...INFANTS' SCHOOLS. BY WILLIAM WILSON, AM VICAR OF WALTIIAMSTOW. THIRD EDITION. " Whom shall he teaeh knowledge ? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine...line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little." ISAIAH, Chap, xxviii. ver. 9, 10. ^LONDON: PRINTED FOR GEORGE WILSON, CORNER OF ESSEX...

...glorious saying of the Lord of Hosts to this description of character, by the prophet Isaiah xxviii. 9. Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make...weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. He who teacheth as never man taught, hath guaranteed the weaned shall be taught, that himself shall...

...judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 9 If Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall he...weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept f must be upon precept, precept uponpre- tor, hath cept ; line upon line, line upon...

...them that fear him, and he will shew them his covenant ;' ver. 14. ' Whom shall he teach knowledge ? whom shall he make to understand doctrine ? Them that...are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts ;' Isa. xxviii. 9. Unless men become as weaned children, as David affirms of himself, Psal. cxxxi....

...xxviii. 13, " But the word of the Lord (behold ! these are God's own words used !) was unto them precept upon precept, 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!" And so...

...he should make, prematurely to instruct them; and this was another reason, why he gave them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. It is readily admitted, that unsuitable food would injure an infant, and that the mind...

...believe, are not serviceable members, for want of understanding. So we read (Isa. xxviii. 9 — 12), " Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine ? them that arc weaned from the mitk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon...

...xxviii. 13, " But the word of the Lord (behold ! these are God's own words used !) was unto them precept upon precept, 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 !" And...

...reproof" (Prov. i. 30). Nevertheless, this wonderful Teacher continues his instructions, " precept upou precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line : here a little and there a little " (Is. xxviii. 13) ; and although he might, by an act of his omnipotence, free us at...

...Samuel;" "Saul, Saul ;" "O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord." (Jer. xxii. 29) " Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little." (Isai. xxviii. 13) It is called 'whetting of the law,' with stroke upon stroke, often...