...members of other sentences, by means of some additional connexion ; as, " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider.' This sentence consists of two compounded members, each of which is subdivided into...

...trespasses and sins. (2 Eph. ].) 8. Does God particularly censure the sins of his profess, ing people ? I ,have nourished and brought up children, and they...Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. (1 Is. 2, 3.) 9. What is the character of the human heart? The heart is deceitful above all things,...

...is addressed to many of us: ' Hear, 0 ye heavens, and give ear, 0 earth ; for the Lord hath spoken : I have nourished and brought up children, and they...Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." Is. 1, 2, 3. The bounties of Providence, therefore, call aloud for our open acknowledgments; but the...

...abilities ; the God " in " whom we live, and move, and are." " Hear, O " heavens, and give ear, O earth, I have nourished " and brought up children, and they have rebelled " against me !" The God, against whom every sin is committed, stands at once related to us, as our Creator, Benefactor,...

...who were disobedient, but severely reproved them by the mouth of the prophets. " Ah, sinful na" tion, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children " that are corruptors ! Bring no more vain oblations;* to what pur" pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto...

...the ordinances, broken the everlasting covenant : Ah sinful nation ! a people laden with iniquities, a seed of evil doers ,• children that are corrupters ! They have forsaken the Lard, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger ; they are gone away backward, Sfc. Thus...

..."The ox kuoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib." The ox and the ass are here engraved. " Ah ! sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity,...seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters." Three figures of men are engraved at this part, whose legs and part of the bodies only can be distinguished....

...sinners is frequently exposed in the sacred writings. "The ox knoweth his owner," says Isaiah, " and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." Isaiah i. 3. "Every one turneth to his course," says Jeremiah, " as the horse rusheth into the battle....

...Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they...sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters! they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy...

...ear, | O earth : for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, | and they ha\e rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, | and...Israel doth not know, | my people doth not consider." — Ed. the reflections of a man of great geniiis and experience upon the character and operation of...