...and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. THE prophet Jeremiah had a hard task. He was appointed to inculcat.e unwelcome truths upon a vain insensible...

...who is the juft judge of all the earth, even he who fearcheth the reins and the hearts, and giveth to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings, Jere. xvii. 10. Rev. ii. 23. The Almighty hath not left himfelf without witnefs in any of the nations...

...day find us out, and overtake us, when Gbd fhall judge the world' in righteoufheft, and give toevery man according to his ways, and 'according to the fruit of his doing; whether they have been good or bad;. Mow, Now, may God, of his infinite mercy, turn from us...

...heart is wily above all things; It is even past all hope ; who can know it? 10 I JEHOVAH search out the heart, And try the reins ; To give to every man...according to the fruit of his doings. .11 [As] the Kore, that hatcheth what it doth not lay; [So is] he that getteth riches, and not according to .right...

...unto reckoning before his judgment-seat; " For he searcheth the " heart, and trieth the reins, to give every man according " to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.11 , Hence let every man reason thus : " What God and my guilty conscience beareth witnesi "...

...and " mighty in work, His eyes are open upon all " the ways of the sons of men, to give every " one according to his ways, and according to " the fruit of his doings." What need then, it may be asked, is there of soliciting Divine notice, since God cannot but know and...

...can know it ?" it is immediately added ; " I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every. man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." It is said of Jesus Christ, the true God, that " he knew all men ; and needed not that any should testify...

...knowledge ; by him actions are weighed. 1 the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." Jer. xvii. 10. And lest a conclusion should be drawn from the troubles and afflictions of the righteous,...

...and protection, his eyes are also " open upon all the ways of the sous of men ; to give to every one, according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." — ''The afflicted people he will save ; but his eyes are upon the haughty, to bring them down." Like...

...according to his works, Jer. xvii. 9, 1O. / the Lird search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways; and according to the fruit of hii doings. But if by his ways, and the fruit of his doings, is meant only the actions of his body,...