...vindication of the practice : let us hear that solemn address of the Almighty, in the 50th Psalm: " Unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldst take my covenant in thy mouth? seeing thou hatest instruction, and...

...Lord. He cannot unite himself in spirit with angels, and arch-angels, and all the company of heaven. " Unto the wicked, God saith, what hast thou to do, to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ? Now, consider this, all ye that...

...— 1 Chron. xvi. 11. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee. — 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Judah, &c. sought him with their whole desire, and he was found of them. — 2 Chron. xv. 15. There are good things found in thee : thou hast taken away, &c. and hast prepared...

...were however required to enter into with religious sincerity. In the fiftieth Psalm, it is written, ' Unto the wicked, God saith, What hast thou to do, to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth?' In other words, "Thou hast no...

...— 1 Chrou. xvi. 11. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee. — 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Judah, &c. sought him with their whole desire, and he was found of them. — 2 Chrou. xv. 15. There are good things found in thee : thou hast taken away, &c. and hast prepared...

...thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself." And what saith God to such vain thinkers? "Unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldst take my covenant in thy mouth, seeing thou hatest instruction, and...

...teacheit thou not thyielf? ь thon that prcachest a man ¡houUi net JUaJ, doit thou steal ? а But unto the wicked, God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statute«, or that thou shonldest take my covenant in thy mouth * Seeing thou batest instruction,...

...1.3 And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 16 But ly have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. 21 Set thee up way my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction,...

...with a loud voice : and all Judah rejoiced at the oath. For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found of them : and the Lord gave them rest round about *. * * Chron. xv. 10. 12. 14, 15. SERMON II. PREACHED ON...

...bestow the blessings of the new covenant. With'rtrepect to all others, they are condemned already ; and "Unto the wicked, God saith, what hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take m'y co'venant in thy mouth;" Ps. L. 16. These remarks apply...