...poor fainting desponding souls. " The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary," &c. Isa. 1. 4. The Spirit of God, by Solomon, tells us, that " A word fitly spoken is like apples of...

...of sinners, and yet the rigid exclusiveness of his salvation to him " that believeth ;" so as always "to speak a word in season to him that is weary," and never a word of encouragement to him that persists in his sins. The Cross, like the pillar of cloud,...

...undoubtedly, a particular part of the ministerial office, " to bind up the broken hearted," and " to know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary." .Sin is the heaviest burthen of all when truly felt; and very pious persons arc sometimes tempted to...

...as speaking in his oisn name. 4 The Lord Go n hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary : he wakeneth morning by morning : he wakencth mine ear to hear as the learned ; or rather, a,t learners...

...religion without fl itr. Isa. I. 4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. Jer- i. 7. The Lord said to me, say not I am a child, for thou shult Fff go to all that I send thee,...

...sackclolh their covering. L. 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is •weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. God the Father hath given...

...it into a mourning habit. L. 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary : he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. God the Father hath...

...and occasions. Isai. 1. 4. t• The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary." Ministers should follow their Master in his zeal, so wonderfully mixed and tempered with gentleness...

...whom he visited at their bedsides. Though Mr. Pattenden made no pretensions to literature, he knew how *• to speak a word in season to him that is weary," and was often heard with pleasure by judicious Christians. Latterly, however, his infirmities rapidly increased,...

...the evangelical prophet, viz. " The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary : he awakeneth morning by morning : he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned," " neither turned...