...How dost thou prove that God would not have them, when we can get no belter ? M. Doth he not say, " Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest unto me?" M. I am no puritan. I beseech you to be good to me. I have been twice in prison already;...

...ignorance leads persons into destructive errours, and blinds them to truth and duty, that God says " my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee." The ignorance here complained of, was among a people who had the advantages of divine...

...apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. Hose a iv. 6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge : because thou hast rejected knowledge, I w.ll also reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgotten tlie taw of...

...the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge : because...rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children....

...do not know him and his commands, he hath given it under his hand, that he rejects them, saying, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because...the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children, Hos, iv. 6. That therefore no persons that are grossly ignorant, and live and die in that condition,...

...indeed be felt, and that ought to be bewailed, as it is a sure forerunner of ruin and excision. — " My people are " destroyed for lack of knowledge : because...hast " rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee; seeing " thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also " forget thy children V But suppose this...

...knowledge: To which is added, Because thou hast rejected knowledge (or the instructing the people) I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgot the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. That corrupt race of priests attended still...

...destroyed for lack of knowledge : because thou hast " rejected kuowk.dge, I will also reject thee; seeing " thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also " forget thy children h." But suppose this not altogether the case. It is among the evils of external poverty, and one of...

...Osea: Because th»u hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shall be no Priest to mee ; seeing thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God I will also forget thy children. (Osea, iv. 6.) Now as you have heard the Law was perished from the Priests, and Counsell from the Ancients,...

...they did worse than their fathers0. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee ; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children1". Seeing thou hatest instruction, and easiest my words behind thee, I will reprove thee,...