...recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have defiled my land," &c. (chapter xvi. 18). " I, the Lord, search the heart, I try the reins, even...ways, and, according to the fruit of his doings," (chapter xvii. 10). " Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward, therefore will...

...let the mighty man glory in his might ; let not the rich man glory in his riches. — Jer. ix. 23. He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days; and, at his end, shall be a fool. — Jer. xvii. 11. I have made the earth, the man, and the beast that are upon the ground, &c. —...

...(thus) hasteth to be rich, hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him ; that as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Whereas the plain way of honest, harmless industry, (joined with a pious regard to him who is the dispenser...

...lot and curse of such persons. This is threatened to covetousness, injustice, and oppression. ' As a partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.'' The same is threatened to voluptuous persons in the highest caresses of delight ; and Christ told a...

...ssarcheth the reins and hearts : and I will give unto every one according to his works. Jer. xvii. 3, 10. / the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. But if by his ways, and the fruit of his doings, is meant only the actions of his body, what need of...

...requested to preach again in the afternoon, I spoke from Jeremiah 17:11: "As the partridge sitleth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. " Eld. Collins delivered a discourse from Heb. 4:9: " There remaineth therefore a rest to the people...

...spirit, when he thus expressed himself, " The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart,...according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."f If such were the sentiments of these eminently wise and holy men, — these prophets of the...

...he which searcheth the reins and hearts ; and I will give unto every one according to his works." " I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." But if, hy his ways, and the fruit of his doings, is meant only the actions of his body, what need...

...claim in respect to virtue. — The same principle is powerfully enforced by the Prophet Jeremiah : " I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." b The omniscience, as well as equity, of the Judge of all the earth is finely portrayed in the following...

...all creatures: " The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it7 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." And what says our Lord, in his address to John ! " The churches shall know that I am he who searcheth...