...These were those apostates that the Lord complained had committed two evils; they had forsaken him, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that could hold no water. These were such, as the apostle said, when they knew God, they glorified him not...

...their trust in things that some great man hath invented. Of such God speaketh in Jeremiah ii. 13: " For my people have committed two evils : they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water ; and have hewn them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." In the same...

...your wilfulness, and stubbornness? "Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid ; for my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water V Many a time hath Christ proclaimed that free invitation to you, " Let him that is athirst come...

...astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid ; be yc very desolate, saith the Lord: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water !" God's being so infinitely great and excellent, has not influenced you not to sin against him,...

...this, rather than their Bible, are like the Jews whom Jeremiah, in God's name, thus describes : — " My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." (Jer. ii. 13.) Or rather, it is to be feared, that the whole body, teachers and people, are...

...astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid ; be ye very desolate, saith the Lord: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water !" God's being so infinitely great and excellent, has not influenced you not to sin against him,...

...astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." - 141 Page. SERMON IX. JOHJT iii. 36. (Last Clause.)—" - He that believeth not the Son, shall...

...and joining themselves to idols ; as is expressed in most striking imagery in the thirteenth verse: "My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken...them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water." God is the author of all blessings, both for the body and the soul ; and whatever else men...

...admiration; and yet, Oh, strange to say! the Lord has frequently to 'bring against us the accusation, — 'My people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and they have hewed out unto themselves cisterns, — broken cisterns, that can hold no water.' We are,...

...very brink of ruin when Jeremiah penned the text. As he says elsewhere, speaking in the person of God, "My people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water»." The pure faith delivered...