...worthy of the vocation wherewith ye were called. How forcible are these words, " Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been...a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." How needful is it to regard the word of the Lord held out to check our froward spirits, " Hear...

...teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldcst go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been...a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea : • 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof...

...leacht:lh thoe to profit, which leadeth Ihee by the wny thai thou shouldesl go. t 18 О thai Ihou luulsi vertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, aud nis words are nol beard. righteouMie« as the waves of the sea : 19 Thy seed also had 1x4*11 as the sand, and the offspring...

...backslidings and unprofitableness, God is most favourably disposed towards his people. " О that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments : then had thy peace...a river; and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Surely such language conveys to our minds the feelings of ardent affection for those with respect...

...their folly while they liear the Saviour exclaim, in the melting strains of pity, " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace...a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Many things which we value, and which 'we are solicitous to secure, are, in truth, of little...

...which leadeth theeby the way thou should??! £o, O that Ihou hadst hearkened to my comma; dm-nt? ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea ; thy seed also had been as the sand, and thy name should not have been cut off, nor de»trnvi>d...

...way that thou shouldest go. 18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy |>eace ciety sea : 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof...

...things, and freedom from calamitous circumstances of every kind. Isa. xlviii. 18, '• O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments. Then had thy peace been as a river ;" that is, then thy wealth and prosperity would have been very great and remarkable. This being a...

...his affectionate j reconci|es us to the frequent demand for ils apostrophe — ' Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river!' It was that his goodness might have the precedency of his Omnipotence, that he vouchsafed to give the...

...favour. What was said of Israel as a peopk, will apply here to individual experience. " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments : then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness like the waves of the sea." You hear much of the hidings of God's face. The expression is perfectly...