...whereby ye may appear righteous in his sight. X. 12. Sou- to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek...LORD, till he come, and rain righteousness upon you. But, alas ! contrarily, ye have ploughed up deep furrows of wickedness, and have reaped a large crop...

...12. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground : for it is ttme to seek the LORD, till he come, and rain righteousness upon you. Give yourselves to all holy and conscionable endeavours: sow to yourselves in holiness and righteousness,...

...of justifying obedience; but in what follows the gift of the Spirit is more distinctly implied ; " Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek...Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you." With which may be compared the words of the Psalmist, " Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity...

...ot the Lord. Jeremiah iv. 3, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not arm • , thorns. Hosea x. 12, Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord. The Apoatle could say, respecting the believers in Christ, who walked not after the flesh, but after...

...and make the germs spring up to eternal life. " Break up your fallow ground, for it is time for you to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." "The Grecian orator, in one of his addresses, bids the Athenians gather courage from their misfortunes,...

...i. 15. d Verse 16. • Verse 17. ' Verse 18. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, and reap in mercy ; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek...the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.k Turn thou unto thy God ; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.1 0 Israel,...

...hemlock in the furrows of the field." ver. 12, " Sow to yourselves in righteousness; reap in mercy — break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek...Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." Ephraim will at length sec the folly of his own way, and the wisdom of an entire return unto his Father...

...promises, &c. Pray for faith in them, &c. SEPT. 24. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek...Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Hosea x. 12. Now it is high time to awake out of sleep. Rom. xiii. 11. Consider how long you have followed...

...of Thy word and commandment." Does God ever call upon heedless hearers to repent ? Yes. He says, " break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek...Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." — Hos. x. 12. Can you recollect any example of the awful danger of inattention during the preaching...

...SPIRITUAL SEEDTIME. " Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground : fur it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." — HOSEA »., 12. " ANOTHER season has just passed away, if we speak in reference to the fruits of...