DISCOURSE: 992 THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins._ CERTAINLY, one of God’s richest mercies unto man has been the appointment of an order of men to be his ambassadors... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 993 THE SERVICES WHICH GOD REQUIRES Isaiah 58:5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 994 OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH ENJOINED Isaiah 58:13. _If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, Honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor... [ Continue Reading ]