...truths, to go on to perfection. " Whom fhall he teach knowledge f and whom fhall " he make to underftand doctrine ? Them that are " weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breafts. " For precept muft be upon precept ; line upon line ; " here a little and there a little."...

...counsels to a child new weaned from the breast; so uncapable are thev of wholesome doctrine. XXVIII. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;...line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: To them, as unto new weaned children, there must be both leisure and assiduity in teaching,...

...Isa. xxviii. 16. In ver. 1 3, preceding, it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little, that they might go, and fallbackward, and be broken, and snared and taken." And accordingly...

...which they should have given from God. XXVIII. 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom sltallhe make to understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the brcasfs. To what purpose do we cast awaV instruction upon an incorrigible people ? It is all one, as...

...carnal ohjects : what cares he for religion ? Hence the complaint — " Whom shall he teach knowledge ? whom shall he make to understand doctrine ? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the hreasts." So long as people are careless ahout spiritual things, and know no pleasure heyond that of...

...manner similar to that in which the Prophet addressed the Israel of Goo in their corrupt state '. — Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line npon line ; here a little and there a little; as opportunity may offer. To enforce these sentiments...

...and be broken, and be snared and be taken." And again, " The word of the Lord was unto them, precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little and there a little ; that they might go and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." From...

...that made him fall. Man of Sin, B. ii p. 58. • . " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little." — It was cautiously dealt out to them in piecemeal, by scraps, garbled extracts,...

...grief, and no small mortification ; and I found it just as the evangelical prophet represents it : " Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall he...line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little," Isa. xxviii. .9, 10. The breast being withdrawn, I searched the scriptures day and...

...to, what one calls, the foolishness of the cross. ' However, the Prophet says, " whom shall he [God] teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand...line upon line; line upon line; here a little, and there a little," Isaiah xxviii. 9, 10. This is an humbling declaration for a counsellor, an astrologer,...