| Isaac Watts - 1810 - 824 pages
...his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. John xvii. 14. I have given them thy word. Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. Ne/iem. viii. 7. The levites caused the people to understand the law. Eph. iv. 11. He, that is, Christ,... | |
| William Mason - 1811 - 304 pages
...AyytAos Kv^is Trai/Toxeolopo? iriv. Of the whole verse our translators give the following version, " The " Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth, for he is the Messenger of " the Lord of Hosts." The same Prophet, in the next chapter, verse 1, has this expression, i3a, t£a7rorfAAw rov ayyiXov... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 454 pages
...God can give you an answer of peace. The priests lips are to keep knowledge; and we are to require the law at his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts, Mai. ii. 7. Which great high-priest, prophet, and apostle of our profession, is the Lord Jesus Christ,... | |
| George Lawson - 1812 - 256 pages
...not found in hi* lips. He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. But ye are departed out of the way ; ye have caused...corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of Hosts." 4. The charges brought against gospel despisers, and the punishment threatened to them, are evidences... | |
| 1796 - 612 pages
...word will be necessary to-si•JFe*ioe objections) to solve «toubts, -and to acsw<r: queries. •' The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth; for he is the (Messenger of the Lord of Hosts." Mai. ii. 7. Our honour will a'so be most effectually secured by the exhibition of genuine piety. How... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...to them for clearing, from the word, the matters of salvation, sin, and duty to them, Mai, ii. 7. ' They should seek the law at his mouth ; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.' .'3. By the word written, John xx. 31. 'These things are written, that ye might believe,' &c. Thereby... | |
| John Brown - 1812 - 338 pages
...this maxim is mentioned by Malachi, chap. ii. 7, as established in every age of their church, that " the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and ". they should seek the law at his month ; for he was the* " messenger of the Lord of hosts." But how could they so conveniently communicate... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pages
...search and seek after them," c. xxxiv. 1—6. 19. To the same effect do the other prophets declare, " Ye are departed out of the way, ye have caused many to stumble.—Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people," (Mai. ii. 8,9.)... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 432 pages
...habit which they wore. Our prophet upbraids them with this gross and criminal ignorance : The priests' lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the...the way : ye have caused many to stumble at the law, chap. ii. 7, 8. They had not only conceived false ideas of religion themselves, but they communicated... | |
| John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean." Malachi ii. 7, "For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and...mouth : for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts." Fourthly, They shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifices upon thine altar. Ezekiel... | |
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