...order to a general one. Let each inquire what it was that caused God, by the prophet, to ask, " Mtiill not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?" Let our statesmen, in particular, remember, that it is righteousness that exalteth a nation. And whilst...

...not the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper : anil the right of the needy do they not judge. Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord...Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests...

...peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Shall I not visit them for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? Rom. xii. 9. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to that which is...

...fatherless, yet they prosper ; and the right of the needy do they not judge. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophecy falsely, and the priests...

...the instruments of premeditated homicide. " Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord ; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?" 2. CATO used to express his surprise, that a soothsayer did not smile as often as he met with one...

..." is of " purer eyes than to behold evil."6 Guilt has a respect to the avenging justice of God : " Shall I not visit for •• these things, saith the...not my soul be " avenged on such a nation as this ?"f — And to the sanction of the law : " Cursed be he that confirmeth " not all the words of this...

...interposition of the legislature, lest they bring down upon us the just vengance of an offended God. " Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord...not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this*?" Another reflection arising from this short history of Herod and John the Baptist is this ; that although,...

..." is of " purer eyes than to behold evil."0 Guilt has a respect to the avenging justice of God : " Shall I not visit for " these things, saith the Lord...shall not my soul be " avenged on such a nation as this?"f — And to the sanction of the law : " Cursed be he that coufirmeth " not all the words of...

...remembers the inquiry of the Lord, when the sins of Israel were great, " Shall Inot visit for these things? shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this!" £ven a heathen, there arises in the mind of the Christian patriot, on his contemplation of the good...

...not this which .did wring from Jer. v. 29. **od that sentence, Shall I not visit for these things ? shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? When the case is such in any community, as it was in Isa. i; 6. Israel, when God said, From tJie...