DISCOURSE: 1158 THE FOLLY OF INCONSIDERATION Hosea 7:2. _They consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness_. IT is certain that many who have the Gospel dispensed to them continue ignorant of its very first principles, and “perish at last for lack of knowledge.” But there are s... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1159 CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF SPIRITUAL DECAY Hosea 7:8. _Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people: Ephraim is a cake not turned. Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, grey hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth it not_. IF the body be oppresse... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1160 GUILT AND DANGER OF AN UNCONVERTED STATE Hosea 7:13. _Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me_. SUCH is the infatuation of unregenerate men, that th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1161 THE PRAYERS OF UNREGENERATE MEN CONSIDERED Hosea 7:14. _They have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds_. IT is not without reason that prayer has been called by some, the pulse of the soul: for by _that_ more than by any thing else may be discerned th... [ Continue Reading ]