...agreement with hell, or the grave," not to hurt them. Therefore the prophet represents them as saying, " We have made a covenant with death, and with hell...overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies (that is what the prophet calls lies,) our refuge ;" and under what he...

...meet temperaments, worldly hearts run wild and say, with the scornful men that ruled in Jerusalem, " We have made a covenant with death, and with hell...overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us ; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves," Is. xxviii. 15....

...of the Chapel of the Philanthropic Society, on the 9th of November, 1806.] ISAIAH, xxviii. 16. — Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation) a stone, a...stone, a precious comer stone, a sure foundation. IN uttering the first syllables ever solemnly pronounced from the hallowed place in which I stand ;...

...quotation not from Isaiah viii. 14, but rather from Isaiah xxviii. 16, which is in these words : " Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, elect, precious, a sure foundation. He that believeth shall not make...

...in them : they are very clear and intelligible. The Lord declares this mistake shall be corrected. " Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I " lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, " a precious corner stone, a sure foundation stone.'* And then saith, " Your covenant with death...

...whom my soul delighteth; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Thus saith the Lord God, behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation." The same prophet proceeds to describe his state...

..."house built upon the sand," or upon the Eock of our salvation," the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? " Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation. He that believeth shall not make haste ;" that is,...

...ever, rather than have come down to parliament with such an article in a treaty of peace, saying, " We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ;" (Isaiah, xxviii. 15.) — yet what did they less, when they signed the warrant for France to commit...

...heaven, is summoned to the bringing forth of the great corner-stone of God's living temple, the church. " Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation." When we consider, my brethren, who and what we are, our present situation, the changes which await...

...the strength of my hand have I done it ; and by my wisdom, for I am prudent. — Isa.x. 10, 11. 13. Ye have said, We have made a covenant with death and with hell, &c. The scourge shall not come unto us, &c. — Isa. xxviii. 15. Let favour be shewed to the wicked,...