...his praise ; For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee : they t!iat go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day : the father to the children shall make known thy truth," Isaiah sxxviii. 16-19. In...

...soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. ^ For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee : they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. ' The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this...

...the contrary, even of good men, in numberless instances. To name only one or two; (Is. xxxviii. 18.) "The grave cannot praise thee: death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy « thy truth." (Ps. vi. 5.) " In death there is no remembrance of...

...strain : " Tor " the grave cannot praise thce, death cannot celebrate " thee : they tliat go down into the pit cannot hope " for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise " thee, as I do this day : The father to the children " shall make known thy truth f." Lastly Jeremiah, in...

...corruption, for thou hast cast all my * sins behind thy back. The grave cannot praise thee, * the dead cannot celebrate thee : they that go down ' to the pit cannot hope for thy truth.' This is tht proper work of the living saint, to make known to sinners the grace of salvation. Life...

...Hezekiah, in his song of Thanksgiving for his miraculous recovery, speaks in the same strain : " For " the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate " thee : they that go down into the pit cannot hope " for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise " thee, as I do this...

...hell is extorted, not drawn; it is eye service, not obedience; dead works, not spiritual service : " The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth." 14. Strict justice forbids this universal reprieve. The flaming...

...but we have done wickedly. corruption, for thou hast cast all my sins behind my back. Isaih. O Lord the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate...truth, . The living, the living he shall praise thee, as I d» • i;i:> day. Lamentations. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not cursed, because his...

...Saviour, in the season of life, than at the distressing scene of death. Hence, said an ancient saint, " Death cannot celebrate thee : they that go down to...truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day." Hence the Apostle beseeches us, by the mercy of God, that we present our bodies...

...neither any ' that go down into silence,' Psal. cxv. 17. and what Hezekiah says to the same purpose, ' The grave cannot praise thee ; death * cannot celebrate...that go down to the pit cannot ' hope for thy truth,' Isa. xxxviii. 18. These and such-like expressions intend nothing else but this ; that the praises of...