...Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Giheah. It is in my desire that I should chastise them." Amos iii. 2. " You only have I known of all the families...therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." Micah vi. 9. " The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name : Hear...

...Christ's Bide, these wound his heart ; therefore is not God just in all the evils that befall them ! f gL !_ p r . t K Cr } } z ljO ؏ = H ...IU , k b q|# ? C z _ C ޼ = I will punish you sooner, surer, sorer, than others. A. 2. The trials and sufferings of the godly are...

...against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, YOU ONLY HAVE I KNOWN OF ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH ; THEREFORE I WILL PUNISH YOU FOR ALL YOUR INIQUITIES." " Pungent admixture of the counteractive elements of religious feeling! as if the privilege and distinction...

...against the whole family which 1 brought up from the land of F.gypt, saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." This is the language of unimpeachable equity, of ill-requited kindness, and of injured honour. On every...

...not be condemned with the wicked : the following Scripture proves this . ' You only have I known of all the families of the earth ¡ therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities,' Amos iii. 2. And though, for the magnifying of his mercy, he will pardon their sins, yet for the clearing...

...close this part of the subject with a declaration from one of the Prophets ; ' You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.' Amos iii. 2. As much as to say, you are the only people I have known, or approved of, and taken to...

...by Amos, is still the same. Who did these things ? the princes, the judges, and the people qfjudah. III. 2. — " You only have I known of all the families...therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." In eastern language, to say you know a person, means you APPROVE of him. Thus should a man be well...

...could not rid themselves of the eternal obligation under which they were bound to God, as He saith, (Amos, iii, 2.) " You only have I known of all the...families of the earth : therefore I will punish you" — you, eminently above all others — " for all your iniquities:" if, I repeat, this most awful weight...

...have I known," that is, owned for a peculiar people unto me, and given countenance from heaven, "of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." (Amos iii. 2.) But this by the way. Our Apostle, it is probable, in his citation of that clause of...

...these things ? the princes, the judges, and the people ofjndah. III. 2. — " Yon only have I known of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." In eastern language, to say you know a person, means you APPROVE of him. Thus should a man be well...