...for an object, and then we become blind to its defects and evils. " He feedeth on ashes : a deceitful heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?"* The heart corrupfed, perverts the judgment. Hence there are men so infatuated as to "call evil good...

...fall down to the stock of a tree ? He feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?* If God lets men alone, no light arises : but the darkness grows thicker and thicker. How is it now,...

...make the residue thereof an abomination ? shall I iall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feeileth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...soul, .nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 21 1T Remember these, О Jacob and Israel ; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my...

...we, through his poverty, might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) Of the one we must say, "He feedeth upon ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that...soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand?" (Isai. xliv. SO.) Of the other, the Scripture saith, " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord :...

...gathered together — te them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. He feedah on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right tod r Isa. xliv. 1 1 and 20. The mighty work of God, wrought in the very centre of <he Roman Catholic...

...fall down to the stock of a tree ? He feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?* If God lets men alone, no light arises : but the darkness grows thicker and thicker. How is it now,...

...afford no nourishment, but is very hurtful to the body ) a deceived heart has turned him aside, that be cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?" Thus carnal men are so blinded with their affections to these short-lived pleasures, that they cannot...

...hear the wretchedness of the idolater described by the prophet in the following terms, ' he feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul:' Isa. xliv. 20. — and when we hear David singing the triumphs of his son, to whom the everlasting...

...devastation. — To such works, and to their admirers, we might apply the words of the ancient Prophet : " He feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" " For, sure, to hug a fancied case, That never did, nor...

...hear the wretchedness of the idolater described by the prophet in the following terms, ' he feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul :' Isa. xliv. 20. — and when we hear David singing the triumphs of his son, to whom the everlasting...