...What the prophet says of the idol-maker, is more or less true of all unregenerate men in all ages, " A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot...deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my rjght hand ?" Hazael could not believe that he deserved the character which the prophet gave him. "...

...labyrinth and toils of corrupt usage, becomes at length hardened and incorrigible. A deceived heart turns him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? It cannot fail, therefore, of being a most important subject to endeavour to trace out something of...

...prove to be a part of those lies which cause men to err. (Isa. xliv. 20.) " A deceived heart turns man aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say — is there not a lie in my right hand ?" Even the ministers of religion are not free from being the dupes of false opinions, and the defenders...

...to the stock of и tree ? с 20 He feedelh on aslics: a deceived heart hatli turned him aside, thai , I perceive lhal ihis ù n holy man of God, which passeih by us co band ? г 21 If Remember these, О Jacob aud Israel ; for thou art my servant il have formed Ihec ;...

...east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 1 ISA. xliv. 20 : He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Hos. xii. 1 : Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind : he daily increaseth lies...

...abomination ? shall I fall down to the slock of a tree • 20 He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart liath ? - 1 ' Remember these, O Jacob and Israel ; for tbou art my servant : I have formed thee ; thou art...

...is a right hand of falsehood.—Isaiah, xliv. 20. He feadeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath tnrned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ? The allusion is probably to the ceremony of holding up the hand in swearing, or in giving a vote,...

...spring up LORD have created it. thereof an abomination ? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree ? 20 D. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and...In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabia ? 21 If Remember these, O Jacob and Israel ; for thou art my servant : I have formed thee ; thou art...

...cxxvii. 1. Man's goings are of the Lord : how can a man then understand his own way ? — Prov. xx. 24. A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot...deliver his soul ; nor say, Is there not a lie in? &c. — Isa. xliv. 20. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that...

...hypocrite upon himself, and suffers him to imagine that he is in reality what he pretends to be. " He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned...soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?" Isa. xliv. 20. ( To be concluded in our next.) (For the Spiritual Magazine.) AN ADDRESS TO A BACKSLIDING...