...my Difcourfes to the younger fort^ (met the old ones difregard thtm I Ver- 10. For precept mvft be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a Httle.1 This is one of thofe difficult places at which Commentators are very^ much puzzled....

...(halt fpeak my Words unto them ; whether they will hear , or whether they will forbeat. Precept muft be upon Precept, Precept upon Precept ; Line upon Line, Line upon Line; here a little, and there a little. c Preach the Word : Be inftant , in Seafon, out of S;alon. d Reprove, rebuke, exhort,...

...from the Milk, and make them who are drawn from the Breajh to under jland Doffrine, Precept muft he upon Precept, Precept upon Precept, Line upon Line, Line upon Line, here a little and there a little, Ifai. xxviii. 9, i O. Their young Underftandings muft he addreft and allured in various...

...underjland doctrine ? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breajls. For precept muft be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. - - - 35 SERMON IV. ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORSHIP. ISAIAH, chap....

...wholly to him who teacheth finners the way that they fhould choofe. • - —' * I o For precept muJi be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. order to their profiting. For precept muft be uptn This verfe beautifully reprefents...

...underftand doctrine ? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breafts. For precept muft be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little." Ifa. xxviii. 9, 10. The breaft being withdrawn, I learched the fcriptuTCs day and...

...underftand dotJrine ? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breafis; for precept muft be upon precept ; -precept upon precept ; line upon line-, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. Ifaiah xxviii. 9, 10. This is an humbling declaration for a counfellor, an aftrologer,...

...underftand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breafts. For precept muft be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." Ifa. xxviii. 9, 10 The breaft being withdrawn, I fearched the fcriptures day and night...

...given them great encouragement, and had promised 13 them rest and refreshment, yet they would not hear. But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon...precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a littlej [and] there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be- broken, and snared, and...

...their ad-vantages, they are but like children 10 learning their ßrst rudiments. For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, [and] there a little ; the same things must be often inculcated ufton them, in the jilainest manner, and...