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sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give hinr. life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do ndt say that he bha'.i pray for it. Psal. Ixxviii. 17. And thty sinned yet more against him, by provoking the mcst High in the wilderness. Ver. 32. For all this they sinned still . ai:d believed not for his wondrous vvc»ks. Ver. 50'. Yet they lempted ai d pro- voked the mobt iiigh God, and kept not hiii testimonies.
151 "jer. ii. 8. The priests said not, W ijcre is the Lord ? and they that handle the law knew me not :
the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
° Job xxxii. 7. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Ver. 9. Great men are not always wise : neither do the aged understand jud^anent. Eccl. iv. 13. Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
P 1 Kii gs xi. 4. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away h-s heart after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart (if David his father. Ver. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solo- mon, because hia heart was turned froui the Loiv: God of Israel, which had app.earfd unto hi.n twice.
*' 2 Sam. xii. 1 A. Howbeit, be- cause by this cieed thou h.isi given great occasion to tiie enemit s J the Lord to blaspheme, the chiid also that is bom unto thee siiail surely die. I Cor. v. I. It is reported com- monly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have hia father's wife.
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'"James iv. 17. Therefore to him that knov/eth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Luke xii. 47. And that servant which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Ver. 48. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much re- quired : and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
^ Jer. v. 4. Therefore I said. Sure- ly these are poor, they are foolish; for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. Ver. 5. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them ; for they have known the way of the Lord, a^id the judgment of their God : but these have altoge- ther broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
t 2 Sam. xii. 7. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, — Ver. 8. And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would more- over have given unto thee such and such things. Ver. 9. Wherefore hast thou despised the command- ment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Ezek. viii. 11. And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of tlie house of Israel, and In tiie mid'^t of them stood Jaazaiiiah the son of Shaphan, with 26
every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up. Ver. 12. Then said he unto me. Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every mMi in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us not, The I^ord hath forsaken the earth.
"Rom. ii. 17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, Ver. 1 8. And knowest his will, — Ver. 19. And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the bUnd, a light of them which are in darkness, Ver. 20. An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, Ver. 21. Thou there- fore which teachest another, teachest ♦hou not thyself ? thou that preach- est a man should not steal, dost thou steal ? Ver. 22. Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery ? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou com- mit sacrilege 1 Ver. 23. Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God ? Ver. 24. For tlie name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you.
'^' Gah ii. II. But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. Ver. 12. For before tliat certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles : but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. Ver. l.S. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with Iiim ; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their diisimulatiou. Ver. 14. Byt when I
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saw that thejr walked not uprightly, according to the truth ol the gospel, 1 said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews ?
^ Mat. xxi. 38. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. Ver. 29. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew hiiru
y 1 Sam. ii. 25. If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him : but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him ? — Acts V. 4. — Thou hast not lied mito men, but unto God. PsaL li. 1. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightcst be justified when thou speake^t, and be clear when thou judgest.
■^ Rom. ii. 4. Or despisest thou the , riches of his goodness, and forbear- ance, and long-suffering ; not know- ing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ?
^ Mai. i. 8. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil ? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil ? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or ac- ct-pt thy person? saith tht- Tord of hosts. Vlt. 14. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth un- to the I^ord a corrujit thing : for I am a great King, saith the Lord of
hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
b Heb. ii. 2. For if the word spo- ken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience recei- ved a just recompence of reward ; Ver. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation ? — Heb. xii. 25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused hini that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speak- eth from heaven.
^ Heb. X. 29. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God ? — Mat. xii. 31. Wherefore I say unto you. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men ; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. Ver. 32. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
d Eph. iv. 30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
*^ Heb. vi. 4. For it is impossible for those who were once enlight- ened, and have tasted of the heaven- ly gift, and were made partakers of tlie Holy Ghost, Ver. 5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to cone; Ver. 6. If they shall fall away,
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away, to renew them again unto re- pentance : —
f Jude, Ver. 8. Likewise als6 these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and Fpeak evil of dignities. Numb. xii. 8. — Where- fore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Ver. 9. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he depart- ed. Isa. iii. 5.— The child shall be- have himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
fiProv. XXX. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the youiig eagles shall eat it. 2 Cor. xii. 15. And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. Psal. Iv. 1 2. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it ; nei- ther was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him : Ver. IS. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide, and mine ac- quaintance. Ver. 14. We took svVeet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. Ver. 15. Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: —
h Zeph. ii. 8. I have heard the reproach of Aloab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people.
Ver. 10. This shall they have
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reproached and magnified .themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts. Ver. 11. The Lord will be
terrible unto them : Mat. xviii. 6.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 1 Cor. vi. 8. Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Rev. xvii. 6. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus : —
i 1 Cor. viii. 11. And through thy knowledge shall the weak bro- ther perish, for w^hom Christ died ? Ver. 12, But when ye sin so. against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Rom. xiv. 13. Let us not therefore judge one another any more ; but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingbiock, or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way. Ver. 15. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died. Ver. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing vi'hereby thy brother stum- bleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
k Ezek, xiii. 19, And ^111 ye pollute me am.ong my people for handfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear
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From tlie nature and quality of the offence "* : if it be Jain St tlie express letter of the law ", break many com- mandments, contain in it many sins " : if not only conceived
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hear your lies? 1 Cor. vlii. 12. But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak consciences, ye sin against Christ. Rev. xviii. 12. The merchandise of gold, — Ver. 13» And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frank- incense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and dieep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. Mat. xxiii. i5. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye com- pass sea and land to make one pro- selyte ; and, when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves.
1 1 Thes. ii. 15. Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own pro- phets, and have persecuted us; and they please nut God, and are con- trary to all men : Ver. 1 6. For- bidding us to speak to the Gei;tiles, tJiat they might be saved, — Josh. *xxii. 20, Did not Achan, thp son of Zerah, commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel ? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
'" Prov. vi. 30. Men do not de- spise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his 8'jul when he is hungry: Ver. :}1. I3ut if he be found, he sliall restore
seven-fold; Ver. 32. But whoso
committcth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding : he ihat doeth it destroyeth his own soul. Ver 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away. AuJ jo i.u /; t/ie end tj the Chapter,
"Ezra ix. 10. And nov^, O our God, what shall we say after this ? for we have forsaken thy command- ments, Ver. 11. Which thou hae- commanded by thy servants the pro- phets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people. — Ver. 12. Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, \:f:. I Kings xi. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was tumed from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, Ver. 10. And had commanded him concerning this tiling, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.
° Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your menjbers which are upon the earth ; fornication, uncleanne's, in- ordinate ufTection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. I Tim. vi. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pureed themselves through with many sor- rows. Prov. V. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house j Ver. 9. Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Ver. 10. Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth: — Ver. 11. And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are con- sumed, Ver. 12. And say. How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof ! Prov. vi« 32, But whoso committetli P aduUt-ry
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adultery with a woman lacketh un- dferstanding: he that doeth it de- stroyeth his own soul. Ver. 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get, — Josh. vii. 21. When I saw among the spoils a goodly Bahylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; —
P James i. 14. But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Ver. 15. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, when it IS finished, bringeth forth death. Mat. V. 22. But I say unto you. That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in dan- ger of hell- fire. Micah ii. 1. Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds ! when the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
'^ Mat. xviii. 7. Woe unto the world because of offences ! for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh ! Rom. ii. 23. Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonour- est thou God? Ver. 24. For the Dame of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
^ Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them 4ie, both the man that lay with the
woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. Compared ivith Ver. 28. If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; Ver. 29. Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's fa- ther fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife ; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. Prov. vi. 32. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own souh Ver. 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away. Ver. 34. For jealousy is the rage of a man : there- fore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Ver. 35. He will not regard any ransom : neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
* Mat, xi. 21. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Beth- saida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. V^r, 22. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. Ver. 23. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Ver. 24. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom — John xv. 2% If I had not come and spoken unt«
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and our prayers, purposes, promises,
unto thfm, they had not had sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin.
t Isa. i. 3. The ex knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Deut. xxxii. C. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise ^ is not he thy father that hatli bought thee? hath he not made thee, and establish- ed thee .'
" Amo« iv. 8. So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water ; but they were not satisfied : yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. Vcr. 9. I have smitten you v.ith blasting and mil- dew ; when your gardens, and your vineyards, and your fig-trees, and your olive-trees, increased, the pal- mer-worm devoured them : yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. Ver. 10. I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt ; your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses ; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils : yet hav« ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. Ver. 11. I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire- brand plucked out of the burning : yet have ye not returned unto me, s.iith the Lord. Jer. v. 3. O Lord, are not th.ne eyes upon the truth .' thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast con- sumed them, but they have re- fused to receive correctioo ; they
have made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to return.
^ Rom. i. 26. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections ; for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature : Ver. 27. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recom- pence of their error which was meet.
^ Rom. i. 32. Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they which commit such things are worthy of death,) not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Dan. v. 22. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an he- retick, after the first and second ad- monition, reject : Ver. 11. Knowinff that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of him- self.
y Prov. xxix. 1. He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
* Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an he- retick, after the first and second ad- monition, reject. Mat. xviii. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man, and a publican.
* Prov. xxvii. 22. Though thou sbonldest bray a fool ia a mortar
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among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. frov. xxiii. 35. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick ; they have beaten me, and I felt it not : when shall I awake ? I will seek i^ yet again.
b Psal. kxviii. 34. When he slew them, then they sought him : and they retmrned and enquired early after God. Ver. 35. And they re- membered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. Ver. 3G. Nevertheless they did flat- ter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. Ver. 37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. Jer. ii. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst, I will not transgress ; when upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou wanderest, playing the harlot. Jer. xlii. 5. Then they said to Jerem.iah, The Lord be ;i true and faithful witness between las, if we do not even according to all things for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us. Ver. 6. Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee. — Ver. 20. For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God : and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. Ver. 2L And how I have this day declared it to you ; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
^ Ecd. V. 4. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it : for he hath no pleasure in fools ; pay that which thou hast vowed. Ver. 5. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ver, G. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to siu ; neither say thou before the angel that it was an error : wherefore should God be angiy at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands .' Prov. XX. 25. It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
d Lev. xxvi. 25. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : —
^ Prov. ii. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forget- teth the covenant of her God. Ezek» xvii. 18. Seeing he despised the oath by brealcing the covenant, (when, lo, he had given his hand,) and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Ver. 19. Therefore thus saith ^he Lord God, As I live, sure- ly mine oath that he hath despised^ and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will 1 recompense upon his own head.
f Psal. xxxvi. 4. He deviseth mis- chief upon his bed ; he setteth him- self in a way that is not good ; he ab- horreth not evil.
S Jer. vi. 16. ' Thus saith the
Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and
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h Numb. XV. 30. But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, (whether he be born in the land or a stranger,) the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his^ people. Exod. xxi. H. But if a man come presump- tuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
i Jer. iii. 3. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain ; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou re- fusedst to he ashamed. Prov. vii. 13. So 5he caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, — :
k Psal. Iii. 1 . V>rhy boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man f
i 3 John, Ver. 10. Wherefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words : —
*" Numb. xiv. 22. Because all those mtn which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which 1 did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice.
" Zech. vii. 11. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their {||ftrs, that they should not hear. Ver. 12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the .words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the
former prophets; therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
° Prov. ii. 14. Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked.
P Isa. Ivii. 17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him : 1 hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
^ Jer. xxxiv. 8. This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiali had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim Uberty unto them ; Ver. 9. That every man should let his man- servant, and every man his maid-ser- vant, being an Hebrew or an He- brewess, go free, that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. Ver. 10. Now, when all the princes, and all the peo- ple, which had entered into tlie cove- nant, heard that every one should let his man-servant and every one his maid-servant go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let tliem go. Ver. 11. But afterwards they turned and caused the servants, and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them in- to subjection for servants, and for handmaids. 2 Pet. ii. 20. For if af- ter they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Je>us Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome ; the latter end is worse with them than the begiii- P U nin-.
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ning. Ver. 21. For it had been bet- ter for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. Ver. 22, But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and, The sow that was wash- ed to her wallowing in the mire.
*" 2 Kings V. 26. And he said unto him, (Gehazi,) Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee "i is it a time to receive money, and to jeceive garments, and olive-yards, and •vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants ?
^ Jer. vii. 10. And come^nd stand before me in this house, which is tailed by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations. Isa. xxvi. 10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness : in the land of up- rightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
t Ezek. xxiii. 37. That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery ; — Ver. 38. Moreover, this they have done unto rae ; they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Ver. 39. For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it ; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst -A mine house.
** Isa. Iviii. 3. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not ? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge ,' Be- hold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours, Ver. 4. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Ver. 5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an ac- ceptable day to the Lord? Numb.