...them ; for •with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of...; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." Ezek. 33 : 31, 32. See also Mark, 6 : 20 ; John, 5 : 35. Experience shows that persons, from the influence...

...salvation continued to be what it seemed at first; the joy and rejoicing of their hearts, or only " as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument, who hear the words, but they do them not,"* that I devised a plan by which information might be obtained....

...hia discourses, and to be greatly charmed with the ingenuity and eloquence of his public addresses. " Lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant Voice, arid can play well on an instrument." v. 32. — But however well pleased they might be with his style...

...explained ; for we know, that the word of the prophet was to the covetous and hypocritical Israelites, as a very lovely song, of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well upon an instrument ; and we have our blessed Lord's authority, confirmed, too, by multiplied experience,...

...do them ; for with their mouth they shffc much love, but their heart goeth after their covetouaness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song...instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do them not. And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among...

...! These are not new characters. In the thirty-third chapter of Ezekiel, God says to his prophet, ' Lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song, of one...instrument : for they hear thy words, but they do them not — their heart goeth after their co'vetousness.' And, for St. Paul, he was only one of the same stamp,...

...sajig his praise. They soon forgat his works ; they waited not for his counsel, Psal. cvi. 12, 13. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song...well on an instrument : for they hear thy words, but thpy do them not, Ezek. xxxiii. 32. He was a burning and a shining light ; and ye were willing for...

...they shew much love, /'/if their heart goeth after their covetoilmen. 32 And lo, thou art unto them aa e, (or they have overcome me : thy hair uu a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. 33 And when this cometh to pass, ( lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been...

...delivered ! Such persons attended Ezekiel. " Lo thou art to them," said the Lord to his prophet, " as a very lovely song of one that hath a " pleasant...instrument : for they hear thy words but they do them "not."1 The captious hearer likewise requires to be no ticed. He comes on purpose to criticize and...

...desire, the word as meat, but as music, as God tells the prophet Ezekiel of his people, Ezek. xxxiii. 32. And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of...one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well upon an instrument ; for they hear thy words, and they do them not. To desire the word for the increase...