...thou wast, and what thou now art! Repent and do thy first works, saith the Lord! So may thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea, Isa. xlviii. 18, 19. So be it. But to return. The first that began in the work of the Lord above mentioned,...

...* Deut. iv. $, 9, 10. thefe my Words in your Heart and in your Soul, and teach them your Children, that your Days may be multiplied, and the Days of your Children ". He charges Jojbua in particular : This Book of the LawJhall not depart out of thy Mouth, but thou...

...Heb. xi, 7. Thus fays the Lord, thy Redeemer; — O that thou hadft HEARKENED TO MY COMMANDMENTS ! then had thy peace been as a river, and THY RIGHTEOUSNESS as the waves of the fea. Ifa. xlviii. 17, 18. — My RIGHTEOUSNESS (hall anfwer for me [Jacob] in time 10 come. Gen. xxx....

...prophet, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea ; thy seed also had been as the sand, and thy name should not have been cut off", nor destroyed from...

...that is, lead-, 18 eth thee out of t hi/ troubles. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea ; thuu shouldst not have gone into captivity, but a succession of blessings should have flawed upon...

...VOL. I. H them, but they would not be cleansed ! OA that thou hadsl hearkened to my commandments ! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Isai. xlviii. 18. 4. Our own unwillingness is the great hindrance to our sanctification. When the will...

...which leadeth thee ly tlit way that than ihouldst go O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Isa. xlviii. 17, 1H. Behold, I standat the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,...

...of the Mosaic dispensation, when he says : "O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandmerits ; (hen had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." How powerful must the grace of God be in its influence upon the mind ; if it may, with any propriety,...

...discountenancing immorality and opposing vice; and in proportion to thy exertions, " thy peace shall be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea !" You appear, Sir, to hold the performers in these schools of morality in the highest estimation....

...have felt the force of that divine exclamation — ' O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.' Your friend has seen many of this description. Some, who by marrying ungodly men, have made shipwreck...