...particulars of the approaching calamity, he signifies that God's promises are conditional ; saying, " O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved." He remarks too that a voice, from the land of the ten tribes gives Judah warning of the coming wL And...

...take away the foreskins of your heart." " O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thon mayest be saved ; how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? " Nothing less than the making of a new heart is required in this passage of James : " Cleanse your...

...Spirit reap life everlasting. Gal. vi. 7, 8. What therefore we say unto you, we say unto all, Watch. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that...how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? Jer. iv. 14. Oh, professor of the Christian faith, seek the renewing of thy inmost mind : and when...

...seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow ;" Isa. i., 16, 17. " O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that...how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ?" Jer. iv., 14. " Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from...

...commandedst them to do : therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. Jer. xxxii. 23. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. v. We should never come to a happy end of life's long and weary journey, if we were every day to trouble...

...want of all things" (Deut. xxviii. 47). XI. What we are to do with our hearts : 1. To wash them. " O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that...How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" (Jer. iv. 14). 2. To purify them. "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded"...

...only cutting off a leaf or a twig from this evil tree, while we take away a particular distraction. "0 Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that...How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" Till the heart be washed from sin, by the blood of Jesus, and by the grace of his Spirit, vain thoughts...

...not be held guilty. (Ucut. xxii. 27.) Christians, this caution is of a special concern to you : " 0 Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that...How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ?" (Jer. iv. 14.) Resolve the text into its integrals, and it will afford you some such observables...

...not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. Ezk. 18. 30. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your...

...With my whole heart I've sought thy face ; Oh never let me stray From thy commands, O God of grace, 9. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. Jer. iv. 14. 1. Wickedness is defiling. — 2. The seat of moral defilement is the heart. — 3. Provision...