...Thee, in Thee to die." . SERMON V. ON HABITUAL DEVOTION. PSALM X. 4. THE WICKED, THROUGH THE PRIDE OP HIS COUNTENANCE, WILL NOT SEEK AFTER GOD. GOD IS NOT IN ALL HIS THOUGHTS. GOD, my Christian brethren, is a being with whom we all of us have to do, and the relation...

...is said, that GOD « not in all his thoughts ; that there is no fear of GOD before hit eyes ; that the wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after GOD. And of the righteous it is said, that they delight m Goo ; that they fear GOD and keep his commandments...

...desire, and blesselh the cart. covetous, whom the LORD ab3 If the foundations bedestroycd. horreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek what can the righteous do ? 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throno is in heaafter God;...

...hearts towards God which was not there. The apostle is speaking of them, when he says, Tit. i. 16. " they profess that they know God, but in works they deny him.'" This was common among that people; God declares them to be an hypocritical nation, Isaiah x. 6. And...

...of Riches, so much possessed his affection, that Godliness was kept out, (making good that word, " The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God — God is not in all his thoughts:") and Conscience being at this time almost stifled, Fearful was forced to fly and conceal...

...the Almighty, " depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy way." The wicked, by reason of the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God. God is not in all his thoughts. " The fool," (so the Bible speaks of the wicked, for every sin is an act of the grossest...

...confidence in human reason, that reliance on arms of flesh, which indisposes man to seek after God. " The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God."* From the history of modern times, we have abundant evidence, that great improvements in arts and sciences...

...hopeless! But look at the picture again, for the Master's hand hath put in a deeper shadow still. ' They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him.' They profess that they know God, but they falsely profess it. They are yet able, no doubt, to assent...

...123 ,• ft • '•' *I \t . i/j./i ;• SERMON VIII. THE WICKED, THROUGH PRIDE, REFUSE TO SEEK GOD. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God.—Psalm x. 4 144 SERMON IX. RECOLLECTIONS OF GOD PAINFUL TO THE WICKED. I . II • •,• •...

...iii. 11. Q,. 1C What is practical atheism? A. It is a denying of God, in our practice, Titus i. 16. "They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him." Q. 15. How doth practical atheism evidence itself? A. In omitting the duties required in this commandment;...