...no less extraordinary coincidences. In the first chapter of that Prophet (vv. 17, 19) we thus read, "Gird up thy loins, and arise and speak unto them all that 1 command thee; and behold! I have made thee this day a walled city. ... And they shall fight against...

...extraordinary coincidences. In the first chapter of that Prophet (v. 17, 19,) we thus read, " Girtl up thy loins, and arise and speak unto them all that I command thee ; and behold ! I have made of thee this day a walled city. And they shall fight against thee, but they...

...momentary tremour; but that he recovered himself by remembering what God said to the prophet Jeremiah, ' Be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.' " It was little likely that he should be confounded, deservedly popular as he was in his own sphere,...

...crowded assembly, but must have remained in solitude. In Jer. i. 17, Jinn stands for put to shame. " Be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them." In silence (D^TNl) l'es especially the disgrace of the patriot not to dare to take his part in the...

...righteously'. XVIIL DUTY OF MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL, AND DUTY TO THEM. 1. Duty of Ministers—Jer. i. 7, 17, But the Lord said unto me', Say not, I am a child':...at their faces', lest I confound thee before them'. Ezek. ii. 6, 7, And thou, son of man', be not afraid of them', neither be afraid of their words', though...

...forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own bands. 17 ^f enemy : thou hast set my foot in a large room. disi or, brtakto maved at their faces, lest 1 1 [confound itta. , J , f , " thee before them. 18 For,...

...a child, for thou shall po to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee, thou shall speak. Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that Т command Ihec : be not dismayed at their faces, lest l confound thee before them. — Jeremiah, chap....

...alleged want of talents. "Oh Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." But God said : " Gird up thy loins, and arise and speak unto them, all that I shall command thee ; for 1 am with thee to deliver thee." And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched...

...alleged want of talents. "Oh Lord God! behold, I cannot spealt, for I am a child." But God said : " Gird up thy loins, and arise and speak unto them, all that I shall command thee ; for I am with thee to deliver thee." And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched...

...in view, under all the discouragements of our office, the rebuke addressed to the mourning prophet, "Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and...at their faces, lest I confound thee before them." Without eminent piety we shall not accomplish the object of the ministry, and our unsuccessfulness...