...believe all the rest ? The folly of such conduct is as palpable as the wickedness is great ! — " They have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them ?" It has often been denied that God ever held colloquial intercourse with man ; yet the same objectors...

...man, " The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," Prov. i., but also set down by the prophet, " They have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is there in them ? " Jeremiah viii. That is, men become foolish and do such things as are uumeet, because...

...in vain made he it ; the pen of the scribes is in vain. The wise men (Chachamim) are ashamed : lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord ; and what wisdom is in them ?" (Jer. viii. 8—9. ) The rabbies will scarcely acknowledge that they have succeeded these persons in their office,...

...in the making or writing of it. VIII. 9. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken : lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD ; and what wisdom is in them ? Those, that have made this profession of wisdom, have shamed themselves, by their unanswerable practice...

...this world cometh to nought. * They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Lo ! they have rejected the word of the Lord ; and what wisdom is in them ? 6 Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy •*•**• doctrine ; continue in them ; meditate upon these...

...standard of truth and " able to make wise unto salvation." Again and again we are compelled to exclaim, " They have rejected the word of the Lord and what wisdom is in them ?" We should speak in very different terms of the worship of Romanism, and should rather describe it...

...pride of life,) are sorely rebuked by this doctrine, and are counted the fools of the world; for " Lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them ?" Jer. viii. 9. That there are such people is evident, not only by their irregular lives, but by the manifest testimony...

...Again, Jeremiah saith, chap, vi., " How do ye say we are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us ? They have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them?'' Again, "Unto whom shall I speak, and admonish, that they may hear ? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised,...

...gospel, that you would now come and take him : there is that word, Jer. viii. 9, and 2 Thess. ii. 3, They have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them? The fifth aggravation is this, the excellent names that this gospel gets. Must it not be an excellent...

...SERMON XXX. OF GOD. JEREMIAH viii. 9. — The Wise Men are ashamed; they are dismayed and taken : Zc, they have rejected the Word of the Lord, and what Wisdom is in themf " The Wise ones are confounded, They are dismayed, and ensnared ; Behold, they have spurned at...