 | 1832 - 606 pages
...and churches shall more completely exemplify the counsels which are thus imparted, " precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." Perhaps the writer will permit us to suggest, that we think, in some instances, the... | |
 | 1832 - 468 pages
...men, as His last pleading with them before He brings upon them their final doom. " Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little ; for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people." We are... | |
 | Henry Erskine Head - 1832 - 218 pages
...that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept,precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little and there a little. But their scornful untowardness in patient learning drew forth the severest denunciations... | |
 | 1840 - 894 pages
...change the heart ; but the means of grace are of divine appointment, and must be used. "Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 pages
...wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest ; and this is the refreshing : yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept,...line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." It has... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1834 - 302 pages
...understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." - - 152 SERMON XI. BAPTISM. JOHN, iii. 5, 6. — " Jesus answered, Verily, verily,... | |
 | Francis Close - 1834 - 462 pages
...Shall we not then have need of diligence ? As * Rom. ii. 21. the prophet saith, " For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line; here a little and there a little."* Again and again must the same truths be enforced ; repeatedly must the same precepts... | |
 | John Howe - 1835 - 136 pages
...made blind. And most agreeable to those former places is that of the prophet, Isaiah xxviii. 13. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept,...line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little ; mat they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. And we... | |
 | Mary (little.) - 1835 - 156 pages
...learners in this school, and need many lessons ; and thus the word of our Divine Teacher is unto us " precept upon precept, precept upon precept — line upon line, line upon line." God's tender requirement from us is summed up in this — " My son, give me thy HEART." He addresses... | |
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For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. 
