...occupying the ground. " I had " planted thee," says God to his ancient people, by his prophet Jeremiah, " I had planted thee a " noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art " thou turned into a degenerate plant of a " strange vine unto me?" When man came out of the hands of his Creator in all...

...will defile the countenance in the eye of the physiognomist : neither can paint beautify it to him, for " though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap." (Jerem. ii. 22) yet wilt thou be in his eyes a monster, if out of the heart proceed into the countenance...

...or yet, upon every high hill and ifnder every green tree 21 thou wanderest, playing the harlot. Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed...into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me ? / gave you a good constitution of government, excellent lams and ordinances, vet 22 noio ye are become...

...threats andreproofs against it. Jer. ii. 21. I planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed : how art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me ? si. 17. The Lord of hosts that planted thee hath pronounced evil against thee. Ch. xiv. 4. Ezek....

...the Righteous God find me out, in my damnable simulation ? Hath not he said, and will make it good, Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap ; yet thine iniquity is marked before me? Jer. ii. 22. Hath not 'my Saviour, who shall be our Judge, said, Therefore thou shall receive the greater...

...which they are composed. The complaint which Jehovah originally addressed to Israel, " 1 planted thec a noble vine, wholly a right seed ; how then art thou turned into the dfgenerate plant of a strange vine*?" may be repeated to many Christian churches. While, on the other...

...saidst, I will not transgress ; when upon every high hill, und under every green tree thou wanderest. Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed...though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much much sope, yet thine iniquity is makred before me, saith the Leap G.OD. How canst thou say, I am not...

...in them (z) :' ' Their eyes have they closed (a) :' And again remember how God complains and says, ' I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed : how then art tliou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me (b).' The soul has free-will : the...

...said to Adam, in that dismal day, Where art thou ? Gen. iii. 9. In what condition art thou now ? How art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine, unto me ? Or, Where wast thou ? Why not in the place of meeting with me ? Why so long a-conring ? What meaneth...

...said to Adam, in that dismal day, Where art thou ? Gen. iii. 9. In what condition art thou now ? How art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine, unto me ? Or, Where wast thou ? Why not in the place of meeting with me ? Why so long a-coming ? What meaneth...