DISCOURSE: 1047 THE CONTEMPT WITH WHICH GOD’S RICHEST MERCIES ARE TREATED Jeremiah 13:11. _As the girdle cleareth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1048 A CALL TO REPENTANCE [Note: Preached February, 1801.] Jeremiah 13:15. _Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he tur... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1049 THE POWER OF EVIL HABITS Jeremiah 13:23. _Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil_. OF any particular _acts_ which we have done amiss, we have been conscious: they have, as it were, obtruded themselves upo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1050 GOD IS DESIROUS OF SAVING MEN Jeremiah 13:27. _Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it once be?_ THROUGHOUT all the sacred writings we behold the goodness and severity of God: sometimes the one attracts our notice, and sometimes the other; and in many... [ Continue Reading ]