| Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 412 páginas
...day, in which he proved, to the conviction of many handicraftsmen, that the passage in Jeremiah, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means," was directly applicable to the Presbyterian system of church government. The clergyman dispatched an... | |
| 1833 - 804 páginas
...avert from his church, what Jeremiah relates respecting the synagogue of the Jews, when he says : " A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the...have it so; and what will ye do in the end thereof?" ' O 'eloquence, terrible and vehement, in proportion to thy solidity and purity ! thou art indeed like... | |
| William Bailey (A.B.) - 534 páginas
...one of their own Cardinals applies the words of the Prophet Jeremiah to the Prelacy of that period. " A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the...by their means, and my people love to have it so." — Jer. v. 30 — 31. (Johannes Vitalis, " de Prcelatis et Sacerdotibus."). Nor can all this appear... | |
| John Sinclair - 1833 - 410 páginas
...individual, Micaiah, "a prophet of the Lord8." Jeremiah laments over his corrupt times, exclaiming, " A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the...Prophets prophesy falsely ; and the Priests bear rule through their means, and my people love to have it so V Isaiah complains of the Jewish priesthood in... | |
| William Allen - 1833 - 520 páginas
...an example to all them that follow him. O people, see who follow Paul ! The prophet Jeremiah said, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ;" but now the " priests bear rule by the means they get from the people :" take away their means,... | |
| Willem Sewel - 1833 - 524 páginas
...an example to all them that follow him. O people, see who follow Paul ! The prophet Jeremiah said, " The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means ;" but now the "priests bear rule by the means they get from the people :" take away their means, and... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 páginas
...the tail. For the leaders of this people cause them to err. Ch. iii. 12. Jer. v. 30, 31. A wonderful thing is committed in the land ; the prophets prophesy...by their means ; and my people love to have it so. xiv. 14. The prophets prophesy lies in my name ; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither... | |
| Russell Streeter - 1835 - 134 páginas
...crossed his own path, time and again. We suspect the following words are applicable in this case: — "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the...will ye do in the end thereof?" (Jer. v. 30, 31.) PART THIRD. Mr. Burchard's discourses on Wednesday; his misquotation of Aria iii. 19; -Evening sermon,... | |
| Russell Streeter - 1835 - 132 páginas
...crossed his own path, time and again. We suspect the following words are applicable in this case: — "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the...have it so: and what will ye do in the -end thereof?" (Jcr. v. 30, 31.) PART THIRD. Hr. Burchard's discourse! on Wednesday; his misquotation of Acts iii.... | |
| Seacome Ellison - 1835 - 644 páginas
...a practice is commanded, or such a promise annexed thereto. But it verifies the words of Jeremiah; "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear...rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so."J You are aware, Gentlemen, that during the Testator's life he foresaw that the purport of his... | |
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