...'•". back, that hate Zion. They ihall be rs .". Grals upon the Houle-tops, which withei.." eth afore it groweth up ; wherewith the " Mower filleth not his Hand ; nor he that " bindeth Sheaves, his Bofom. Neither ^o ".they which go by fay, The BreiTmg of the В 2 " Lo;d " Lord be upon you ; we blefs...

...Pfalm cxxix. 6, 7. " Let them be as " the grafs upon the houfe-top, which withers before it grows " up ; wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that " bindeth (heaves, his bofom." Such withered grafs are the wicked, who are never taken into' the reaper's bofom...

...the grass, or green corn, [upon] the house tops, which withereth afore it groweth up to 7 maturity ; Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom, but it continues unregarded, none ; blessing of the LORD [be] upon you ; we bless you in the name of...

...hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass u/ion the house-tops, wliich witherelh afore itgroweth up : 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by, say, The blessing of the LOKD be upon you: we bless you in the name...

...or the midnight cry, comes on them; and then all their joys wither, like grass upon the house-top, " wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom." But God's choice of his people is made manifest to them in the furnace of affliction. When temptation...

...in the name of the Lord ; for the grass of ff the field is withered before it groweth up, so " that the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that " bindeth sheaves his bosom."* The faults and follies of men will yield a revenue of profit to the pious observer ; the fruitless...

...that hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up : 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you : we bless you in the name...

...body, but leaves the soul altogether unsatisfied. It is like the grass, which the Psalmist speaks of," wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, bis bosom:" or, like the man to whom Job alludes, " in the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in...

...fruit." It shall be " as the grass on the " house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up; where" with the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth " sheaves, his bosom." Far different, however, are the sanguine anticipations of Mr. Yates: — " Considering," says he, "...

...shall be ' as the grass on the house-tops, which witheretb before it grovveth up; wherewith the mo\ver filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves,...Because of unbelief they are broken off, and thou standest by faith."— " Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." Into...