...therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.']/ " Oh that they were wise, that they understood this ; that they would consider their latter end \"k Oh that Sabbath-breakers would consider what gracious opportunities they are neglecting, what present...

...who hath no works to show; who hath slept, and trifled, and squandered away all his time? "O that men were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" — " How long, O ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?" How lon^, O sinner, shall that precious...

...the end of all human illusions ; and the approach of a decisive reckoning, and a dread eternity ! O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! V. I object to the Unitarian system as being, in my opinion, DECISIVELY AND NECESSARILY UNFRIENDLY TO...

...former complaining of the gross ignorance of his people, breaks out into this passionate wish, ' О that they were wise ! that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! ' 29. Moses had been bred a scholar as well as a courtier, and was well instructed in all the secrets...

...earnestness and application. God's voice by every fit of sickness, is that in Deut. xxxii. 29. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end." God knows our folly, and readiness to forget this great work in the day of health ; and therefore in...

...looked up to heaven, and expressed in the words of the text, the thoughts of his bleeding heart, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end." Having breathed that solemn wish, he blessed them once more, and the same day went up mount Nebo, from...

...witnesses which attests the turpitude of sin, and the peace and pleasantness of wisdom's ways ? " O that they were wise — that they understood this — that they would consider their latter end !" Let young people imitate the devout and contemplative disposition of Isaac; and they will find it...

...a solemn and impressive subject ! In the view of it, we may say with Moses, concerning sinners, " O that they were wise ; that they understood this ; that they would consider their latter end !" Eternal salvation and damnation, are really overwhelming considerations ! They are calculated to...

...out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Deut. xxxii. 29. O, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lord killeth and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the grave, and briugeth op....

...This wish would have been vain and senseless, but for the belief in another state of existence. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! Deuteronomy xxxii. 29. This expression could only arise from looking forward to futurity. In Psalm...