...usury and unjust pain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. U He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law. even his pravcr shall be abomination. Hi Whoso causcth the rightbray a foolin a mortar among eous to to astray...

...God is not loved. 1 John ii. 15, 16. James iv. 4. Disregard to the divine law is thus spoken of, " He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.'" Prov. xxviii. 9- The worthlessness of lip service is described by the prophet Isaiah...

...devotions that a wicked man is capable of performing, are but so many mockeries and provocations of God. ' He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.' [Prov. xxviii. 9.] And this ends in the same observation, wherewith I began upon this...

...cannot expect that he should attend to you when you are speaking to him. -Remember what is said ; ' He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.' Or again; 'Because I have called and ye refused — ye have set at nought all my coun....

...service as this : The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord, Prov. xv. 8. And again, He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be an abomination, xxviii. 9. besides a multitude of other texts that might be quoted to the same purpose. And here we...

...is his delight " " The Lord is far from the wicked ; but he heareth the prayer of the rjghteous." " He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be an abomination." These texts, and various others which might be quoted, plainly teach, that God cannot show such favor...

...an abomination." While "a cup of cold water," administered in love, is rewarded with eternal life, "he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [is] abomination;" and that not merely when he intends to mock: "The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination,...

...obedient doing it ? Can you profit most by reading your own condemnation? You read in Scripture that " he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination''." The truth is, you shew by this, that you do but make reading a pretence against hearing,...

...actuated by the spirit of piety, and are loathsome in his sight. Remember also the words of Solomon, " He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination," Prov. xxviii. 9. He who attends the temple of his Maker from merely the impulse of habit...

...after defining it, has annexed to that very definition the same declaration as occurs in my text : " He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even HIS prayer shall be abomination"." You will observe then, that the wicked is one who is inattentive to the commands of...