 | Matthew Mead - Christian life - 1815 - 244 pages
...delivered, as in the dress they are delivered in* Thus it is said of the prophet Ezekiel, that he was to them " as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice ."* 2. There are very many delight to hear the word, that yet take no delight to do it : so saith God... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...calling! These are not new characters. In the thirtythird chapter of Ezekiel, God says to his prophet, Lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song, of one...well on an instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do them not — their heart goeth after their covetowsness. And, for St. Paul, he was only one... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1816 - 422 pages
...hearers, when He says to the prophet Ezekiel ; " My people hear thy words, but will " not do them. And lo ! thou art unto " them as a very lovely song...and can play well on " an instrument ; for they hear tliy words, " and do them not." And our blessed LORD has shewn, in the parable of the Pharisee and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 538 pages
...they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo, thou art unto them as a very...well on an instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do them not, Herod heard John the Baptist gladly, Mark vi. 20. and others of his hearers, for... | |
 | 1817 - 514 pages
...they will not do them : for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo! thou art unto them as a very...well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." But what light they possessed was soon extinct. There is nothing more uncertain... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 294 pages
...DISCOURSE VII. ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AW0 SENSIBILITY IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. •' And, lo ! thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 292 pages
...DISCOURSE VII. OK THE SLF.NDF.R INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AIU> SENSIBILITY IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. •' And, lo ! thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one Who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instruraeat : for they hear thy Words, bat they... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 290 pages
...unfolded. DISCOURSE VII. ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AND SENSIBILITY, IN MATTERS OF RELIGION. " And, lo! thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one who hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do... | |
 | John Maclaurin - 1818 - 554 pages
...their mouth they shewed much love, but their heart went after their covetousness.'" It is added, " And lo thou art unto them as a very lovely song, of...well on an instrument, for they hear thy words, but they do them not," Ezek. xxxtii. 31, 32. It was observed before, that in the parable of the sower,... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...attend the preaching of the Gospel; they admire and commend it; and it is to them, as to some of old, "a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument ;" but it is added, " they hear thy words, but they do them not." They are pleased at church, and equally... | |
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