...the life." Y 2 SERMON XIX. HEZEKIAH'S SENTENCE AND REPRIEVE. ISAIAH xxxviii. 1. Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order : for thou shalt die, and not live. THIS chapter, in conjunction with the preceding, contains the history of Hezekiah, king of Judah. In...

...delivered both negatively and affirmatively. Thus God, by his Prophet Isaiah, sometimes said to Hezekiah, " Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live." (Isaiah xxxviii. 1.) The Lord's intent was, by this tenor of his message, to render it as a matter...

...it leaves no time for arranging worldly matters ; the sentinel comes, not as it did to Hezekiah, " Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live." The weather is sultry hot, accompanied by frequent thunder -showers, which have not the effect one would...

...you, in tones as solemn and as touching as that which once came to the ears of the king of Judah, " Set thine house in order : for thou shalt die, and not live 2 :" — yet let the assurance also set before you, that " the gift of God is eternal life, through...

...comfort of a child to succeed him, thy prophet is sent to him, with the heavy message of his death ; Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live. It is no small mercy of God, that he gives us warning of our end. Wo shall make an ill use of so gracious...

...he had lost all hope of being cured, because God himself had commanded him by the prophet Isaiah, " Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and not live ;" and that therefore the sentence was irrevocable ? But how can we reconcile this sense with the concluding...

...caverns yawn — where demons yell ; and all those cry to man, against the time he shall pass through it, "Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live." Summer doth not always continue. Winter doth not abide ever. Life is a summer, and may be made to produce...

...comfort of a child to succeed him, thy prophet is sent to him, with the heavy message of his death ; Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live. It is no small mercy of God, that he gives us warning of our end. We shall make an ill use of so gracious...

...death; and tbe prophet Isaiah, the son of Amos, came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord. — And it came to pass afore Isaiah...

...with a righteous sentence. Cast down, then, that proud eye, so long fixed upon yon dazzling height. " Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live." Where would all your. bright dreams be, if death should meet you this night ? How can you tell that...