...wicked profper ? Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacheroufly? Tbou haft planted them, yea, they have taken root ; they grow ; yea, they bring forth Fruit, thou art near in their Mouth, Itut far from their Reirit, Jer. it. i. Thedevout Pfalmift confefleth...

...and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts ? and now we call the proud happy; yea they that work wickedness are set up ; yea they that tempt God are even delivered." The fallacy of this reasoning is beautifully displayed in the words of the text. The Prophet calls...

...and fo carry religion into their families, and into their clofets : Jer. xii. 2. " Thou haft planted, yea, they have taken root ; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit ; thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins." Even fecret prayers, where no eye but the...

...wicked profper ? wherefore " are all they happy that deal very treacher" oufly ? Thou haft planted them, yea they *' have taken root : they grow, yea they " bring forth fruit." YEAR after year, we have aflembled together, as a nation, and as a church, confeffing our finfulnefs,...

...that is, seemingly ha/i/iy, as haji/iy as earthly thing» can 2 make th:m : Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; they make tome profession of religion : thou [art] near in their mouth, that is, of the 3 /triestn,...

...prayer and fasting, in sackcloth and ashes ? And now we have reason to call the proud happy ; yea, they that work wickedness are set up ; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered ; their houses and families are built up, and those mho seem to challenge and provoke God to his face,...

...yfir.,14i Ci; vii.yer.at. ' H Ch. x.'ver. 3^, . f Mfi'ac.t,.2.t ' " " now toe Call the proud happy • yea they that work Wickedness are set up ; yea they that -tempt God art wen delivered*'. — But Job goes an, — O that tkou Ktiuldest hide me in the GRAVE, that thoii...

...and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts ? And now we call the proud happy : yea they that work wickedness are set up : yea they that tempt God are even delivered." Here is what a very religious people said, and it corresponds exactly with what the preacher says in...

...wicked prosper ? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously ? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.' It was near carrying Asaph quite off his feet,...

...and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts ? And now we call the proud happy ; yea, they that work wickedness are set up ; yea, they that tempt GOD are delivered. Job 21. 14, 15. Mai. 3. 14, 15. || Jci> 22. 17. Ps. 10. 3, 6, 11. Luke 8. S7. Horn. 1. 28....