...way that thou shouldest g°O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, And thy righteousness as the waves of...the sand, And the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; His name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. Go ye forth of...

...thou wast, and what thou now art! Repent and do thy first works, saith the Lord! So may thy peace 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 above mentioned,...

...the way thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! 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 destroyed from before, me, chap, xlviii. 17, &c. Read the...

...tfiee one after another ; thy fieact and prosperity should have J9 been uninterrupted and abundant : Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; numerous as the sands, or like the fishes of the sea ; his name should not have been...

...thee out oft/a/ troubles. О that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea ; thuit shouldsi not have gant into captivity, but a succession of Meetings should havejlcwed ttfion...

...they would not be cleansed ! OA that thou hadsl hearkened to my commandments ! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Isai. xlviii. 18. 4. Our own unwillingness is the great hindrance to our sanctification. When the will...

...dispensation, when he says : "O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandmerits ; (hen had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." How powerful must the grace of God be in its influence upon the mind ; if it may, with any propriety,...

...way that than ihouldst go O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Isa. xlviii. 17, 1H. Behold, I standat the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,...

...discountenancing immorality and opposing vice; and in proportion to thy exertions, " thy peace shall be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea !" You appear, Sir, to hold the performers in these schools of morality in the highest estimation....

...that divine exclamation — ' O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.' Your friend has seen many of this description. Some, who by marrying ungodly men, have made shipwreck...