 | Ely Bates - 1807 - 426 pages
...emphatically expressed in the following passage of the prophet Jeremiah ; Is not my word like as afire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ^[? And the apostle Paul thus addresses the Thessalonians : When ye received the word of God, which... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...faithfully, what is the chaff to the wheat, salth the Lord ? Ver. 29. Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Ch. xx. 9. Ezek. ii. 7. Then thou shall speak my words unto them whether they will hear or whether... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1810 - 280 pages
...word, speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer' that breaketh the rock in pieces?" Jer. xxiii. How can we avoid concluding from these declarations, that some degree of success must accompany... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...word is sufficient to break the heart, and to burn out the asp. " Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?" Jer. xxiii. 2y. I have been an eye and an ear witness to several souls who formerly allowed the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...And (1.) The law serves to break the hard heart, Jer. xxiii. 29. * Is not my word like a fire? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?' It is like the Baptist preparing the way for the Messiah's coming. Hence it is called ' the Spirit... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pages
...they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Is not my word like as afire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 512 pages
...and will give you an ' heart of flesh.' And, in Jer. xxiii. 29. ' Is not my word like ' a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the ' rock in pieces.' (2rf,) When a believer is sensible of his ignorance, or, at least, that his knowledge of divine truths... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 508 pages
...and will give you an * heart of flesh.' And, in Jer. xxiii. 29. ' Is not my word like 4 a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the * rock in pieces.' (2</,) When a believer is sensible of his ignorance, or, at least, that his knowledge of divine truths... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. 29 Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the LORD ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 pages
...SCRIPTURAL TRUTH. This is most strikingly declared in the text. Is not my word like as a fire? sa.it h the Lord: and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Who then will sit down in despair? Or who will set the Almighty at defiance, as if he could not execute... | |
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What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his... 
