...delivered, as in the dress they are delivered in* Thus it is said of the prophet Ezekiel, that he was to them " as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice ."* 2. There are very many delight to hear the word, that yet take no delight to do it : so saith God...

...calling! These are not new characters. In the thirtythird chapter of Ezekiel, God says to his prophet, Lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song, of one...instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do them not — their heart goeth after their covetowsness. And, for St. Paul, he was only one of the same stamp,...

...hearers, when He says to the prophet Ezekiel ; " My people hear thy words, but will " not do them. And lo ! thou art unto " them as a very lovely song...and can play well on " an instrument ; for they hear tliy words, " and do them not." And our blessed LORD has shewn, in the parable of the Pharisee and...

...do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of...instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do them not, Herod heard John the Baptist gladly, Mark vi. 20. and others of his hearers, for a season, rejoiced...

...189 DISCOURSE VII. ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AND SENSIBILITY, IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. " And lo ! thou art unto them as a very lovely song...instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." — Ezek. xxxiii. 32 216 t Appendix, . ... . . . 25T DISCOURSE I, A SKETCH OF THE MODERN ASTRONOMY....

...do them : for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo! thou art unto them as a very lovely song...instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." But what light they possessed was soon extinct. There is nothing more uncertain and fluctuating than...

...DISCOURSE VII. OK THE SLF.NDF.R INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AIU> SENSIBILITY IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. •' And, lo ! thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one Who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instruraeat : for they hear thy Words, bat they...

...DISCOURSE VII. ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AW0 SENSIBILITY IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. •' And, lo ! thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do...

...unfolded. DISCOURSE VII. ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AND SENSIBILITY, IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. " And, lo! thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do...

...their mouth they shewed much love, but their heart went after their covetousness.'" It is added, " And lo thou art unto them as a very lovely song, of...instrument, for they hear thy words, but they do them not," Ezek. xxxtii. 31, 32. It was observed before, that in the parable of the sower, they who are compared...