...the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing ? He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He...His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.' O poor Scotland, that once married away to the Lord, and now has provoked Him to depart and leave it,...

...4. He that fitteth in the Heavens flull laugh : the LORD (hall have them in DERISION. f. Then (hall he SPEAK unto them in his WRATH, and vex them in his fore Difpleafure. 7. I will declare the Decree: the Lord hath faid unto me, Thou art my SON, this Day...

...restraint, human or divine, can bind him to the practice of virtue. He says to his companions Come, " let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." We will have the harp and the viol, the tabret and thepipe ; wine and women shall crown our feasts...

...Discourses were written — times when the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers took counsel against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their curds from as.'' He adds, in the words of Bishop Wettenhall's preface...

...imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth sat themselves, and the rulers took counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,...their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." 4. That the carnal mind is still enmity against God, appears evident from the strange delight...

...imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth sat themselves, and the rulers took counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,...break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords froui us." 4. That the carnal mind is still enmity against God, appears evident from the strange delight...

...-vexation shall be the consequence ; for He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the LORD shall have 5 them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure ; he will contemn them himself, and expose them to fiublic scorn : then, when in their own opinion...

...jdisdain upon their puny attempts to subvert his kingdom and counteract his sovereign purposes, — " Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, " and vex them in his sore displeasure." Let us see how fhis prophecy was fulfilled. The Jews crucilied the Lord Jesus for declaring that he...

...Herod, and other ting* of the heathen, and the Jewish rulers, contfiired against the Messiah, [say3 ing, ]Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us ; they чаете determined to break through ail ofifiosiiien, and the strongest obligations with...

...themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, ' S. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from uSi ' 4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have them in derision. ' 5. Then...