| James Dana - 1806 - 518 pages
...truths, to go on to perfection. " Whom fhall he teach knowledge f and whom fhall " he make to underftand doctrine ? Them that are " weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breafts. " For precept muft be upon precept ; line upon line ; " here a little and there a little."... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...counsels to a child new weaned from the breast; so uncapable are thev of wholesome doctrine. XXVIII. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;...line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: To them, as unto new weaned children, there must be both leisure and assiduity in teaching,... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...which they should have given from God. XXVIII. 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom sltallhe make to understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the brcasfs. To what purpose do we cast awaV instruction upon an incorrigible people ? It is all one, as... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 564 pages
...Isa. xxviii. 16. In ver. 1 3, preceding, it is said, " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little, that they might go, and fallbackward, and be broken, and snared and taken." And accordingly... | |
| 1828 - 590 pages
...carnal ohjects : what cares he for religion ? Hence the complaint — " Whom shall he teach knowledge ? whom shall he make to understand doctrine ? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the hreasts." So long as people are careless ahout spiritual things, and know no pleasure heyond that of... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1809 - 646 pages
...manner similar to that in which the Prophet addressed the Israel of Goo in their corrupt state '. — Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line npon line ; here a little and there a little; as opportunity may offer. To enforce these sentiments... | |
| William Ettrick - 1810 - 524 pages
...that made him fall. Man of Sin, B. ii p. 58. • . " But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little." — It was cautiously dealt out to them in piecemeal, by scraps, garbled extracts,... | |
| Thomas Williams - 1810 - 244 pages
...and be broken, and be snared and be taken." And again, " The word of the Lord was unto them, precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little and there a little ; that they might go and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." From... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 pages
...grief, and no small mortification ; and I found it just as the evangelical prophet represents it : " Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall he...line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little," Isa. xxviii. .9, 10. The breast being withdrawn, I searched the scriptures day and... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...to, what one calls, the foolishness of the cross. ' However, the Prophet says, " whom shall he [God] teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand...line upon line; line upon line; here a little, and there a little," Isaiah xxviii. 9, 10. This is an humbling declaration for a counsellor, an astrologer,... | |
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