...that explicit, yet much forgotten oracle.— " Thus," saith the Lord, " stand ye in the way* " and see, and ask for the old paths ; where is the " good...and walk therein, and ye shall find " rest for your souls." _• Can it be questioned, that some distinct guidance is necessary, when religious novelties...

...Such also is the council given u> in the scriptures : " Thus saith the Lord, stand ye i" the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good...and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." We must not only keep God's appoinf" ments, but obey them as his appointments ; or, as it 's...

...It appears not. But they were to receive it at an appointed time. "Therefore," says the word, "they fall among them that fall ; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord." In Ezek. viii. 12, we find it stated that the ancients of the house of Israel say, "The Lord seeth...

...' . • I • •.' ' '/ Scripture saith, and " meddle not with them that are given to change;" but see and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and we " shall find rest for" our " souls."* And let us be assured that if we seek a way of our own, and...

...Church, to which we are at all times exposed ; and with regard to these, the admonition will apply. " Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths — where is the good way — and walk therein." At the present season then, which the Church wisely interposes...

...distinguish the track in which the grand body of the flock have followed their shepherd. Our direction is, " Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways and see,...and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls d." It follows, indeed, as an useful precept, that all novelties of doctrine, all peculiarities...

...way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents, Cant. i. 8. Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see...and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. Bat they said, We will not walk therein, Jer. vi. 16. And the father of circumcision to them...

...joys, but joys that never can expire." t Letters of Madame dc Main tenon* and other eminent per? sons. the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest lor your souls. — But they said, We will not walk therein. — Alse I set watchmen over you, saying,...

...which was delivered not long after, shall be added more at length. The text was, Jeremiah, vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways and see,...paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest, &c. The first words, — Thus saith the Lord, should be sufficient to engage attention...

...they ashamed when they had committed abomination ? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush : therefore they shall fall among them...that I visit them, they shall be cast down, saith the LOUD, vi. 15. Were they ashamed when they had commited abomination ? nay, they were not at all ashamed,...