...presence. They have neglected the solemn precept, " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice...fools ; for they consider not that they do evil." God is a Spirit ; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The Father seeketh...

...vanity and vexation of spirit. CHAP. V. d T7" EEP thy foot when thou go_FlL est to the house of God, ce, let this child's «oui come into him again, m 22 And the LOKD 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utler vny thing before God : for God...

...have, Eccles. v. 1. is to the same purpose : ' Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice...fools ; for they consider not that they do evil.' I shall not stand upon the particular exposition of any of these expressions, but it is a plain caution...

...conduct in the management of Divine Worship : " Keep thy foot, when thou goest to the House of God; and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice...of fools: for they consider not that they do evil h ." Further; our worship of the Most High must possess the following properties, to commend it to...

...hear, Pthan to give the sacrifice ofj fools : for they consider not that they do evil. PTOV. *v. a * 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart "'' ""' be hasty to utter ant/ § thing before God : for God is in t or, u»nt heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy...

...attend to this as 21 See vm, 22 and xni, 11. 22 'Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice...of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.' the philosophers of paganism, the wicked habit of conflict has become so prevalent that there is now...

...God's name, those words before alluded to met me, "Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice...of fools: for they consider not that they do evil." Many sacrifices have thus been offered and many a fool has lighted the fire from the sparks of a heated...

...you go to the house of God", he therefore cautions, "approach in order to leam, rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil" (4: 17).28 To be over-righteous,29 he submits, is as barren and desolate an attitude as it is to be...

...by thine order, or by thine office, which is granted from the Creator. Amen. [Then add:] Be not rasn with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to...anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou art upoi. earth ; therefore let thy words be few. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business,...

...leaving the particular expressions thereof vnto the vnderstanding zeale & affection 7 Ecclesiastes 5:2 - 'Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few'. of...