...perhaps the strictest parallel to it will be found in the case of the- Israelites (Jer. xxix. 7), " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...; for in the peace thereof " shall ye have peace." This may be applied to both circumstances alluded to. year and a half of its duration, it seems to...

...Christians, as citizens, shall do every good work, and answer every obligation. God said to his people, " seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...it, for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.'' The Christian, under such a form of government as ours, should consider himself bound in conscience...

...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto •Jehovah for it : for in the peace thereof, shall ye have peace. For thus saith Jehovah of Hosts,...

...reference to the expected change; and on the 27th of July preached here from Jer. xxix. 7 : " Ami teek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you to...it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." On the 28th I baptized ten persons, and amongst the number, Mrs. Dexter, the wife of brother Dexter....

...God to his people, while they were captives in Babylon, shows us at once our duty and our interest. "Seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused...Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace."t What motive could exist to bind a Jew to a compliance with this injunction, which does not...

...may bear sons and daughters, that ye may be increased there and not diminished. And seek the peace ot the city, whither I have caused you to be carried...for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be...

...aim at power and dominion for themselves, the latter " seek the peace of the city wherein they dwell, and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof they have peace." The kingdom of the political agitator is upon earth, and for this he contends ; but...

...with much success, to fulfil the precept given by the Lord to the Israelites in their captivity, " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...pray unto the Lord for it, for in the peace thereof, ye shall have peace."* When he removed to Fayetteville, the members of the Episcc pal and Presbyterian...

...the Jews were directed in a foreign land, and when among enemies, seeh the place of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it, (Jer. xxix. 7,) much more should we seek the peace and welfare of our own beloved country in every...

...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And people, and magnified themselves against their border....the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab 8 If For thus saith the LOUD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets and your diviners,...