...eloquence is contrasted with the articulate sounds, mentioned in the preceding verse. " For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." Isaiah xxviii. 10. 28 THE BOOK OV PSALMS. And their eloquence unto the extremities...

...desired impression. It is the plan upon which the spirit of wisdom teaches — " For precept must be upon precept — precept upon precept; line upon line — line upon line ; here a little, and there a little." — Isa. xxviii. 10. And I have dwelt on these passages, that the mind might have...

...w.'mrcwith ye may cause the weary to rest ; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them, precept upon...that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, ind snared, and taken. 14 H Wherefore hear the word of the XXVIII. Christ is promised. LORD, ye scornful...

...the community upon it. Every branch of divine instruction should be, as the Prophet expresses it : " Precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little." Nor am I of the opinion that nothing new, either in argument, illustration, or arrangement,...

...understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. (Isaiah xxviii. 9, 10.) It was Mrs. Mary Stephens's wish that her nephew should become...

...you may see in the context of that forementioned, Isa. xxviii. 16. In v. 13. preceding it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon...fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." And accordingly it always is so, that when Christ is in a peculiar and eminent manner manifested and...

...those who would not hear of" the rest," to " cause the weary to rest," nor of the " refreshing," " the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept,...fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." Those who have, with their Lord, " suffered, being tempted," will know that a word in season from the...

...forementioned, Isa. xxviii. 16. In v. 13. preceding it is said, " But the word of the Lord was uiito them precept upon precept, precept upon precept ;...fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." And accordingly it always is so, that when Christ is in a peculiar and eminent manner manifested and...

...those who would not hear of" the rest," to " cause the weary to rest," nor of the " refreshing," " the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept,...a little, and there a little ; that they might go, andfall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." Those who have, with their Lord, " suffered,...

...Tenets as personified — " The word of the Lord was unto them, precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little, that they might go and fall backward, and be broken and spared. Wherefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye Scornful Men that rule this people ! Because ye have...