...strip me of that which was better lost than found. You preached that morning from these words, " And, though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and...word behind thee, saying, this is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left," Isa. xxx. 20, 21. On hearing...

...dumb dog, the foolish shepherd, and the blind guide ; for, "Though the Lord give you the bread and water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be...any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers." It is in God's light that we see the vanity of all natural religion, the insufficiency of a form of...

...promised to teach his own elect himself, and to open our eyes to see our teachers ; as it is written, " Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner...any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers," Isa. xxx. 20. And, blessed be God, that teacher was not hid from me. Jehovah held him forth to me in...

...greatly fortify them against the seduction of blind watchmen and dumb dogs. " Thy teachers shall not be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers." A minister of the letter stands in his chains, and in the bondage of his corruption ; and he savours...

...affliction that people can meet with in the world ; and therefore we have that promise, Isa. xxx. 2O. ' Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and...any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.' 2. The most rude and ignorant may be taught, seeing Christ executes the office of a Teacher. He can...

...the dumb dog, the foolish shepherd, and the blind guide; for, "Though the Lord give you the bread and water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be...any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers." It is in God's light that we see the vanity of all natural religion, the insufficiency of a form of...

...Ixxi. cxv.) Isaiah the prophet described the church of this present life, saying, " The Lord shall give you the bread of adversity, and the water of...shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner." (Is. xxx.) Thus the church shall remain, but always in affliction. I know such as favour not the truth,...

...what his will and pleasure is, that they may obey it from the heart. Hence he says, Isa. xxx. 21. ' Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.' (2.) He powerfully inclines and...

...may have mercy upon you : for the LORD is a God of judgment : blessed are all they that wait for him. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right band, and when ye turn to the left." Thirdly, Tint to those that desfiised...

...reign with men, not in person but in Spirit, by the well-instructed voice of conscience and reason: " Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." There is also in the fortieth...