...then ever thou metft withall here; for after death comes judgement. Amps^.iS. Wee unto you that defire the day of the Lord , to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkgefie and not light. So I fay, woe to , them that in a froward mood defire the day of the Lord,...

...by others to be in the right Amos 5. JP^i this is> (to nfe the Prophet's Expreflion) 19. as if a MM did flee from a Lion, and a Bear met him, or went into the Houfe, and les-ifd bh Hand, on the If all and a Serpent bh him .- ie when he thinks he has avoided...

...holes and chinks of the walls of the Eajlern houfes, is fuppofed by the prophet Amos, when he fays, "As if a man " did flee from a lion, and a bear did meet " him ; or went into the houfe, and leaned " his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit " him'."...

...afc our own Condemnation; as the Prophet Amos hath moft awfully warned us; Wo unto you that defire the Day of the Lord. To 'what End is it for you ? The Day of the fjord is Darknefs, and not Light c. , To inftruct us therefore, on what it is, that our Share in the...

...judgments. Againft fuch the prophet Amos proclaimed God's righteous vengeance: * Wo unto c you that defire the day of the Lord: to what end * is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darknefs, and * not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a ' bear met him ; or went into the...

...would only leave another equally grievous, under this emphatic figure : — ELISHA AND THE MOCKERS. Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To...if a man did flee from a lion, And a bear met him. Amos v. 18, 19. Solomon, also, compares a wicked and unprincipled ruler to the lion and the bear :...

...God ; and that a pure religion mould overflow the earth as a mighty ftream. "Wo unto you, that deflre the " day of the Lord ! to what end is it for " you ? The day of the Lord is darknefs, " and not light — even very dark, arid no " brightnefs in it. I hate, I defpife your 1...

...compared with our Lord's description of the approach of the destruction of Jerusalem, in Luke xvii. 22. Woe unto you that desire THE DAY OF THE LORD — -to what end is it for you ? THE DAY OF THE LOKD is darkness and not light. . . From these examples, it is abundantly evident, that in the description...

...from one mifchief, while they fiee not to the great rock, they (hall fall into another: Amos, v. i9. "As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him : or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit him." — It imports, 6. That Chrift is a...

...from God, is but vanity, and cannot deliver ; nay, it expofes them to the way of evil : Amos, v. iy. " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met hint i or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a ferpent bit him." The Jews,...