...what He bids us ? For there are many now, as in Ezekiel's time, who speak one to another, saying, " Come I pray you and hear what is the "Word that cometh forth from the Lord ;" who sit in God's sanctuary as his people sit and hear his words ; but who will not do them. The...

...have some transientjoy in the gospel, like those mentioned by the prophet, Ezek. xxxiii. 31, 32. " And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and...they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very...

...another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometb. forth from the Lord : and they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before me as my people, and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much...

...and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, 1 pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear...

...delight in hearing the word of God preached ; as it was withEzekiel's hearers, E/ek. xxxiii. 31, 32. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and...they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo, thou art unto them as a very...

...in their hearts now, than at other times when we are informed they did so, as in Ezek. xxxiii. 31." They come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people :" [ie as though they were my saints, as they profess to be,] "For with their mouth they shew much...

...Yet such there were in Ezekiel's time, (and too many, I fear, at present) who called to one another, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh...and they HEAR thy words, but they will not DO them. Hearing and doing are both of them necessary ; each in their several proportion. So, therefore, must...

...thofe in anEzek. other Prophet, who Jpeak one to another, every one to his ""aa.30' brother, faying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh...they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they Jit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but will not do them; for with their mouth they...

...thofe in anEzek. other Prophet, who f peak one to another, every one to his 0"a2.3°' Brother, faying, Come, I pray you, and hear- what is the word that...they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they jit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but will not do them ; for with their mouth...

...decency, perhaps, and apparent devotion, as are seen in you. For thus said the Lord unto that prophet, " They come unto thee as the people cometh, and they...they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness." Are you strict observers of the Sabbath?...