But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of Hosts. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my... A discourse of the pastoral care - Page 23by Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1736Full view - About this book
| Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pages
...the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law ' (Mal. ii. 8, 9). For now it is not with the land, as it is in Ezek. xxiv. 7, 9, ' For her blood is... | |
| Thomas Bennet - 1727 - 216 pages
...knowledge, and they fhould leek the law at his mouth : for he is the meflenger of the Lord of hofts. But ye are departed out of the way : ye have caufed...not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Matthew 10. 16. Behold, I fend you forth as fheep in the midft of wolves ; be ye therefore wife as... | |
| Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...Covenant of Ln>i, faith the Lord of Hofts. 9. Therefore have I alfo made you CONTEMPTIBLE and BASS before all the People, according as ye have not kept my Ways, but have been partial in the LAW. Afts xx. 28. Take heed therefore unto your felves, and to all the Flock, over the which the HOLY GHOST... | |
| Thomas Secker - 1758 - 276 pages
...inflicted on our Predeceflbrs in the J.ewijh Nation : 'Therefore have I alfo made you contemptible andbafe before all the People, according as ye have not kept my Ways *. Yet we cannot but hope, that a very confiderable Part of the Accufations brought againft us, would... | |
| Ralph Erskine - 1763 - 586 pages
...priefts of that day, Te are departed out of the way : Ye have caufed many tojlumble at the law : Te have corrupted the covenant of Levi, faith the Lord...not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Secondly, Ye will flain and pollute your fouls', which ye ought to keep pure as a holy temple unto... | |
| Martin Madan - 1780 - 452 pages
...proceeding of Chrif-* tian churchmen, like that of the Jewt/h, Mai. ii. 9. where GOD complains — Ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law ? The man who renders a folid reafon for adopting Exod. xx. to ver. 17, inclufive, and Lev. xviii.... | |
| Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 pages
...uiy Covenant. I alfo will make them contemptible and bafe before all the People, according as they have not kept my Ways, but have been partial in the Law. k If a Man defire the Office of a Bifhop, he defireth a good Work. A Bifhop then muft be blamelefs,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...you contemptible and base before all the people, that ye should neither be reverenced nor regarded, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law ; either in giving judgment or taking bribes ; having one decision for the poor and another for the... | |
| Clergyman, John Randolph - 1807 - 448 pages
...loathe both their law and their " Joel ii. I?. ° Micah iii. n. ' Zcch. xi. 17. « Mai. ii. I, &c. religion : they had corrupted their inftitution, and...ftudied, by a grofs partiality, to bring the people to be exafrt in. tnofe parts of the Law, in which their wealth or their authority was concerned ; while they... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1811 - 522 pages
...the covenant of LEVI, saith the LORD of hosts. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law." I quoted this passage in great seriousness, being deeply alarmed at the practice of buying and selling... | |
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