...hear the wretchedness of the idolater described by the prophet in the following terms, ' he feedeth of ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul:' Isa. xliv. 20. — and when we hear David singing the triumphs of his son, to whom the everlasting...

...To such works, and to their admirers, we might apply the words of the ancient Prophet : " He feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" " For, sure, to hug a fancied case, That never did, nor...

...afford no nourishment, but is ?ery hortful to the body ) a deceived heart has turned him aside, that be cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in mj rizkt hand?" Thus carnal men are so blinded with their affections to these short-lived pleasures,...

...•serve. As the prophet saith, " A deceived heart will turn them aside, that they cannot deliver their own soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" (Isa. xliv. 20.) 2. It will take away the efficacy of means that should do them good ; nay, it will...

...undoubted additions to the sum of his merit and the lustre of his holiness. But alas ! " he feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" ' 7 All this is nothing better than spurious sanctity, and the hope which it engenders is false...

...awful to think! the Saviour is rejected for perishable interests and sensual indulgences. " He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside,...soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ?"•)• Men walk on in darkness because they love it; and they "love dark-, ness rather than light,...

...lover of the world is an idolater) the prophet Isaiah says (chap. xliv. 20.) He feedeth on nslit-s : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot...soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand. Let the worldling compare his past experience with this description ; and then let him attend to the...

...exquisitely refined persons confide. " A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot save his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?" Isaiah, xliv. 20. The reader will find no difficulty in applying some of the preceding observations...

...not a knowledge of thy ways. "A deceived heart hath turned them aside, that they cannot deliver their soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand ?" It will be readily con. ceded, that men, as transgressors, are in a stale of entire alienation,...

...devastation. To such wtirks and their admirers we might apply the words of the ancient prophet, 'He feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot say, Is there not a lie in. my right hand.' 1 For sure, to hug a fancied case That never did, and never...