...expect that God will forget him. For, no man says to the Almighty more frequently, or more uniformly, ' Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways.' From the house of God, from the Scriptures, nay, e»en from prayer, the last hope of miserable man,...

...strengthens himself in his impenitence, and makes his face harder than a rock ; who says to God, " Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways," has every reason to fear. But the humbled transgressor, the returning backslider, has every thing to...

...thee ? Wilt thou live and die with this character, saying, by every action of every day, unto God ; " Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways?" (Job xxi. 14.) The morning, the day, the evening, the night, every period of time, has its excuses for this neglect....

...gluttony, drunkenness, or lust, who is " far from God," and desires not to be near him; who says to God, " Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways;" who loves his prison and his chains so well that he refuses to be set free, and hates those with the...

...and disobedience, a rebel against your God? Have you not, at least by a careless life, said to him, " Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways?" Have you not lived as without Grid in the world ? So that, if there had been no Goo1, you probably...

...himself were visibly present, daily inviting you to communion with him, while you continue to say, Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways ! And dare you persevere in such guilt ? O, beware how you provoke the Holy One of Israel ! For who...

...books that concerned Christian piety, it would be aa it were a prison to me. Then I paid xinto God: se bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected xxf. 14, 15. I was now void of all good consideration ; hcaveu and hell were botb out. of sight and...

...he sets the affections of his heart on the world, and says, by his conduct, to the Most High, '• Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways; what is the Almighty that I should serve him, and what profit shall I have though I should pray to...

...thee ? Wilt thou live and die with this character, saying, by every action of every day, unto God, ' Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways ?' Job, xxi. 14. The morning, the day, the evening, the night, every period of time, has its excuses for this neglect....

...than light, I will not come to the light, lest my deeds should be reproved. It says to the Almighty, Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Such conduct is not founded in reason, for reason forbids us to condemn what we have not tried. It...