...all my counsel, and would none of my reproof." Zechariah says, " They refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets." Christ reproves sinners, for resisting the power and influence of common grace. " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem...

...sinners in Zion, They are stout hearted, and far from righteousness. They refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts sent by his prophets. Though sinners forget, yet God remembers and knows all the light they have refused...

...sinners in Zion, They are stout hearted, and far from righteousness. They refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts sent by his prophets. Though sinners forget, yet God remembers and knows all the light they have refused...

...means were used to reform degenerate Israel. Zechariah says, " They refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...stone, lest they should hear the law and the words of the Lord of hosts by the former prophets." God seemed to be discouraged to use any more means to...

...means were used to reform degenerate Israel. Zechariah says, " They refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...stone, lest they should hear the law and the words of the Lord of hosts by the former prophets." God seemed to be discouraged to use any more means to...

...prevent their hearing the voice of God's instructive rod. " But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone." This is no exaggerated description of the afflicted under the correcting and instructive hand of Providence....

...prevent their hearing the voice of God's instructive rod. " But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they...Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone." This is no exaggerated description of the afflicted under the correcting and instructive hand of Providence....

...Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, Execute true judgment, &c. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears that they should not hear ; yea, they made their heart as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, &c. — Zech. vii. 9—12. I will punish...

...none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which...

...God, and they shall be my people." Signally contrasted with the hearts of those of whom it is said, " Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest...hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets," the heart thus promised as a new covenant blessing, is essentially a new heart. Unlike the adamant...