...xlviii. 18. Thus saith the Lord, O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Jer. vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old |»ths, where is...

...Israel had walked in my ways! O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments? then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.'' — But may not God abandon those who have renounced him? Is he compelled to force his favours upon...

...Lord, thy Redeemer ;— -O that thoa hadst hearkened unto my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea, Isa. xlviii. 17, 18.— My righteousness shall answer fur me [Jacob] in time to come. Gen. xxx. 33.— Noah was...

...way that thou shouldst go. 0 that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea!' All the privation of happiness men now sustain,— all the positive suffering they endure, — all...

...recorded in Isaiah, "Oh! that thou hadst hearkened unto my commandments, then had thy peace flowed as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Does not the Apostle declare, " where there is no law, there is no transgression f" What can be clearer...

...way that thou shouldest go O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy PEACE BEEN AS A RIVER, and thy righteousness as the WAVES OF THE SEA." " Awake, put on thy strength." " Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your...

...transgressor from the womb. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ; then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.' The prayer of David was, ' Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law ; yea, I shall observe it...

...pours out lamentation, " Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Depend upon it, brethren, that is a great calamity which can awaken such sympathy and create such regret...

...that they might be healed. ' O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea!' And how well does this appeal agree with our Savior's exquisitely touching lamentation over you, '...

...recorded in Isaiah, " Oh ! that thou hadst hearkened unto my commandments ; then had thy peace flowed as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Does not the Apostle declare, where there is no law, there is no transgression ?" What can be clearer...