...shall be torn in pieces ; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...by their means; and my people love to have it 'so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? Jer. V. 1. 6. 31. But the chief priests and elders persuaded...

...cent less will ever satisfy their thirst. " A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land : the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ; and my people l^ve to have it so : and what will ye do in the end thereof ?" GREAT GOD ! if nature, weak and frail,...

...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an...

...Jeremiah to the Prelacy of that period. " A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the Prophets prophesy falsely, and the Priests bear...means, and my people love to have it so." — Jer. v. 30 — 31. (Johannes Vitalis, " de Prcelatis et Sacerdotibus."). Nor can all this appear surprising...

...the synagogue of the Jews, when he says : " A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...by their means ; and my people love to have it so; and what will ye do in the end thereof?" ' O 'eloquence, terrible and vehement, in proportion to thy...

...an example to all them that follow him. O people, see who follow Paul ! The prophet Jeremiah said, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ;" but now the "priests bear rule by the means they get from the people :" take away their means, and...

...an example to all them that follow him. O people, see who follow Paul ! The prophet Jeremiah said, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ;" but now the " priests bear rule by the means they get from the people :" take away their means,...

...following words are applicable in this case: — "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?" (Jer. v. 30, 31.) PART THIRD. Mr. Burchard's discourses on...

...a practice is commanded, or such a promise annexed thereto. But it verifies the words of Jeremiah; "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so."J You are aware, Gentlemen, that during the Testator's life he foresaw that the purport of his...

...deceivers, from the days of Moses till the destruction of Jerusalem. — " The prophets prophesy falsely ; the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so," was the testimony of Jeremiah. So likewise under the Christian dispensation, from the defection of...