...12. — " The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down to the grave." Psalm cxv. 17. — " The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee ; they that go down to the grave cannot hope for ihy truth." Isaiah xxxviii. 18. These scriptures, when taken together,...

...12. — " The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down to the grave." Psalm citv. 17.—" The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee ; they that go down to the grave cannot hope for thy truth." Isaiah xxxviii. 18. These scriptures, when taken together,...

...first I ever ventured to take, — • For peace I had great bitterness ; but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption ; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.' (Isaiah xxxviii. 17.) " The Lord gave me wonderful light and liberty; and the Divine Spirit made it...

...Casting of our sins behind Tiis back. So in HezekiaH's song, " Thou hast in love to my soul," said he, " delivered it from the pit of corruption ; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back."J This God doth with a purpose never to view them more oculo vindice, so as to take vengeance...

...behold I will add unto thy days fifteen years." Then Hezekiah exclaimed, " In love to my soul thou hast delivered it from the pit of corruption, for, thou...grave cannot praise thee; death cannot celebrate thee. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day 5 the father to the children shall make...

...the same good man, " O Lord, thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption ; thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back : for the...thee; death cannot celebrate thee ; they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth : the living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day."...

...the same good man, " O Lord, thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption ; thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back : for the...thee; death cannot celebrate thee ; they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth : the living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day."...

...praise. Hence we have the business excellently stated by the prophet Isaiah, chap. xxxviii. 18,19, The grave cannot praise thee; death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee. God's glory is...

...great bitterness ; but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption ; forthou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. For the grave...into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, he shall praise thce, as I do this day : the father to the children shaJl make known thy truth. The...

...Sheol, whither thou goest." Eccles. ix. 10. Besides; Hezekiah, we have seen, said Isai. xxxviii. 18, — "the grave cannot praise thee ; death cannot celebrate...that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth." I ask, could those persons have • spoken in this manner, if they believed that Sheol or hell was...