...that they would remember their latter end ! He tells them that in such a case their peace should have been as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea. In a word, he sets before them life and death, alarms by the horrors of one, and invites by the delights...

...he heard a voice saying—" 0 that they " had hearkened to ray commandments ! Then had " their place been as a river, and their righteousness as " the waves of the sea!—Have I been a wilderness un" to Israel ? A land of darkness ? Wherefore say " my people, we...

...decree justice, holds nations in his hands ; and his language is, " 0 ! that they had hearkened unto my commandments, then had their peace been as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea !" Every Christian ought to know and feel, that God can protect a nation, and that he ordinarily deals...

...great beyond description. But, when they so hearken to the divine commandments that their peace is as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea, then may they expect the fulfilment of the principle, at least, of the promise, " Thy seed shall be...

...me and fear me, and keep all my commandments always ! O that my people had hearkened to my voice ; then had their peace been as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea ! — Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps ; set thine heart toward the high way, even the way...

...will is revealed to us, had it not been for their transgressions " their peace might ere this have been as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea." Let us, therefore, my Christian friends, in this day of temptation, be instructed by prophetic history....

...vice and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." By-and-by he heard a voice saying — " О that they had hearkened to my commandments ! then...river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea ! — Have I been a wilderness unto Israel t A land of darkness 1 Wherefore say my people, We are lords...

...service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." By and by he heard a voice, saying, " 0 that they had hearkened to my commandments! Then had...river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea! — Have I been a wilderness unto Israel ? A land of darkness? Wherefore say my people, We are lords;...

...him ? Have you not compelled him to say, " Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, a land of darkness ? O, that they had hearkened to my commandments ! then...their peace been as a river, and their righteousness like the waves of the sea." How dreadful is it, that when everything requires our advancement, we should...

...tby law." God tells Israel, that if they had cleaved to him and his way, " their peace should have been as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea." 2. It will glorify God, and reflect a lustre upon religion; make the world conclude you serve a good...