 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For My people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold...  The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks - Page 121de Thomas Brooks - 1866Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jeremiah Burroughs - 1654 - 168 pages
...therefore Tay.es God,Jer. 2.10,1 1. Confider diligently and fee , if there be fucb a thing ' hath* Nation changed their gods which are yet no gods ?...changed their glory for that which doth not profit $ how ill '.doth God take this that Idolaters fhould noc'oiange their gods that are? infinitely below... | |
 | Samuel Annesley - 1671 - 678 pages
...are more fubjedt to, thanthofeof a falfe, Jer. 21. i. Hub a nation chjnged their godt which y et are no gods: but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not praßt. Now there are three falls to which men are fubjedt. 1 . Some fall as Wood or Cor\ into the... | |
 | Richard Allestree - 1677 - 722 pages
...blinded us : fo th^t God may upbraid us as he did Ifrael, Hath a nation changed their gods which yet are no gods ? but my people have, changed their glory for that, 'which doth, not frofit. Jer.x. ii. .Thismadnefsisnowv the inclofure, the peculiarity of thofe, who by their names and... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1721 - 256 pages
...blinded us : fb that God may upbraid us as he did Ifrael , Hath a Nation changed their gods which yet are no gods ? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit^ Jerem. 2.11. This madnefs is now the inclofure, the peculiarity of thofe who by by their names and... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...aftoniihed, O ye Heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very defolate, faith the Lord. 13. For my People have committed two EVILS : they have FORSAKEN me, the FOUNTAIN of LIVING WATERS, and hewed them out Cifterns, broken Citterns that can hold no Water. Chap. iv. 4. Ye... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 pages
...confider diligently, and fee if there be fuch a Thing. Hath a Nation changed her Gods, which yet are no Gods ? But my People have changed their Glory, for that which doth not profit. And fo in my Text, the Example of the Publicans is made ufe of to mame us into fome higher Degree of... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1799 - 446 pages
...evil to evil, not from evil to good, Jer, ii. 10, n. ' Had a nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods ? But my people have changed their glory, for that which doth not profit.' Surely the will of man (lands not in equal balance, but has a caft to the wrong fide. EviJ. 3. Confid.er... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1749 - 454 pages
...Leaffalletb Poison from the Vine, and as a falling Fio from the Fig-tree. Jer. ii. n. Hath a Natien changed THEIR Gods, which ARE yet no Gods ; but my...their Glory, for TH.AT WHICH doth not profit -, be ajtonifhed, P3 ' Qyt Oye Heavens , at this, and be horribly afraid^ be ye very defolate, faith the... | |
 | John Jortin - 1752 - 320 pages
...ftupid and ungrateful, but new and unparallelled. Hath any nation changed their Gods, 'which yet are no Gods ? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. But befides the refiftance which fuperftition and the prejudices of education would 1 I fay, neglefling,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1765 - 452 pages
...number in the Days of David and Solomon m. So again, in the Prophet Jeremiah, HATH A NATION CHANGID THEIR GODS, WHICH ARE YET NO GODS ? But my people...changed their glory for that which doth not profit " ; ie Hath any of the Nations brought in the God of Ifrael into the number of their falfe Gods, as... | |
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