 | Robert Anderson - 1828 - 508 pages
...is exactly at this point that the words of my text meet us with all the force of a divine command. " The priest's lips should keep knowledge ; and they...at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts." Now, if the priests are thus under a special obligation to " keep knowledge," it requires... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1828 - 228 pages
...Christ, ye may finish your course with joy, and enter into your Master's rest. SERMON III. MALACHI II. 7. The Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. I HAVE endeavoured, in the preceding discourses, to set before you the proofs ever deemed... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 538 pages
...possess, and can impart a little of His judgment : for in His light they see light. — The priests' lips should keep knowledge ; and they should seek...at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. And not only ministers, but — private Christians may be useful — yea, and unlearned Christians,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 600 pages
...lips; he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. For the priests' lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the...at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts." Nay, you must not only inquire, and submit to their advice, but also to their just reprehensions,... | |
 | Philip Allwood - 1829 - 538 pages
...the Priests under the Mosaic Dispensation were honoured with a similar appellation ; thus Malachi—" the " Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they " should seek the Law at his mouth : for he is" OTlittX mm I^O) the Angel, or " Messenger of JEHOVAH GOD of Hosts b ." But, as " the Powers that be... | |
 | 1829 - 510 pages
...succession of ages, from the time of Moses ; and to this they apply the words of the Prophet Malachi, ' The Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth.' The third was the Kabbala, which they maintained to be the highest attainment, in the knowledge of... | |
 | Marcus van Loopik - 1991 - 416 pages
...associative explanation of the context of Mal. 2:6, where Scripture continues with: 'For the priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth, for he is the angel of the Lord of Hosts.' One also finds sources in which prophets are identified with angels on... | |
 | Edward J. Young - 1992 - 612 pages
...emphasis is not restricted to the religious sphere. What Malachi says, however, is also pertinent: "For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts" (Mai. 2:7) . As a representative of God the priest did occupy an exalted position and one... | |
 | Albert George Miller - 2003 - 240 pages
...whereas, the word of God requires that the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they (the people) should seek the law at his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts; therefore." Unfortunately, even if there were opportunities for exposure to the liberal arts... | |
 | Nancy Anne Harrowitz - 1994 - 358 pages
...behavior] the Name of Heaven is being profaned .... [And here is your prooftext:] "For the priests' lips should keep knowledge and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the L-rd of Hosts. (Mal. 2:, 7). This [scriptural passage] means that if the teacher is like a messenger... | |
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For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 
