...of Josedech the high priest, saying; Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the' LORD'S house...saying, Is it time for you, O ye! to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste ? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consi-. der your...

...the admonitory judgments of the Almighty ; and pretending, as a justification of their neglect, " the time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built." And, with the dispositions they then, entertained, the time never would have come. It would always...

...excuse their neglect of active exertion and fervent prayer, by saying, with the Israelites of old, The time is not come. the time that the Lord's house should be built. But the reality of such occurrences as special outpourings of the Spirit, has become so manifest of...

...mind of those Jews who, when the prophet Haggai was encouraging them to rebuild the temple, said, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. And why is it not time to exhibit an explicit, public testimony against the evils and errors of the...

...shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exod. xx. 4 — 6. « Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house He waste? Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring...

...shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exod. xx. 4 — 6. ' la it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus eaith the Lord of hosts ; Consider yonr ways. Ye have sown much, and...

...unwilling to serve the Lord ? Like Moses, or like thos.e Jews of whom Haggai speaks, who cried, " The time is not come ; the time that the Lord's house should be built," — we have often found self-love suggesting plausible objections against the performance of the plainest...

...therefore been induced to listen to the indolent and covetous suggestions of those who said, " The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built ; " hence they neglected that important undertaking, lu consequence of this neglect, they were visited...

...man, what is good, &c. but to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. — Micah vi. 8. Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste ? &c. Ye have sown much, and bring in -little, &c. Why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Because...

...man, what is good, &c. but to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. — Micah vi. 8. Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste ? &c. Ye have sown much, and bring in little, &c. Why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Because...