 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1736 - 294 pages
...thefirft Covenant with the Tribe of Levi is fet forth ; My covenant was with him, of life and peace: the law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was...walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many from their iniquity : for the priefts lipsjhould preferve knowledge, and they /houldfeek the law at... | |
 | Stephen Abel Laval - 1737 - 708 pages
...feeing thou baft forgotten the Law of thy God, I will alfo forget thy Children. Malachi confirms this, The Law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips : he walked tvitb me in peace and equity, and did turn many from iniquity. For the Prieft's lips Jljould kcc knowledge,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1800 - 132 pages
...I gave them to him, for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 'Ike law cj truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found...and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. Mai. ii. 5, 6. Hence it appears that the covenant of life and peace, and the law of truth, did not... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 292 pages
...upbraids them with this gross and criminal ignorance : The priests lips should keep knowledge, and thfy should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts : but ye are departed out of the way: ye have caused many to stumble at the law : chap, ii. 7, 3. They... | |
 | Jean-Baptiste Massillon - 1806 - 350 pages
...Knowledge. " The lips of the *' priest," says the Scripture, " should keep know" ledge, and the people should seek the law at *' his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord " of Hosts." We are commanded to read, with attention, the Sacred Volume, devoting to it all the labour of application,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...to him [for] the fear wherewith he feared me, 6 and was afraid before my name ; for his great piety. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips ; this was the case with the tribe while they continued pious : he walked with me in peace and equity,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...gross and criminal ignorance : The priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the laio at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts : but ye are departed out af the way : ye have caused many to stumble at. the law, chap. ii. 7, 8.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...doubts, but to our counsel, learned in the laws of God ; of whom God himself hath said, by his Prophet, The priest's lips should keep knowledge ; and they should seek the Law at his mouth : for he is tlie messenger of the Lord of Hosts ; Mai. ii. 7. Two cases there are, wherein certainly there is a... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 pages
...: for this faculty we must look higher: The pries?s lips are to preserve knowledge, and they shall seek the Law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts ; Mai. ii. 1. XLV. When we see the year in his prime and pride, decked with beautiful blossoms and... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...well-grounded in the knowledge and doctrine of Christ: The priest's lips should preserve knowledge, and men should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts : Mai. ii. 7. And, therefore, the Apostle rejects a novice; a raw, ignorant, and unexperienced person:... | |
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6. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips : he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for... 
