...inhabitant. Are not nature and experience here ? Again : Woe unto them that call evil good, and\ei. go, 21. good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Again : Woe...

...Ps. Ixxxiii. 13. " Therefore as the fire devoureth the STUBBLE, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as the dust, Isaiah" v. 24. " For behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud,...

...not evil, that ye may live : and the Lord the God of Hosts shall be with yon : " § and " Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil — that put darkness...darkness — that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." || * Ezekiel, xxxviii. 16. + Ibid, xxxviii. 17. * Ibid, xxxriii. 18, 19 I Am os, vM ( Isaiah,...

...religion are opposed under pretence of doing service to God. " Woe unto them," says the Prophet, " that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." This is a lively and powerful description of the characters whom we are now considering. It...

...tongue mill we prevail; our lips are our own : who is lord over us ? Isai. v. 20. 23. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter ! Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from...

...with your own character, and pregnant with danger to others ; woe indeed is denounced against them " that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness...darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter;" but remember, no excuse is made for those, who are wilfully deceived by their delusions. The...

...hear the prophet Isaias crying out, in the words of my text, c. V. w. 20, " Wo. to you that call erii good, and good evil : that put darkness for light,...darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Wo to you that are wise in your owu eyes, and prudent in your own conceits." And again, c....

...shall descend into it.* And, As the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff', so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom...go up as dust: because they have cast away the law * It. V, 145 of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel* And hath not this...

...awful woe is pronounced against those whose teaching leads to such a result ; against those who " call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness." (Isai. v. 20.) And as men individually may thus deccive themselves, one branch of thcir...

...but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter '. " Isa. v, 8, 11, 12, 20. Thus it plainly appears, the boasted delights of the wicked are...