...of doctrine by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.' ' In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird/ or as in the Hebrew, ' in the eyes of any that hath a wing,' for it may see and fly from the deceit....

...prevalency upon the mind in drawing it off from its watch and circumspection. Says the wise man, " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird," or, before 192 the eyes of every thing that hath a wing, as in the original. If it hath eyes open to...

...prevalency upon the mind in drawing it off" from its watch and circumspection. Says the wise man, " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird," or, before the eyes of every thing that hath a wing, as in the original. If it hath eyes open to discern...

...mind, in drawing it off from its watch and circumspection. Says the wise man, Prov. i. 17. ' Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird;' or before the eyes of every thing that hath a wirtg, as in the original. If it- hath eyes open to discern...

...God, but often trespassing and rebelling more and more. Man learns not by his own experience. " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." The meanest of quadrupeds will shun snares and traps. Few beasts will drink intoxicating liquors ;...

...one cry for mercy, and eternally curse their folly, in being the dupes of such a delusion ! " Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird." You evidently see the design of Satan in this temptation ; he aims only to lull you into security,...

...head, thinks that her whole body is covered : but when the mind is free, Satan can do little, because in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird ; for as soon as we can see that the power by which we are affected is a temptation, the magic spell...

...forbidding ; and the pleasures of the world as smiling, sociable and enchanting. Lord, make me watchful. " In vain, is the net spread in the sight of any bird." Enable me to examine every thing by the light of truiu ; to prove all things, and to hold fast that...

...the real evils which so often lie under these coverings, one half of the danger would be overcome. In vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird, and surely the fish would not swallow the bait if he knew that the hook was hid therein. But we must...

...the unaffected manner in which it has given its sanction to their already formed opinions. ' Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird.' It must be one of those simple fowl which voyagers chronicle by names indicative of their stolidity,...