...Kings xiii. 18, 21.) There has been, unhappily, in almost every age, too much reason for the charge, " The heads thereof judge for reward, and the Priests...for hire, and the Prophets thereof divine for money ; " (Micah iii. 11 ;) and the Redeemer himself says, that at the day of judgment many will say to him,...

...abundantly taught this, by those excellent words of God, by the prophet Micah : " The heads of Sion judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for...and the prophets thereof divine for money ; yet will tKf y lean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us'?" As if God had said, nothing is so presumptuous...

...remarkable words : The sin of Israel is great, and unrepented of, " Yet will they lean upon the LOHD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us," iii. 11. You will never hear people that are , in this dangerous state, complain of their utter want...

...inseparable companions. This is well illustrated in the prophet •MicAH,Chap. iii, V. 11. " The beads thereof judge for " reward, and the priests thereof...lean "" upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among v»? * None evil can come upon us." And what says the Lord, 'whose name they thus abused ? " Therefore...

...courtiers and court-serving men. The heads of the land judge for reward; and the people thereof judge for hire ; and the prophets thereof divine for money...upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? Were the first minister to appoint a preacher before the House of Commons,* would not he be wise to...

...hear them ; he will even hide his face from them : as they behaved themselves ill in their doings, &c. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity ; the heads thereof judge for reward, and ^he priests thereof teach for hire. and the prophets thereof divine for money ; yet mil they lean upon...

...cried to me with their hearts, &c. they return, but not to the Most High, &c. — Hosea vii. 14. 16. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire; yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? &c. — Micah iii. 11. When ye...

...not sought the Lord : therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered b. The priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets...come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field ; and Jerusalem shall become heaps ; and the mountain of the house as the high...

...silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat t Am. viii. 4 — 6. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests...yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not che LORD among us ? none evil can come upon us, Mir. iii. 11. And said unto them, It is written, My...

...confounded : yea, they shall all cover their lips ; for Üure is no answer of God, Mic. iii. 5 — 7. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests...thereof divine for money : yet will they lean upon the LURD, and say, /* not the LORD among us ? none evil can come upon us, 11. For false Christs and false...