...*' O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, thou that killef t the " prophets, and ftonelt them that are fent unto " thee, how often would I have gathered thee, as " a...her chickens under her wings; " but ye would not! behold your houfe is left " unto you defolate." III. From this whole pafiage of our SAVIOUR, which...

...O Jerufalem, Jerufalem ! thou that killeft " the prophets, and ftoneft them who are •' fent unto thee ! how often would I have " gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chick* " ens under her wings ; but thou wouldft " not ! " Thus lamenting the obftinacy of his enemies,...

...fmners, faying, " Behold me, behold me." 3«Wy, He has a gathering wing : Matth. xxiii. at the clofe, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings !" He is eTen as fond of the falvation of Cnners, as ever the hen was to gather her brood...

...standing over Jerusalem, and over the unnumbered thousands of his people, said, " Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ' behold your house is left unto you desolate." The love of God assumed...

...loved his country, and uttered that celebrated exclamation of patriotifin, " O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen " gathereth her brood under her wings !" As we now meet to pray for the peace or welfare of our Jerufalem, (for in...

...the acclamations of the multitude he wept over the lost city, and said, " О Jerusalem, Jerusalem! how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wing." We tell our heavenly Father how we long that at the end of our course some of that divine...

...be ? O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that kill. est the prophets, and stonesj: them that are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not. As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,...

...nature as fire, is a lively emblem of God's universal operative presence : and our Saviour's saying, " how often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings," is an affecting illustration of the divine STORCKE, and his own yearning compassion, in...

...Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how oft would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not ] behold, your houses are left desolate unto you." Was not Jerusalem the highest place of profession,...

...Christ, who when he beheld the city of Jeruaalepi. wefcrt over it, saying, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her, » Matt. xxiii. 37. i^vj .-« The Flower-garden. CHR. "Then, Sir," said Christiana, "pray, let...