...thoughts, &c. that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick, &c.— Isa. Ixv. 2, 3. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see,...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest, &c. — Jer. vi. 16. I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them, &c. concerning burnt-offerings,...

...&c. that sacrificed] in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick, &c. — Isa. Ixv. 2, 3. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see,...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest, &c. — Jer. vi. 16. I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them, &c. concerning burnt-offerings,...

...me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. — Thus taith the Lord, stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. — Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I ysill give you rest....

...caprice, but, to consider, and examine things impartially, and choose what evidently appears best. " Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." (Jer. vi. 16.) Or as here, " If it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you...

...the saints. " Thus saith the Lord, * Strictures, &c. p. 71, f 1 Tiro. iv. 1. } 2 Tim. iv. 3, 4. stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths,, where...good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."* " If ye continue in ray words," says Christ,f " then are ye my disciples indeed ;...

...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 way ? and walk therein, and ye shall find " rest for your souls." _• Can it be questioned, that some distinct guidance is necessary, when religious...

...and good way, and walk in it, to prevent their ruin. 'Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the way, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk .therein.' This last clause acquaints us with the feeling...

...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 way, 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,...

...' . • 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...

...stoutest bosom — It was DELAY. SERMON XXV. THE OLD PATHS. [FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT.] JEREMIAH vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord — Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old patJis, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. THIS...