DISCOURSE: 1041 EXPOSTULATION WITH THE IMPENITENT Jeremiah 8:4. _Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse, to re... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1042 HEALING OUR WOUNDS SLIGHTLY Jeremiah 8:11. _They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace_. THERE were, amongst the Jews, false prophets, who accommodated themselves to the corrupt taste of their hearers, who said to th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1043 THE REMEDY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR SEASONS OF GRACE Jeremiah 8:20. _The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no phys... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1044 CHRIST OUR PHYSICIAN Jeremiah 8:22. _In there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?_ AS the Eastern languages in general, so the inspired writings in particular, abound in metaphors. In this view, they are... [ Continue Reading ]