...they flieltered themfelves behind their church-privileges, and they cry out to him, " The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are thefe," ver. 4. And 1 make no doubt but it is fo with fome of you. It may be, ye reafon as Manoah did...

...purity and spiritual efficiency, in vain shall we boast of our privileges, saying, " The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these." Nay more ; in vain shall we even pray for the outward well-being of the visible Church ; for God would...

...their having the houfe of God among them, and were ever trufting in vain words, faying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are thefe. Jer. vii. 4. They filled his altars with coflly facrifices ; and in thefe they trufted to make...

...tendency to reform their vices, has the effect of confirming them. While they exclaim, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these §•, they are the worfhippers of their own violent and irregular paflions. Thirdly, It is evident...

...own, or the election of others, such as was that of those who cried out, Jer. vii. 4. " the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these :" and of the people of Sardis, who were said to live, though they were really dead, Rev. iii. I. There...

...to the Truth of the Gofpel. li Truft not in lying Words that cannot profit ; faying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord are we. And think not to fay within yourfelves, We have Abraham to our Father : For they are not all Ifrael...

...doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The TEMPLE OF THE LORD, The TEMPLE OF THE LORD, The TEMPLE OF THE LORD, are these — Behold ye trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and •commit Adultery,...

...prerogative, it reje-cts every other claim ; " ftandby, I am * founder' than thou." " The temple " of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of " the Lord are we !" How many of the dead has this, intolerance fentenced to eternal mifery, who will mine,, forever...

...exclusive, prerogative, it rejects every other claim — " Stand by, I am sounder than thou. The temple of the Lord — the temple of the Lord— the temple of the Lord are we !" How many of the dead has this intolerance sentenced to eternal misery, who will shine like stars...

...40 TEMPLE. heart or consequent holiness of life ; when they exclaimed, in this spirit, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are we, grounding themselves upon this external distinction alone, without any spiritual sense of its true...