...can ye build to contain me ? And thus alfo Solomon faid ( I King, viii. 27. ) " Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee $ how much lefs this houfe that I have built ? '' The Prophet proceeds, verfe ^d. " For all thefe (things) my hand hath made : and all thefe ( things...

...dedication of the temple, i Kings viii. 27. But will God indeed dwell on earth? Behold I 2 the the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee. How much lefs this houfe which I have built? In the prophet Jeremiah, the divine Being is reprefented as faying, Am la God at...

...prince breaks out into an expreflion of holy admiration and aftonifhment, and fays, 2 Chron. vi. 18. "But will God in very deed dwell with men on " the...heavens " cannot contain thee ; how much lefs this houfe which I " have built r" How much greater reafon have we to fay, when recollecVmg our guilt and unwoi...

...thou vifiteft him ?" Under a deep impreflion of the fame great truth, Solomon fays, 2 Chron. vi. 18, " But " will God in very deed dwell with men on the..." behold, heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot con" tain thee ; how much lefs this houfe which I have buift ?" Is not, then, fome fervor of affection...

...ages ; it is the common privilege of all Christians. We may well cry out in astonishment with Solomon, "But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee."....2 Chron. rvi. 18. Amazing condescension ! " Lord what is man, sinful, helldeserving...

...; it is the common privilege of all Christians. We may well cry out in astonishment with Solomon, " But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold heaven, and the heaven of heaven^ cannot contain thee."....2 Chron. vi. 18. Amazing condescension! " Lord what is man, sinful,...

...partakers of such glory and blessedness. Solomon, when he had built his magnificent temple, said, " But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ?" and may we not rather say, Will God in very deed admit men, such as we are, to dwell with him in...

...brake forth with the most profound admiration on this solemnity. He cried out in an extacy of wonder, But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth...the heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built'. Thus the Lord shewed his approbation of the Temple, its service,...

...assimilates them to himself. This amazing condescension of Jehovah made the wisest of men to exclaim, " But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?...heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee." 2 Chron* vi. 18. 5. THE love of God to his people is strong and intense. No limits can be set to it,...

...obtain it, the price paid to purchase it ; and what will be your reflections and your language ? " Will God in very deed, dwell with men " on the earth...heaven, and the heaven of " heavens cannot contain thee !"f And wilt thou " come unto us, and make thy abode with us?"J This is " the tabernacle of God with...