...when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not anCO swer ; they shall seek me early , but they shall not find...their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them....

...answer them, he shall deride us, and laugh at our folly and madness; and in the twenty-eighth verse : " Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer,...shall seek me early, but they shall not find me." See what folly then it is to let slip this time. This is the acceptable day, " Seek" the Lord while...

...and would none of my reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;...find me, for that they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the fear of the Lord." We conclude our account of this instructive and edifying volume, by expressing...

...cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will...their own way, and be filled with their own devices.' I know it has been asked, Is not God infi-. nitely merciful ; may he not therefore glorify his name...

...cometh as desolation, and your " destruction cometh as a whirlwind, when dis*' tress and anguish cometh upon you. Then " shall they call upon me, but I will...would " none of my counsel ; they despised all my re" proof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of (t their own way, and be filled with their own...

...cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will...shall seek me early, but they shall not find me : for tliat they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord : they would none of my counsel:...

...cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will...shall seek me early, but they shall not find me." This passage, every one sees, is poetical, and some parts of it are highly figurative; but their meaning...

...destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; •when distress of bcdy and anguish of mind cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer...they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. Here is a remartable fha^ge of persons ; divine wisdom Began its speech at to them j but while speaking...

...as deso" lation, and your destruction cometh as a " whirlwind ; when distress and anguish " cometh upon you. Then shall they call " upon me, but I will...own way, and be filled with " their own devices," Prov. i. 24.— 3 1 . And again, " He that believeth not shall be damn«ed," Markxvi. 1C. All the mercies...

...me. cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked become a sin. Prov. i. 27. When distress ana anguish cometh, then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer,...they shall seek me early but they shall not find me. Ver. 29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the fear of the Lord. xv. 8. The sacrifice...