...and rejoicing of my heart," Jer. xv. 16. The Sabbath is his delight—" Jf thou turn away thy foot from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight," Isa. Iviii. 13. Prayer is his delight—" I will make them joyful in my house of prayer," Isa. Ivi....

...observation of it, so God will Mess those who honour i hy keeking it holy. To such he says — ' If thou wilt turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on any holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the D. honourable; ami shalt honour him,...

...to be produced, shall be frdtn the three foremost of the prophets. Isaiah writes, (chapter Iviii,) "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from...sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words, then shalt...

...duties, is in a passage which, in common with the preceding, we have formerly quoted for another purpose; "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from...holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,...

...what a mercy it is to have one day entirely set apart for attending to the concerns of our souls. Now if thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; and shalt call the sabbath a Delight, the holy of the Lord, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways,...

...is, spiritual repose of heart in God, in opposition to earthly, sensual, intellectual pleasure — "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing THY PLEASURE, on my holy day." Here is the main difficulty: so long as sensual repose, instead of spiritual; intellectual effort,...

...is, spiritual repose of heart in God, in opposition to earthly, sensual, intellectual pleasure—" If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing THY PLEASURE, on my holy day." Here is the main difficulty : so long as sensual repose, instead of spiritual; intellectual effort,...

...generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 19 II S7 . i in! shall honour him . not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking titim...

...and to 1 The only text I have ever heard insisted upon, is where the prophet says, " If thou turn not away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day." To say nothing of the obscurity of this passage, which has evidently puzzled the translators, I will...

...spent, is furnished in the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah ;- and an important promise connected with it : " If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing >hy pleasure on my holy day ; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable ; and...