...do unto his people." There is no alteration of a divine purpose supposed in the words following, " Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed, that thy house, and the house of thy father,should 'walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that...

...sons above me, to make yourselves fat with th« chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people ? 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy fathers, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that...

...ornamentor of every real Christian; and if he be not glorified by us, we shall surely be debased by him ; " for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed," 1 Sam. ii. 30; or, as the Saviour says, " Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that...

...that honoureth him, hath mercy on the poor. (Prov. xiv. 31.) And the Lord himself has declared — Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. ii. 30.) But, because the nature of man is such that he cannot be, at all times, steadily attached...

...operations of his grace, in dispensing honour he always observes a rule, and he has told us what it is — " Them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed." — « Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness...

...follows. He resisteth the proud. And, as they seek not his honour, he tramples theirs in the dust : " Them that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." This raises rebellion in the heart, even against the King himself: the foolishness of a man perverteth...

...esteemed, so as their Lord is glorified ; and the Lord is as much concerned for the honour of them. " They that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." But not so the hypocrite; he pays no regard to the honour of God, so as he can but exalt himself in...

...die house of diy father, should walk before me for ever: but now it shall be far from me: for diem that honour me I will honour; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."1 But he had spoken, and would not go back: for his word's e This is more fully opened in...

...the floor.' — How their faces are covered with shame that despise the Lord, from 1 Sam. ji. 30. ' The Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed, that...they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.'— How the faster people clave to their temporal comforts, they have the looser hold, from Ezek. xxiv....

...above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people .' Ver. 30. Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said, indeed,...honour me I will honour, and they that despise me sha'l be lightly esteemed. Ver. 31. Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm...