...awful declaration of Isaiah, to which our Lord alludes, as having its accomplishment here. (vi. 9.) " And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed,...eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and convert, and be healed." It is not for such that...

...iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us ? then said I, Here am I ;...understand not ; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. IT is not my desire to rush into the sublime mysteries these words disclose, with presumptuous daring,...

...Thus do all things concur to accomplish the judgment written, " Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; see ye indeed, but perceive not : make the heart of...shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and convert, and he healed." O, how many in all our congregations seem...

...Isaiah the prophet came upon you, ' go tell this people, hearing indeed, but understand not ; and seeing indeed, but perceive not ; make the heart of this...eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted and be healed.' Isa. vi. 9, 10. And...

...place to quote relative to the Jews, is that which relates to their obstinate infidelity and obduracy. "And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed,...understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the...

...with drugs, seems to have been contemplated by the same prophet in another passage of his book : " Make the heart of this people fat, and make their...understand with their heart, and convert and be healed." 3. Deprivation of sight was a very common punishment in the east. It was at first the practice to sear...

...should glory in his presence1:" so fully did the Gospel answer the end predicted by the prophet ; " Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand...with their heart, and convert, and be healed"'."] b 1 Cor. i. 23. 1 1 Cor. i. 24. k Rom. i. 16. 1 1 Cor. i. 26 — 29. m Isai. vi. 9, 10. VOL. XIII....

...that the prophet heard the voice of Jehovah, saying, " whom shall I send, and who will go for us ? Go and tell this people, hear ye, indeed, but understand...understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed:" ver. 9, 10. Here, according to the theology of the Jews, there must have been an appearance of the...

...awful provocation, thathas constrained from a God of love the message of judicial abandonment — " Make the heart of this people fat, and make their...understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed." " Who then among us will not cry — ' From hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandments,...

...delusions sent them, that they should believe a lie, and to have the sentence already passed upon them, " Make the heart of this people fat, and make their...understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed." To the eye of the true believer who estimates aright the momentous concerns of eternity, no less than...