...the Prophet "Jeremiah, bewailing the Judgments of God for the like Sins of his People, Jer. ix. r. O that my Head were Waters, and mine Eyes a Fountain...of Tears, that I might weep Day and Night for the /lain of the Daughter of my People. 0 that I had in the Wilder nefs a Lodging-Place of Way-faring Ment...

...and dying among us, as the prophet did over the Jews, in the verfes following my text, Jer. ix. i. " O that my head •were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the flain of the daughters of my people." Oh ! what flaughter doth the plague of fin make in houfes and...

...the prophet, [it] O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that 1 might zveep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people ! 1 1 was this deplorable state of Jerusalem that made the prophet vent perpetually such warm complaints,...

...strong emotions of the mind ; such as, surprise, admiration, joy, grief, and the like. " Wo is me that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar...for the slain of the daughter of my people ! O that 1 had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way -faring men !" Jeremiah. The last figure of speech that...

...grief, and the like. "Wo is me that I fojourn in Mefech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!" PJalms. " O that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the flain of the daughter of my people ! O that I had in the wildernefs a lodging-place of way-faring men!''...

...the hurt of the daughter of my people am " 1 hurt, I am black ; aftonimment has taken hold " on me ; O that my head were waters, and mine eyes " a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night " for the flain of the daughter of my people." Paul could " afk who is weak, and I am not weak ; who is " offended,...

...my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the shun of the daughter of my people ! O that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring men 1" Jeremiah. The last figure of speech that we shall mention, is what writers call ^nutlification or...

...were eqming u/ion them. 1 f~\ II that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of V-/ tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my pecple ! which I foresee mill be тегу many ; and 2 foretell this to excite them to lunientaticn....

...repent. Hath lie said it ? and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? and shall he not make it good ?" Exclamations are the effect of strong emotions of...that- I might weep day and night, for the slain of the diughter of my people ! O that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring men !" Jeremiah....

...oppressed, O, how did my spirit mourn, adopting the language of that deeply tried prophet, when he said, " O, that my head were waters, and mine " eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the " daughter of my people."- We were enabled to deliver what appeared our duty ; and in the afternoon, a little consolation was...