...heart to one that was before a proud, haughty, stiff-necked rebel. " Is not my word like a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock...of the Lord that does it, and the word is only the instrument for that end. In other scriptures, repentance is considered as a principal end or effect...

...recommended, as a means the most suitable to produce repentance. Is not my word like as afire, saith the Lord ? and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jer. xxiii. 22. There is no metal which this fire is not able to melt and separate from dross ; there...

...as a lion." Irresistible is the force of truth and conscience. " Is not my word like as fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?" " The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to...

...this set forth the work of grace upon the heart ! Jer. xxiii. 29. Is not my word like ajire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces 9 Thou must be broken by the hammer of the Law, and melted down by the Gospel, and the Lord's image...

...word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord? and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces'? Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have even sent...

...faithfully : what is the chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord ? Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?"* You see here a distinction made between wheat and chaff, true and spurious, with the mighty force...

...faithfully. What is the chart' to the wheat ? sailh the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? sailh the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, beheld, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from...

...word faithfully : what is the chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord? Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?"* You see here a distinction made between wheat and chaff, true and spurious, with the mighty force...

...be performed through the instrumentality of the truths of God's word. Is not my word as fire ? saith the Lord, and like a hammer, that breaketh the rock in pieces ? As long as a man is persuaded in his own mind that he has power to accept of salvation, or "'as power...

...perfect forms of philosophy and rhetoric are utterly powerless. " Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? " 4. A great blessing attends this use of Scripture. " For then thou shall make thy way prosperous,...