoe to profit, which leadeth Ihee by the wny thai thou shouldesl go. t 18 О thai Ihou luulsi vertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, aud nis words are nol beard. righteouMie« as the waves of the sea : 19 Thy seed also had 1x4*11 as the sand, and the offspring...

...thou wast, and what thou now art! Repent and do thy first works, saith the Lord! So may thy peaee be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea, Isa. xlviii, 18, 19. So be it. But to return. The first that began in the work of the Lord abovementioned...

...will they lament their folly while they liear the Saviour exclaim, in the melting strains of pity, " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then...river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Many things which we value, and which 'we are solicitous to secure, are, in truth, of little worth....

...our past backslidings and unprofitableness, God is most favourably disposed towards his people. " О that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments : then...river; and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Surely such language conveys to our minds the feelings of ardent affection for those with respect to...

...which leadeth theeby the way thou should??! £o, O that Ihou hadst hearkened to my comma; dm-nt? ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea ; thy seed also had been as the sand, and thy name should not have been cut off, nor de»trnvi>d from...